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   That's all we needed to hear when so many are so depressed already.   
   The word is: we may be seeing 'yearly' vaccinations from here on out . . .   
   just like for the flu. Welcome to the new 'connected' world.   
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   The Associated Press · Posted: Feb 13, 2021   
      
   Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Sunday   
      
   U.K. says coronavirus variant dominant in country up to 70% deadlier than   
   others   
      
   British government scientific advisers say the coronavirus variant now   
   predominant in the country may be up to 70 per cent more deadly than previous   
   variants, underscoring concerns about how mutations may change the   
   characteristics of the disease.   
      
   The findings from the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory   
   Group, published Friday on the government's website, build on preliminary   
   research released Jan. 21. The group includes experts from universities and   
   public agencies across the U.K.   
      
   The new report is based on analysis of a dozen studies that found the   
   so-called Kent variant, named after the county where it was first identified,   
   is likely 30 to 70 per cent more deadly than other variants. The studies   
   compared hospitalization and    
   death rates among people infected with the variant and those infected with   
   other variants.   
      
   The results of the analysis are worrisome, said Dr. David Strain, a clinical   
   senior lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School and the clinical   
   lead for COVID-19 at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital.   
      
   "The higher transmissibility means that people who were previously at low risk   
   of catching COVID (particularly younger, fitter females) are now catching it   
   and ending up in hospital," Strain said.   
      
   "This is highlighted by the latest figures for hospitalization that now   
   suggest almost 50:50 male-to-female ratio compared to this being predominantly   
   in men during the first wave."   
   What's happening in Canada   
      
   As of 6 p.m. ET Sunday, Canada had reported 825,790 cases of COVID-19, with   
   35,984 cases considered active. A CBC News tally of deaths stood at 21,293.   
      
   https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/wiZKp/23/   
      
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