Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less severe Covid: study

Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by selectodude on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:02PM (#29555843)

Have you seen the charts for literally the rest of the world?

You're picking an outlier as proof that its not seasonal. Others may say it's the exception that proves the rule.

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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by unmole on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:17PM (#29556032)

> Have you seen the charts for literally the rest of the world?

I just did. There are no discernable spikes coinciding with cold weather for India, Brazil, the UK or Russia.

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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by selectodude on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:34PM (#29556298)

I decided to check Brazil really quickly and there's a very steep drop off once summer hit. I don't even need to bother with the UK.

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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by unmole on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:47PM (#29556498)

The steep drop off starts of in July which in Brazil is winter.

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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by Izkata on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @06:18PM (#29559515)

Most of Brazil is pretty temperate year-round, so they don't really have a very sharp flu season, but what they do have typically peaks around June, which fits with when the covid drop started.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flu_season#Timing -> https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/165/12/1434/125289

> In the Fourier analysis, the seasonality of influenza in Brazil was characterized by a semiannual pattern, peaking in the winter month of June (amplitude = 27 percent), with a second, smaller peak during the summer (January; amplitude = 13 percent; figure 2).

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