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It's not a model, it's an observation. There is no clear evidence as of yet to suggest hospitalization or mortality rates of Omicron among our kind of populati
by jollybean 5y ago
It's not a model, it's an observation.
There is no clear evidence as of yet to suggest hospitalization or mortality rates of Omicron among our kind of population.
We'll have a better idea in a few weeks.
- Closi 5y agoNo clear evidence yet when just looking at a small sample of UK data. It's clear from SA that this wave is having lower mortality than previous waves (perhaps for a mixture of reasons). There is also data that shows that Omicron spreads much slower in the lung than the previous variant, while spreading 70 times faster in bronchial tissue (which is why it is so transmissable) so there is a suspected vector for why it may be milder. (https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/omicron-propagates-70-times-faster-than-delta-in-bronchi-study-69540 https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/omicron-propagate...)
- jollybean 5y agoNo, it's not 'clear' at all. SA has 70-80% natural immunity, the UK does not. They have different healthcare facilities, rates of testing, data collection. Nothing we've seen yet is definitive.