Why the U.K. Coronavirus Strain Just Got (Slightly) Deadlier, To Our Surprise

Wasn’t SARS-CoV-2 supposed to become less deadly as it evolves? After all, a dead host is a dead-end for viruses.

Shin Jie Yong
Microbial Instincts
9 min readMar 15, 2021

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Author’s note: A few clarifications have been added at the end of this article.

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Shin Jie Yong
Microbial Instincts

Aiming to improve scientific literacy in this age of information overload and mis/disinformation, especially on controversial and polarizing topics.