
Originally Posted by
Elwood Blues
The New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) met on Friday 19th December between 11.00 am and 1300 pm. Attendee such as Professors Neil Ferguson John Edmunds and Calum Semple who have all been on the news at one time or other.
The Government has now released the minutes
Main points
71% increase in transmission rate
R rate would go up by between ).39 and 0.93
In addition Calum Semple was interviewed on the BBC and said that the doubling time was 7 days with this new variant as against 12- 14 days with the other variant(s) they are familiar with.
(Hope this post meet with your approval Bob!!)