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> However, Dr Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association and a practising GP based in Pretoria, said it was “premature” to make predictio
by bmakdbd 5y ago
> However, Dr Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association and a practising GP based in Pretoria, said it was “premature” to make predictions of a health crisis.
“It’s all speculation at this stage. It may be it’s highly transmissible, but so far the cases we are seeing are extremely mild,” she said. “Maybe two weeks from now I will have a different opinion, but this is what we are seeing. So are we seriously worried? No. We are concerned and we watch what’s happening. But for now we’re saying, ‘OK: there’s a whole hype out there. [We’re] not sure why.’”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/26/south-africa-b11529-covid-variant-vaccination https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/26/south-africa-b...
- throwawayboise 5y ago"the cases we are seeing are extremely mild" So, like most COVID infections?
- setpatchaddress 5y ago“Mild” in this case means you don’t go to the hospital (and/or the morgue). It doesn’t rule out long COVID or extremely severe (from a layman’s perspective) symptoms. And that’s the same as other “mild” COVID infections, yep. The ones where you don’t die. You ignorant dipshit.
- jjulius 5y agoWell that last bit sure came out of left field.
- op00to 5y agoDude was being an ignorant dipshit. Deserved it.
- snakeboy 5y agoHow did he deserve it exactly? They were being snarky, sure, but population-wide infection hospitalization rate is estimated around 2-3%, so yes, the vast majority of Covid cases were mild. That's not even a controversial statement.
- dham 5y agoHave you never had a severe cold when you were young or did you get one of those stupid attendance trophies in school? Geez. I'm starting to wonder if anyone on Hacker news has ever gone through any hardship.
- chrisjs95 5y agoLet me guess. You're single, have no kids and wear a mask in the car. You're deathly afraid of this virus because you watch CNN everyday. You have 2 doses of vaccine and 5 boosters? You talk about long Covid but haven't been sick in 10 years. The term post viral syndrome is foreign to you?
- dang 5y agoAttacking another user like that will get you banned here, regardless of how wrong they are or you feel they are, and regardless of how bad any other comment is. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
- dang 5y agoYikes - attacking another user like that will get you banned here, regardless of how ignorant they are or you feel they are. We're trying to avoid this sort of degenerate spiral. If you would please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and take the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
- tamaharbor 5y agoI heard the minor symptoms are muscle aches and tiredness.. Like most days for the elderly.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y agoBest case scenario: A virus that causes only mild symptoms, spreads quickly, and causes immunity against the original (more harmful) variants. Just lift measures and let it do its work...
- crate_barre 5y agoCOVID has been weaponized politically. Any politician that doesn’t take part in counter-measure theatrics risks losing an election where they will be attacked for not doing enough.
- bhouser 5y agoThis would be incredible
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y agoUnfortunately, right now, it seems unlikely :( There are already reports of (vaccinated) young people getting seriously ill. Unlike with other viruses, there is little selective pressure towards being less deadly, because illness/death mostly happen after transmission. And while I'm not a virologist, it doesn't seem far-fetched that "breeds higher viral loads more quickly" would be correlated not only with transmissivity, but also with "kills more".