Is Kent Covid variant REALLY deadlier? Confusion mounts as studies differ

Boris Johnson and his science chiefs tonight made the shocking claim that the Kent strain - called B.1.1.7 - could be 30 per cent more deadly than older versions of the virus. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9177287/Is-Kent-Covid-variant-REALLY-deadlier-Confusion-mounts-studies-differ.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490