Update on Omicron
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Update on Omicron
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Re: Update on Omicron
#2This new variant has been called "mild."
I hope this proves to be true, and is not used as an excuse for another lockdown.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-diseas...
Re: Update on Omicron
#3TL;DR: we don't know
Re: Update on Omicron
#4This new variant has been called "mild." I hope this proves to be true, and is not used as an excuse for another lockdown. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-diseas...
From the OP article:
>There is currently no information to suggest that symptoms associated with Omicron are different from those from other variants. Initial reported infections were among university students—younger individuals who tend to have more mild disease—but understanding the level of severity of the Omicron variant will take days to several weeks.
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#6In general, respiratory viruses tend to get less severe over time. With this mass vaccination approach it may not turn out that way by some accounts I've read.
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#7Yet NY declared a state of emergency already?! Crying wolf, on repeat, for … two more weeks, I’ll guess.
Re: Update on Omicron
#8This new variant has been called "mild." I hope this proves to be true, and is not used as an excuse for another lockdown. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-diseas...
Why do you say "excuse for another lockdown"? Are you implying that someone in government has alterior motives to desire a lockdown?
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#10This new variant has been called "mild." I hope this proves to be true, and is not used as an excuse for another lockdown. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-diseas...
Why do you say "excuse for another lockdown"? Are you implying that someone in government has alterior motives to desire a lockdown?
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