South African doctors say their patients are younger and do not always have other conditions that amplify the virus' effect, but are nonetheless suffering from more severe forms of Covid-19.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9083081/South-Africas-second-wave-driven-mutant-Covid-19-strain.html

it appears to be both more transmissible and more impacting to young people. it's basically the worst case scenario.

and there's no word on whether the vaccine will still work 🙃🙃🙃