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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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