Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less...
by tbihl on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @11:25AM
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>In this article he clarified that generally viruses that spread more are less severe (as killing the host makes it tougher to spread).
It takes far less than death to reduce spread. People who feel sick stay home from work (not guaranteed, but with enough frequency that it matters), don't go out to eat, don't wander around and go to parties, and so on. Any time they're sitting home, they've hurt the chances that their variant is the winning-est variant.
Again with the caveat about dormancy periods for Covid.
Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less...
by sjwalter on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @11:32AM
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Asymptomatic spread is not nearly as prevalent as originally feared.
Also, those who do not get symptoms (that is, most who catch covid) do not spread the virus in general, which is why it's now called "presymptomatic" spread.
Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less...
by Heliosmaster on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @03:11PM
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Yeah, technically a variant who lies dormant for a long time while spreading slowly is a better fit than one that is noticed.
Didn't we learn anything from Plague Inc?
I have been basing a lot of my virus information from Tomas Pueyo. Here is my source:
https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/the-omicron-qu...
In this article he clarified that generally viruses that spread more are less severe (as killing the host makes it tougher to spread). The asymptotic nature of Covid sort of broke this assumption because Covid can lie dormant in someone for a week before the person shows severe illness