So if the original has an infection rate of like 1.1 (it causes 1.1 new cases per infection) and this one is 70% more contagious, that's like 1.87 new infections per case.
So basically, super spreader events of today will become the regular spreader events of tomorrow. Christ. Even if people could magically recover without issue, the logistics of all the hospital rooms used up and that many people being sick at once is guaranteed to be catastrophic.
tfw no big tiddy goth vampire gf who lactates blood - viewmaster_pi