@trinsec Oi! 🙄😒 But, that’s a fair point about the racist fallout for Asian people living in the West — I’m not advocating for calling it the “China virus” I’m just saying we should be consistent. Seems like the “British variant” is falling for the same problem as “Spanish flu”: the NHS is testing and reporting on variants whereas other places aren’t… *grumble grumble grumble*
@rlamacraft Well, we check for the UK and South-African variants here. And I think we check for mutations as well. Maybe it just so happens that the UK and SA areas have a real mutation going on that actually made a difference (easier to spread in this case)?