> But for some scientists, the most worrying variant might be the newest one. A variant called P.1, which emerged in early December in Manaus, Brazil, and by mid-January had already caused a <i>massive resurgence</i> in cases across the city of 2 million people.<p>The blatant editorial tone here is off-putting. It's worth pointing out that the resurgence in Amazonas appears to be of about the same magnitude as the one in the winter, and is currently declining:<p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=covid+cases+manaus&oq=covid+cases+manaus&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30i457.4087j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=covid+cases+manaus&oq=covid+...</a><p>I don't know why the news media can't simply report facts anymore.