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The issue is transmissibility rather than severity. Say it was 50% less severe but 25% more infectious that would cause hospital infrastructure to fail because
by yung_steezy 5y ago
The issue is transmissibility rather than severity. Say it was 50% less severe but 25% more infectious that would cause hospital infrastructure to fail because the absolute number of hospitalisations go up as more people are infected.
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- culi 5y agoAlso the fact that the severity of omicron varies from country to country. In the US it is likely to be much more severe than in South Africa https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/12/17/1065315661/omicron-may-be-less-severe-in-south-africa-that-may-not-be-the-case-for-the-u-s https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/12/17/1065315...
- proc0 5y agoWe solved a complex bio-engineering immunity problem in record time, but we cannot solve a simple logistic problem of whatever special treatment hospitals are doing.
- tim333 5y agoDepends where the thing peaks. In SA cases seem to have peaked already with fairly modest hospitalisations.