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

Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by HPsquared on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:53PM (#29556607)

It's true on an individual level too: someone who is very sick will stay at home, but someone with a mild head cold will still go out.

There's going to be a negative correlation between severity and something like "velocity" of infected persons.

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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by SailingSperm on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @07:06PM (#29560004)

Which begs the question of the long term utility and effect of symptom suppressing vaccines (that don't prevent transmission).

If a virus that would make make you very sick is contracted by someone who's vaccinated - They will now be in the 2nd category you describe ~'Sick, but not sick enough to stop them going out' -- They're now giving mobility to that virus that it would have otherwise not had (If they weren't vaccinated and were feeling too sick to go out and about)

So by usage of vaccines that only prevent severe symptoms, we pervert that normal negative feedback loop of virus spread and instead set the parameters to be more likely to propagate severe virus' that would usually keep you sick at home.

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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by DarylZero on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @01:25AM (#29562749)

Vaccines don't suppress symptoms. They prevent symptoms by decreasing the viral load. They prevent transmission in the same way.

No, not _all_ transmission. Neither _all_ symptoms.

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