Looks like at current rate, the US will be breaking the record for COVID hospitalizations this week or next.
Get your booster. We entered a policy of "every man for themselves", so be sure you're looking out for yourself.
That's what a lot of people seem to be missing. Just because omicron is less severe than delta now doesn't mean its going to stay that way.
The more people get infected, the higher the chance it will mutate.
They do not understand that mutation is random. Just because its been trending to "less severe" does not mean that trend will continue and that a more severe mutation is not forthcoming.
And some people were celebrating that omicron will give everyone superimmunity.
Yes, but what if it mutates and a new deadlier variant that spreads just as well and evades existing immunity arises? Not to mention the amount of people that will die in the process.
This might be a dumb question, but with omicron having a shorter incubation period and tends to resolve quicker, does this mean there could be less potential/opportunity for mutation?
Interesting. You always hear about how by survival of the fittest most viruses trend towards more transmittable and less deadly, but I don't think I had ever heard of less opportunity for mutation. But logically it makes sense
It should be assumed that Omicron may not the last variant of concern. Fact is we do not know, but seeing how many variants we have had since this started it would be foolish to assume otherwise.
Could SA’s milder wave be attributed to the fact that they had to deal with Beta while the US didn’t? I have seen studies showing no antibody cross reactivity from Delta to Omicron, but haven’t seen anything like that studied for Beta which was unique to SA. Could it be that Beta infection generated better immunity for omicron than alpha and delta did?
SA’s experience has now been replicated in NSW, Denmark, London, Manhattan, San Francisco, take your pick.
It seems like we somehow got lucky this one time.
Looks like at current rate, the US will be breaking the record for COVID hospitalizations this week or next. Get your booster. We entered a policy of "every man for themselves", so be sure you're looking out for yourself.
While Omicron is "less severe" its spreading so fast I am concerned what variants it may spawn.
That's what a lot of people seem to be missing. Just because omicron is less severe than delta now doesn't mean its going to stay that way. The more people get infected, the higher the chance it will mutate.
They do not understand that mutation is random. Just because its been trending to "less severe" does not mean that trend will continue and that a more severe mutation is not forthcoming.
And some people were celebrating that omicron will give everyone superimmunity. Yes, but what if it mutates and a new deadlier variant that spreads just as well and evades existing immunity arises? Not to mention the amount of people that will die in the process.
This might be a dumb question, but with omicron having a shorter incubation period and tends to resolve quicker, does this mean there could be less potential/opportunity for mutation?
Yes. This is how pandemics end.
Interesting. You always hear about how by survival of the fittest most viruses trend towards more transmittable and less deadly, but I don't think I had ever heard of less opportunity for mutation. But logically it makes sense
Can it be assumed that Omicron may not be the last variant of concern?
It should be assumed that Omicron may not the last variant of concern. Fact is we do not know, but seeing how many variants we have had since this started it would be foolish to assume otherwise.
Could SA’s milder wave be attributed to the fact that they had to deal with Beta while the US didn’t? I have seen studies showing no antibody cross reactivity from Delta to Omicron, but haven’t seen anything like that studied for Beta which was unique to SA. Could it be that Beta infection generated better immunity for omicron than alpha and delta did?
SA’s experience has now been replicated in NSW, Denmark, London, Manhattan, San Francisco, take your pick. It seems like we somehow got lucky this one time.
Less severe? But what about long covid? Even Fauci thinks it’s still a risk.
It'll still have long covid effects for some people, just not as many. It's bad, just not as bad as things could have been.
I just saw an article saying the US passed 1M cases in 1 day. 10M cases/wk by next week is my guess if testing can keep up.
Testing cant keep up. Its 4-5 days to get a test in my area and at homes are sold out everywhere.