"Biological Fukushima"

[jimnyc]

Why the hell do so many different mutations happen there? 92 different variants there apparently.

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‘Biological Fukushima’ Brazil Covid plague ‘spawning super-mutations every week that could destroy world’s fight against pandemic’

BRAZIL'S brutal Covid-19 plague has been branded a "biological Fukushima" by worried scientists after daily deaths surged past the 4,000 mark.

Hospitals are now at breaking point with people dropping dead as they await treatment amid the rise of super-mutant strains which "threaten" the global fight against the virus.

Dr Miguel Nicolelis, a former regional co-ordinator of the country's pandemic response team, described Brazil's response to the crisis as a "complete calamity".

"It's the largest human tragedy in Brazilian history," he told the BBC. "We may get to 500,000 deaths by July 1, that's the latest estimate.

"But the University of Washington released another estimate suggesting if the rate of transmission goes up by about 10 per cent, we could get to 600,000 deaths.

“It’s a nuclear reactor that has set off a chain reaction and is out of control. It’s a biological Fukushima."

His comment was a reference to the shocking explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan sparked by a tsunami in 2011.

He also warned of the increased threat of worrying new strains of the virus as the death toll hit 337,000 - now second only to the US on 555,000.

Dr Nicolelis said: "Brazil is now not only epicentre of the pandemic worldwide it's a threat to entire effort of international community to control the pandemic on the planet.

"We are brewing new variants every week and some of them may more lethal.. eventually make it to the entire world."

Rest - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/145676...utant-strains/

[Abbey Marie]

Isn't Rio one of the most overcrowded cities on the planet? And extremely poor, too? I’m no scientist, but perhaps in those conditions this is inevitable. How are similar places in India and China faring?