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Re:Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of Omicron-targeted Covi... by xadhominemx on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @03:08PM (#30077332)
It’s mild relative to other variants for everyone. However, it is still quite dangerous for unvaccinated individuals… CFR is not that high but it is extremely contagious, so it is still killing a lot of unvaccinated people.
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Re:Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of Omicron-targeted Covi... by tinus_hn on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @05:17PM (#30078908)
It was mild in South Africa as well, where there really is not a high vaccination rate.
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Re:Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of Omicron-targeted Covi... by tablespoon on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @05:53PM (#30079287)
> It was mild in South Africa as well, where there really is not a high vaccination rate.

That's not the only variable. IIRC, South Africa's population is on-average much younger, less obese, and much more likely to have had a previous infection compared to America's.

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Re:Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of Omicron-targeted Covi... by tinus_hn on Thursday January 27, 2022 @02:44AM (#30097492)
All these factors would have applied to the other variants the same.
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Re:Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of Omicron-targeted Covi... by stefs on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @06:10PM (#30079437)
but a very high rate of previous infections
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Re:Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of Omicron-targeted Covi... by ygjb on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @03:29PM (#30077601)
Your first two sentences are at odds. It is not mild for everyone if it's dangerous for people who have not been vaccinated.
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Re:Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of Omicron-targeted Covi... by rsynnott on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @05:17PM (#30078911)
Mild _relative to other variants_ for everyone. That doesn't mean mild in an absolute sense, and for unvaccinated people in particular it can be quite nasty, just not as nasty as previous variants.
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Re:Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of Omicron-targeted Covi... by xadhominemx on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @03:30PM (#30077609)
I think my comment makes sense
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Re:Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of Omicron-targeted Covi... by stickfigure on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @03:41PM (#30077737)
They made their choice. It's time to move on.
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Re:Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of Omicron-targeted Covi... by lamontcg on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @07:32PM (#30080146)
I'd love to move on, but they're filling up the fucking hospitals.

I have 80 year old parents who need medical care and can't get it right now.

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