UK studies confirm that the British variant does not cause the most serious disease

Scientific studies published this Monday in two branches of the medical journal The Lancet suggest that victims of the SARS-CoV-2 variant identified in the UK did not contract severe forms of Govit-19.

Both studies are observable, analyzing the situation of people affected by the variant designated as B.1.1.7, in one case by people at a London hospital, in the UK, and the other by the use of British symptom monitoring reported by 37,000 affected people.

In an article published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 341 patients admitted to University College Hospital and North Middlesex University Hospital were analyzed in November and December last year, and those affected by this variant did not become very ill, but his viral load was high.

“With 36% of patients with B1.1.7, there is no evidence of any association between the variant and the most severe disease. Compared with 38% of those with the different variant, they become seriously ill and die.”, Concluded researchers recognizing the need for further investigation.

In another study published in The Lancet Public Health, data submitted to the Govt Symptom Survey application between September and December 2020 were analyzed and cross-tested with regional genetic analyzes conducted by British health officials to determine the presence of variations. .

“The analysis revealed that there were no statistically significant correlations between the rates of p.1.1.7. Between regions and types of population symptoms.”, The researchers concluded.