12-22-2021, 01:10 PM
Okay but overall it's still mild overall for those infected. We know human coronaviruses generally impact vulnerable hosts the most which has been true of HCoV-229E/NL63/OC43, MERS-CoV and both SARS-CoV viruses. For the vast majority of people, it may not be big deal and that's even more true with high vaccination numbers this time.
You've got to look at all of the data coming out of the US, EU, Canada, Asia, the WHO, the CDC et al. If you Google search "omicron mild" and you get a plethora of reports from countries all around the world stating that it doesn't appear to be any worse than what we've seen before and in some cases is having even less of an impact on people likely due to accrued natural immunity or vaccination, which is what we wanted all along.
Each variant (there have been dozens now, with only 5 ever becoming a cause for concern), each wave, each season is going to be "the one" that throws us all back into the dark ages of hoarding toilet paper and treating everyone like they're a zombie to avoid. Time and time again we hear that and apart from delta having easily the worst impact on us, we've managed to keep it together here and have not crushed our hospitals or had thousands of elderly dying in their own feces in LTC homes to the point the military had to come in. As each day passes, the situation only seems to be holding steady or even improving. Compared to delta, hospitalization rates and deaths don't seem to be worsening which is a very good sign that this may not do the damage we think it is going to this winter season.
You've got to look at all of the data coming out of the US, EU, Canada, Asia, the WHO, the CDC et al. If you Google search "omicron mild" and you get a plethora of reports from countries all around the world stating that it doesn't appear to be any worse than what we've seen before and in some cases is having even less of an impact on people likely due to accrued natural immunity or vaccination, which is what we wanted all along.
Each variant (there have been dozens now, with only 5 ever becoming a cause for concern), each wave, each season is going to be "the one" that throws us all back into the dark ages of hoarding toilet paper and treating everyone like they're a zombie to avoid. Time and time again we hear that and apart from delta having easily the worst impact on us, we've managed to keep it together here and have not crushed our hospitals or had thousands of elderly dying in their own feces in LTC homes to the point the military had to come in. As each day passes, the situation only seems to be holding steady or even improving. Compared to delta, hospitalization rates and deaths don't seem to be worsening which is a very good sign that this may not do the damage we think it is going to this winter season.