It's early days and there's lots of checking to be done. But the new variant detected in South Africa really could be the next Delta. Unless there's been some weird mistake or large bias in the data (not impossible), I expect some border closures & associated chaos in the coming weeks.
Also: just 10% of Africa has had at least one dose. We are continuing to fail them.
A helpful set of threads about the variant from scientists working on it already: https://twitter.com/AdamJKucharski/status/1464012926633840640?fbclid=IwAR1N6VBixJRHh7czxQg-ETrDCGqGZh15HyWRqycfg8H1_GNOcrevMUPbSiQ
EDIT: Just *hours* after I posted this, travel restrictions were being put in place. Wild.
Also: just 10% of Africa has had at least one dose. We are continuing to fail them.
A helpful set of threads about the variant from scientists working on it already: https://twitter.com/AdamJKucharski/status/1464012926633840640?fbclid=IwAR1N6VBixJRHh7czxQg-ETrDCGqGZh15HyWRqycfg8H1_GNOcrevMUPbSiQ
EDIT: Just *hours* after I posted this, travel restrictions were being put in place. Wild.
