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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by bink on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @06:32PM (#29559634)
The Spanish Flu is a single data point. I wouldn't read too much into the 18-24 months stat.
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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by jjk166 on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @06:53PM (#29559859)
The point isn't that Covid will be as fast as the Spanish Flu, it's that the Spanish Flu did not take a long time, and should not be dismissed as an example where it became milder eventually. In fact, we'd have to be quite lucky if covid became mild in the same time frame.
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