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Omicron cases are mild so far

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Re: Omicron cases are mild so far

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Post by dham »

Mikeb85 wrote: post #19
Teever wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But there's no particular reason COVID would need to get any more mild than Delta. Can you elaborate?

Which variants survive in the wild is natural selection. Too deadly and it kills the host before spreading. The viruses that spread the most are the ones least noticed. Example: common cold viruses. They're essentially always there and only make you sick when your immune system weakens a bit, and goes away quickly as well.

Speak for yourself, my son has brought home some gnarly stuff over the past few years lol. About 3 years ago I was sick for like a month and felt not great for 2 months haha.

Re: Omicron cases are mild so far

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Post by fy20 »

m00x wrote: post #11
fithisux wrote: post #7

This is a trick. They will say it is mild and then suddenly they will try to spin everything into extreme fear ... and oppression. Well known recipe.

What is "they"? What we've seen so far for measures have been completely inline with what the scientists recommend, and you can't argue the severity of virus that caused 5.2M deaths globally. This comment just feels like FUD itself.

I'm not sure the current restrictions segmenting vaccinated vs unvaccinated people in Europe would fall under that. In my country you need to be vaccinated and wear a 3-ply mask to go to a supermarket to get milk, but it's A-OK to go to a dance class for 1.5 hours with 30 other people and not be vaccinated or wear a mask.

Re: Omicron cases are mild so far

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Post by Hypx_ »

m00x wrote: post #30
Hypx_ wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s not actually true. Many AIDS patients will die of cancer due to a lack of immune system suppressing those common occurring cancers.

Cancer is an additional disease, and not caused by AIDS itself. It could happen regardless of external factors, so I guess my "vacuum" analogy wasn't perfect. All I mean is that HIV/AIDS itself doesn't kill you by itself.

Not quite. The body would natural develop several types of cancer without an immune system to suppress them. People with AIDS will have short lives even without exposure to any external diseases.

Re: Omicron cases are mild so far

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Post by Mikeb85 »

dham wrote: post #31
Mikeb85 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which variants survive in the wild is natural selection. Too deadly and it kills the host before spreading. The viruses that spread the most are the ones least noticed. Example: common cold viruses. They're essentially always there and only make you sick when your immune system weakens a bit, and goes away quickly as well.

Speak for yourself, my son has brought home some gnarly stuff over the past few years lol. About 3 years ago I was sick for like a month and felt not great for 2 months haha.

Could have been a flu in that case. Colds are usually pretty benign though.
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