Similar findings from 2 studies of Scotland and England data yesterday as well. Still all very preliminary, but confidence in Omicron being milder than Delta appears to be increasing. Worth pointing out also that Delta is up to twice as likely to result in hospitalisations compared to the original WT variant. So if Omicron “resets” severity to what was seen for the WT variant (or even less) that’s a great outcome (in the long run at least), especially since a very large majority of people now have some immunity.
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Is there an explanation for how they figured that out in a vaccinated or exposed population without me reading it
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>However, she said that seroprevalence studies showed that “in excess of 70 per cent of South Africans have been exposed and have underlying immunity to Covid-19”, which meant the population’s immune effect was likely kicking in.
>The World Health Organisation said on Wednesday it did not yet have enough data on the Omicron variant to say if it was more or less severe than the Delta variant.
>“We do have some data suggesting that rates of hospitalisation are lower,” the WHO’s technical lead on Covid-19, Maria van Kerkhove, said in a briefing with media. But she cautioned against drawing conclusions from the early data because “we have not seen this variant circulate long enough in populations around the world, certainly in vulnerable populations”.
People decide to ignore this though.
Going from recent reports of South Africa having massive outbreaks of the delta virus not so long ago, effecting a massive proportion of the population thus giving all those people antibodies to better help fight the virus, probably best off taking this with a pinch of salt.
*“Donnelly? Import some South African blood while you’re at it”*
“*astounding*”
Positive for covid yesterday –
I had symptoms on Sunday but honestly thought I was hungover! Then Sunday night had awful pain in my back neck shoulders jaw, horrific night sweats,
Same all day Monday and Monday night. Temps eased off and so did the pain but the fatigue is unreal. Every time I feel like the fog is lifting I end up back to square one after doing any little thing. I wouldn’t exactly call it mild! I do have three young kids and am breast feeding one so that could have something to do with it too.
I’m double vaccinated, no one else in my family showing symptoms thank god. Be a quiet One thus yea where daddy will have to pull off a Christmas miracle!
Too bad it’s 100% more transmittable though. That evens out the number of hospital admissions
in 15 minutes on Reddit, I have seen like 10 stories about it with numbers from 50% to this at 80%.
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That’s promising
Similar findings from 2 studies of Scotland and England data yesterday as well. Still all very preliminary, but confidence in Omicron being milder than Delta appears to be increasing. Worth pointing out also that Delta is up to twice as likely to result in hospitalisations compared to the original WT variant. So if Omicron “resets” severity to what was seen for the WT variant (or even less) that’s a great outcome (in the long run at least), especially since a very large majority of people now have some immunity.
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Is there an explanation for how they figured that out in a vaccinated or exposed population without me reading it
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>However, she said that seroprevalence studies showed that “in excess of 70 per cent of South Africans have been exposed and have underlying immunity to Covid-19”, which meant the population’s immune effect was likely kicking in.
>The World Health Organisation said on Wednesday it did not yet have enough data on the Omicron variant to say if it was more or less severe than the Delta variant.
>“We do have some data suggesting that rates of hospitalisation are lower,” the WHO’s technical lead on Covid-19, Maria van Kerkhove, said in a briefing with media. But she cautioned against drawing conclusions from the early data because “we have not seen this variant circulate long enough in populations around the world, certainly in vulnerable populations”.
People decide to ignore this though.
Going from recent reports of South Africa having massive outbreaks of the delta virus not so long ago, effecting a massive proportion of the population thus giving all those people antibodies to better help fight the virus, probably best off taking this with a pinch of salt.
*“Donnelly? Import some South African blood while you’re at it”*
“*astounding*”
Positive for covid yesterday –
I had symptoms on Sunday but honestly thought I was hungover! Then Sunday night had awful pain in my back neck shoulders jaw, horrific night sweats,
Same all day Monday and Monday night. Temps eased off and so did the pain but the fatigue is unreal. Every time I feel like the fog is lifting I end up back to square one after doing any little thing. I wouldn’t exactly call it mild! I do have three young kids and am breast feeding one so that could have something to do with it too.
I’m double vaccinated, no one else in my family showing symptoms thank god. Be a quiet One thus yea where daddy will have to pull off a Christmas miracle!
Too bad it’s 100% more transmittable though. That evens out the number of hospital admissions
in 15 minutes on Reddit, I have seen like 10 stories about it with numbers from 50% to this at 80%.
Most stories say 70%.