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43 cases isn't statistically significant. It's unlikely to be representative either. The 70% figure is readily available. It's in this article somebody else qu
by orra 5y ago
43 cases isn't statistically significant. It's unlikely to be representative either.
The 70% figure is readily available. It's in this article somebody else quoted when failing to make an opposing point: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/14/south-africa-omicron-coronavirus/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/14/south-africa...
- walterbell 5y agoThanks, the text below is consistent with BMJ article: > He said private hospitals reported that most patients were unvaccinated and many were initially admitted for non-covid-related illnesses. There was less evidence of respiratory infections in omicron-infected patients, compared with the other variants, with fewer patients requiring oxygen, Noach added. and hospitalization is down across the board, even before the additional benefit of vaccination: > Adults are experiencing a 29% lower admission risk relative to South Africa’s first wave of infection, dominated by D614G, in early 2020. Furthermore, hospitalised adults currently have a lower propensity to be admitted to high-care and intensive-care units, relative to prior waves.”