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Re:Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado by EA on Thursday January 06, 2022 @12:17PM (#29826402)
An unvaccinated man with underlying health conditions died in Texas mid December after testing positive for the COVID-19 omicron variant, officials in Houston said, marking what is believed to be the first death linked to the strain in the U.S.

https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/2021122...

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Re:Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado by Consultant32452 on Thursday January 06, 2022 @12:39PM (#29826735)
Your article perfectly illustrates my point. It says Omicron is 3/4 of the cases and that this one person MIGHT have died from it, but it's unclear and may be due to his other health conditions.

Let's just assume it was Omicron that killed this guy. All signs point to Omicron being less deadly than the common cold.

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Re:Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado by kcplate on Thursday January 06, 2022 @09:34PM (#29834054)
I can’t find the article, but I believe that hospital modified their statement to specify that he died *with* Omicron, not *from* Omicron.
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