Emerging research on the COVID variant sounds alarms about contagiousness, severity and health-system impact.

By Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk, who is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.

Link to story, published Jan 4th, 2023:
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/04/Kraken-Virus-Threat-Level/

Emerging research on the COVID variant sounds alarms about contagiousness, severity and health-system impact. By Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk, who is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. Link to story, published Jan 4th, 2023: https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/04/Kraken-Virus-Threat-Level/

The ‘Kraken’ Virus Is Here. What’s the Threat Level

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