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It's too early to say, but the on-the-ground anecdotal reports suggest it is not particularly severe or lethal, based on observations so far. But it will take w
by tomhoward 5y ago
It's too early to say, but the on-the-ground anecdotal reports suggest it is not particularly severe or lethal, based on observations so far. But it will take weeks to start knowing about mortality and months to see evidence of long illness.
The best case scenario is that the mutations that make it more infectious also make it less virulent/lethal, and the super-early evidence suggests that is at least possibly true of this variant.
- koheripbal 5y agoSevere illness and hospitalizations lag infections by weeks, so the initial data is biased. Deaths lag on the order of two months.
- bart_spoon 5y agoWhile true, its highly unlikely Omicron actually exploded into existence in the last 2 weeks. It's likely been circulating for months and we've just now discovered it.
- rimliu 5y ago> Deaths lag on the order of two months Pure BS.
- jagger27 5y agoPeople clearly don’t die immediately after infection. Consider that most people dying in North America were being kept alive on a ventilator. Not sure why a two month lag is so hard to believe.
- bart_spoon 5y agoThose people would be classified as hospitalized inside two months though.
- tomhoward 5y agoI wrote "weeks to start knowing about mortality". Obviously, more time will bring more complete knowledge.