South Africa’s omicron coronavirus outbreak subsides as fast as it grew

Re:South Africa’s omicron coronavirus outbreak subsides as f... by woodruffw on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:21PM (#29654565)

I am cautiously optimistic about the severity of Omicron. But as others have pointed out before: deaths trail infections by 2-4 weeks.

Omicron was first reported to the WHO on 11/24 and wasn't categorized as a variant of concern until 11/26. It hasn't even been a month since it was acknowledged much less has become the dominant variant in most places.

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Re:South Africa’s omicron coronavirus outbreak subsides as f... by xjrk on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:34PM (#29654781)

Increase in Gauteng (South Africa) has started already well before 11/24. Even if deaths trail infections by 2-4 weeks we would have already seen nice steeply increasing slope. Another point is that anecdotally hospitalizations in SA were shorter and often people tested positive after being admitted because of something else than COVID.

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Re:South Africa’s omicron coronavirus outbreak subsides as f... by C19is20 on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @05:03PM (#29656036)

Those dates'll be 24 November and 26 November for non-USA (etc) peoples. Thank goodness bad things didn't happen in the earlier-in-the-year months like 7/6 or 6/7, for example.

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