Still Alive Posted December 18, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,029 Content Per Day: 1.32 Reputation: 1,226 Days Won: 3 Joined: 02/05/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) Omicron could be the death of the virus as an international scare tactic. It seems to be just another "version of the common cold". Look at the source country, South Africa. They are in the middle of their fourth spike in cases, but they've only had three death spikes. Their death rate now is still their lowest since this whole thing started. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa/ https://www.sunnewsonline.com/omicron-global-clinic-data-confirms-new-variant-is-less-lethal-obaje/ They’re Already Past the Peak in South Africa’s Omicron Ground Zero "Phaahla told reporters that the country’s hospital admission rate of COVID-19 patients 'fell 90 percent in the second week of the current infection wave driven by the Omicron variant' as compared to the second week of the Delta wave. Boiling down the good-for-a-global-pandemic news further, he said that only 1.7 percent of all Omicron cases are being hospitalized, compared to 19 percent of Delta cases earlier in the year." Edited December 18, 2021 by Still Alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Alive Posted December 18, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,029 Content Per Day: 1.32 Reputation: 1,226 Days Won: 3 Joined: 02/05/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted December 18, 2021 5 hours ago, Delattre said: Most likely as time goes on there will be a variant that is more contagious and much more deadly than anything so far. Usually the opposite happens. That is, more contagious but much less deadly. And that appears to be the model this virus is following with Omicron. But past performance does not guarantee future results... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickyLouse Posted December 19, 2021 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 268 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 82 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/30/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/25/2004 Share Posted December 19, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, Delattre said: Most likely as time goes on there will be a variant that is more contagious and much more deadly than anything so far. I don’t think that is necessarily true. I think Omicron is typical - a more contagious but less severe variant. https://worthy.watch/omicron-christmas-present Edited December 19, 2021 by NickyLouse Add link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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