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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by legulere on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @10:45AM (#29552814)
Of course we should be optimistic that omicron and variants that will follow will be less severe.

But that hope should not be treated as a fact like the headline does.

Another hope could be that omicron is actually not as virulent as delta, but only spreads so fast in South Africa, because people can get reinfected.

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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by manjana on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @11:17AM (#29553266)
> Another hope could be that omicron is actually not as virulent as delta, but only spreads so fast in South Africa, because people can get reinfected.

It's seeing a pretty explosive growth rate in Denmark.

https://sum.dk/ministeren/sociale-medier-arkiv/2021/december...

https://www.ssi.dk/-/media/cdn/files/covid19/omikron/statusr...

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