Or maybe SARS‑CoV‑2 just become common flu. There will be herd immunity and risk will become low.
Coronavirus in the '80s was defined as the common cold.
Edit: Prove me wrong.
Update on Omicron
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#572Didn't a doctor state that omicron had mild symptoms? Seems like the easiest solution to building global immunity.
But that would definitely get in the way of The Authority.
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#573Earlier quoted context omitted.
The number and type of recommended polio vaccines depends, but the WHO recommends at least four doses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_vaccine#Schedule
Interesting. The CDC[0] in the US (IPOV insert [1]) states a single doze of 0.5ml for children and adults. [0] https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/polio/hcp/composition-dosag... [1] https://www.fda.gov/media/75695/download
In https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_schedule#United_St... it says 4 doses.
Also in your second link, in page 8 says
> All children should receive four doses of IPV at ages 2, 4, 6 to 18 months, and 4 to 6 years.
Re: Update on Omicron
#574This variant is already being found on nearly every continent as I type this. We still don’t seem to know if this variant is more or less contagious or more or less deadly. It’s too late to stop it’s spread. So then what? Just keep pushing the worldwide vaccination campaign? I don’t see what else can be done that wouldn’t simply be kicking the can down the road more.
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#575Does anyone actually have source to that?
Yesterday we've seen WHO's update about Omicron which was basically "it looks like something we need to investigate, we don't know a lot yet"
Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29373066
Today there's anonymous WHO representative (no mention in article who exactly and when gave the statement) that there's global risk on Reuters and there are dozens of re-publications about the same, linking to Reuters as source of truth.
Did position change overnight or was there any unpublished conference?
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#576good twitter thread that provides a level-headed perspective based on what we actually currently know:
https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/146422268073182004...
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#577Translation: "Give us more power"
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#578For those commenting that it's just common cold and about herd immunity, I think we should not miss out on overload on our medical system.
This is what happened in India, due to high number of cases (even if mild) the medical infrastructure completely crashed under the load and lead to far more deaths than just a flu could have caused.
Wear mask and stay indoors if possible
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#579Do not buy time by shutting down travel and use failed watch/wait approach again - also WHO.
Travel bans have never worked either. The variant almost certainly already reached community transmission in Northern Africa, they're just not reporting it. Travel bans reward this behavior.
Furthermore, airports are good places to track and study infections. Assume that this variant will spread worldwide. We've already been through this with the wild type, with Beta and with Delta/Gamma.
Re: Update on Omicron
#580Do not buy time by shutting down travel and use failed watch/wait approach again - also WHO.
from what I understand, based on current evidence, travel restrictions will not do much at this point:
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/1...