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Re:Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant... by dnautics on Saturday November 27, 2021 @02:50AM (#29358400)
We also don't know what the mortality rate is. Suppose it has 100% vaccine escape but 0% mortality. Would it be "BAD"?
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Re:Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant... by WithinReason on Saturday November 27, 2021 @06:04AM (#29359249)
I think a 0% mortality strain displacing delta would be an extremely good outcome. One way pandemics stop is the virus mutating to harmlessness.
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Re:Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant... by gandutraveler on Sunday November 28, 2021 @09:25AM (#29369115)
That is exactly what I thought of too. So far the symptoms appear to be very mild and this could be a good way to scale immunity
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Re:Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant... by sharken on Thursday December 02, 2021 @02:03PM (#29420835)
The media is extremely focused on the number of infected and how infectious a new variant is.

Somehow the low number of new hospitalizations is not newsworthy.

Here in Denmark the hospitalizations have been steady at around 45% of the numbers we had when there was no vaccine.

It's also 45% of the numbers we had in 2017/2018 with the flu back then. But that fact is not being used much to put things into perspective.

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