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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by panarky on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @11:15AM (#29553240)
Do you have a source that says covid did not contribute to the death of the UK patient?
Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by 34679 on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @11:19AM (#29553281)
Just the quote that says "with" instead of "from" until the data is released.
Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by barbazoo on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @01:05PM (#29554964)
I love how we often assume every single word someone says is carefully chosen to 100% reflect what one wants to communicate.
Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by the_doctah on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:15PM (#29556001)
For press releases like this, they damn well should be.
Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by barbazoo on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:45PM (#29556476)
> "Sadly at least one patient has now been confirmed to have died with Omicron," Johnson told reporters at a vaccination centre in London.

This wasn't a press release fyi.

Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by tannisphere4 on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @11:22AM (#29553329)
Before that data point resolves itself, remember that n=1 doesn't really support either meta-narrative. Not saying you are doing this, but I'm sure there are many who are preparing to both sharpen this data into a spear for the "other side", and at the same time, preparing a cognitive dissonance process to explain the data should it not support their meta-narrative.

The end result is discussion that advance little in the Shannon information sense, but maximally clarify every individuals social net.