I feel like this post needs to be revisited and I have a couple of additional thoughts. Since there are multiple mutations with varying viral loads and pathologies, I'm wondering if say the difference between say NYC and west coast cities like say SF is because of the different strains hitting those cities?
It seems like here in the states, we have a mostly less virulent strains of CV19 than Europe. This could also be somewhat part of the reason the CDC overestimated the infection and death rates. This would make a lot of sense to me.
If this is true, I'm hoping that we can avoid the more virulent and deadly strains in the coming weeks and months.
I also feel like that if this is true, it's something to pay close attention to, and is a good possibility that we're not out of the woods yet.