"press underplays" is a bit rich; I've seen 10 stories on this so far this morning without actually hunting for them.
The co-ordination ion this one is even better than the "Facebook whistleblower" circus.
In Hong Kong, all we talked about today was this, with the stock market going down the drain. I find it over played at this point.
The blog post was from a day or so before the worldwide press caught onto the variant. It specifically complains about the Guardian's early coverage, iirc.
Why I should be surprised if press is underplaying the risk of new COVID variant when WHO itself underplayed the risk of COVID in late 2019 and early 2020[0].
At this early stage of news regarding this variant, I think it's best not to take the word of someone with no first-hand scientific knowledge. Going to flag this, since there are better sources for the same info.