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Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by nwiswell on Monday January 10, 2022 @02:39PM (#29880649)
All I can say is that Omicron is not significantly less dangerous. This is actually shaping up to be worse than the Delta surge. If you believe Delta was serious, then this is too.

Take a look.

https://i.imgur.com/o3DJfN2.png

https://i.imgur.com/g8tyRdQ.png

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/09/us/omicron-ci...

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Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by jdminhbg on Monday January 10, 2022 @02:57PM (#29881066)
These graphs are misleading because they do not accurately reflect the change in cases. Cases in the Omicron wave are probably closer to 10x the winter of 2021 than the 1.5x in those graphs, but testing sites have been overwhelmed and rapid tests are more widely available, leading most people to either test at home or simply give up.

For reference to a Covid prevalence measurement that isn't sensitive to testing artifacts, check out the Boston wastewater analysis: https://www.mwra.com/biobot/biobotdata.htm

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Re:More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’ by nwiswell on Monday January 10, 2022 @03:55PM (#29882282)
> For reference to a Covid prevalence measurement that isn't sensitive to testing artifacts, check out the Boston wastewater analysis:

This would be confounded by the greater viral loads for Omicron, wouldn't it?

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