If omicron symptoms are so mild

[Mistletoeandwhineing]

To not understand what the panic is about?

Have been watching regular updates from Dr John Campbell, very level headed and knowledgeable. Current evidence seems to be looking very positive. I realise we need to wait a little longer to be sure, but overall it’s looking to be very mild and possibly actually a good thing for immunity. Or am I wrong?
Feel like I’m living in a parallel universe

@Benjispruce5

I don’t to ink Omicron is being used by government to distract. What about other governments and nations? Are they trying to deflect attention from Boris too?

It’s not like it’s working. Imho it’s burying him quicker.

Re: media sensationalism - it’s a fine line, do we want to know what’s going on or not? Do we want it only reported by one central news agency or is it better that a range of outlets have the means to present information? Where’s the personal responsibility to use our own brains to distinguish fact from show-business?

Sometimes a fact is only sensationalist because of who’s hearing it and interpreting it.

@Porcupineintherough
Spectacular point missing. Well done

@cocodomingo

Its doubling every 1.6 days now. Its worse than in south africa as we vaccinated with AZ and they didnt due to lack of testing in their demographic..so even 2% severe out of 48k cases will put a huge strain on hospitals already running at 96-98% capacity with skeletal staffing

Only around 30% of people in SA are vaccinated.

@cocodomingo

Its doubling every 1.6 days now. Its worse than in south africa as we vaccinated with AZ and they didnt due to lack of testing in their demographic..so even 2% severe out of 48k cases will put a huge strain on hospitals already running at 96-98% capacity with skeletal staffing

I'm really pushed by this comment. I thought that there were far fewer people vaccinated at all in South Africa? So why would using az here make things worse?

That should say puzzled, sorry.

@Buzzinwithbez

That should say puzzled, sorry.

South Africa delayed their covid vaccine roll out because of concerns about the AZ vaccine..so a later start with pfizer and Johnson and Johnson vaccines means that although less people are vaccinated..the vaccine antibodies in those that are have not reduced as much as in the UK where people with 2 doses AZ will have virtually 0 antibody resistance after 100 days. While people may be eligible for the booster..there is increasing vaccine hesitancy ...

42% of over 12s have had a booster though @cocodomingo which is certainly not behind 26% of SOuth Africa double vaccination plus the number double vaccinated we are ahead on the vaccination front even with the AZ issue (which still protects against serious illness) and given when we stopped AZ as I said before most AZ should have had a booster

The impact on children is what worries me

'Let’s compare old May wave (blue) versus the new #Omicron wave (in orange) of hospitalizations by age group in Tshwane epicenter. Notice how disproportionately it’s sending over 6x more kids age 0-4 to hospital in the first two weeks of each wave'.

Director-General of the World Health Organisation:

Yes, and he has also said it was “wrong for people to consider Omicron as mild”.

@StealthPolarBear because the majority of virus mutations make the virus more transmissible and less virulent. If it kills fewer people, it spreads more efficiently. Thus it will become endemic, like the cold.

Well hope so anyway 😬

[quote Bayandwillow]@StealthPolarBear because the majority of virus mutations make the virus more transmissible and less virulent. If it kills fewer people, it spreads more efficiently. Thus it will become endemic, like the cold.[/quote]

Covid spreads weeks or months before it kills you so whether you die, get organ damage or long covid later on makes no difference to its evolutionary journey.