{"id":26524,"date":"2021-05-26T17:40:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T16:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elixirr.com\/?p=26524"},"modified":"2025-11-11T09:29:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T09:29:36","slug":"reporting-with-caution-on-the-indian-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elixirr.com\/en-us\/reporting-with-caution-on-the-indian-variant\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporting with caution on the Indian variant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>COVID-19 is devastating India. On 19th May, India reported more COVID-19 deaths in one single day than any other country throughout the crisis. That\u2019s over <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/covid19\/map?hl=en-GB&amp;mid=%2Fm%2F03rk0&amp;gl=GB&amp;ceid=GB%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">300,000 confirmed deaths<\/a> in total. As it\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-india-57154564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;that the Ganges &#8211; India\u2019s holiest river &#8211; is bloated with bodies, the current death toll figure is almost certainly an underrepresentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>News of the Indian variant\u2019s arrival in the UK was understandably concerning. This concern was quickly disseminated to the public via media headlines, such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/14959558\/indian-variant-could-be-more-infectious-kent-strain-sage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cIndian strain could be \u201850% MORE infectious &amp; spark much larger third wave\u2019, new Sage docs warn\u201d<\/a>. The source for this information was a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-57150871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scientific paper presented at a Sage meeting<\/a>&nbsp;which read that there was a \u201crealistic possibility\u201d that the Indian variant was 50% more transmissible than the highly contagious Kent variant responsible for the UK\u2019s winter surge in cases. This is undoubtedly startling, but there is more than meets the civilian eye. \u2018Realistic possibility\u2019 is a technical phrase used on a sliding scale by the Sage committee. Put in its appropriate context, this phrase means that there is a 50\/50 chance that the Indian variant is as much as 50% more contagious than the Kent variant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a very different story than that represented in the headlines, likely because reporters did not grasp the full scientific meaning behind \u2018realistic possibility\u2019. There\u2019s more. Public Health England also presented data that suggests that the variant is not having the same effect on every UK region. For example, the variant has a significant presence in one London area, but the same high rate of infection is not being seen in that area as in Bolton, another Indian variant hotspot. There\u2019s also the possibility that an influx of cases arriving from India caused a spike that is appearing as higher contagiousness. Professor Neil Ferguson has also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/politics\/indian-variant-not-spreading-quickly-feared-uk-neil-ferguson-b935965.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">commented<\/a>&nbsp;that the infection curve is flattening. Time is needed to assess the full picture, but this would mean that the 50% figure of increased contagiousness is too high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bottom line is this: we don\u2019t have the full story yet on the Indian variant. The data is also far more complex than captured by the media. Equally, where was the media discourse about the true meaning of \u2018realistic possibility\u2019? It\u2019s apparent meaning appears to have been simply slapped onto an alarmist headline. \u2018Realistic possibility\u2019 to untrained ears equates high likelihood. Where was the responsible reporting? This isn\u2019t to undermine the severity of the Indian variant or the degree to which it must be closely monitored. It\u2019s simply a matter of media sticking to the facts and not jumping any guns.\u00a0Whilst we shouldn\u2019t jump to conclusions based on unclear information, we must take action on the data that we do have clarity on. For example, we know that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elixirr.com\/en-us\/the-obesity-crisis\/\">obesity<\/a>\u00a0can triple the risk of hospitalisation from COVID-19; is anything being done? We also know that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/indian-variant-can-spread-like-wildfire-if-people-not-jabbed-but-confidence-vaccines-work-12307777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vast majority<\/a>\u00a0of patients in Bolton who have been hospitalised with the Indian variant were eligible for the vaccine, but refused it. Why is the same media attention not being paid to these key insights? Where is the context-specific analysis?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the past few months have taught us anything it\u2019s that we will see new variants,&nbsp;and we won\u2019t always immediately have the clear picture; the media headlines can\u2019t explode into panic every time they arrive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 is devastating India. On 19th May, India reported more COVID-19 deaths in one single day than any other country throughout the crisis. 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