[DocSavage87]

If it wasn't clear from my note earlier, the "new strain" in  England is not D614G.  (But when D614G was spreading, it was considered the same sort of event.)

Not sure if that was directed towards me, but the tweet thread clarifies that the UK variant has "mutations [that] are accumulating in the backdrop of another mutation, D614G, which has become dominant, globally, and has enhanced infectivity and replication fitness. It's even been shown, experimentally, to transmit faster through droplets & aerosols in hamsters."

[DocSavage87]

If it wasn't clear from my note earlier, the "new strain" in  England is not D614G.  (But when D614G was spreading, it was considered the same sort of event.)

Not sure if that was directed towards me, but the tweet thread clarifies that the UK variant has "mutations [that] are accumulating in the backdrop of another mutation, D614G, which has become dominant, globally, and has enhanced infectivity and replication fitness. It's even been shown, experimentally, to transmit faster through droplets & aerosols in hamsters."