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by themgt 1648 days ago
So if we had:

* variant "D" that kills 1% of the 20% of the population that isn't seropositive

* variant "O" that kills 1% of the 20% of the population that isn't seropositive and 0.2% of the 80% of the population that is seropositive

The takeaway is "good news everyone, variant O is less severe!"