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Genuine question as I haven’t been following COVID news closely. What’s the hospitalization rate and long term effects from Omicron COVID? Do we have sufficient
by anonred 5y ago
Genuine question as I haven’t been following COVID news closely. What’s the hospitalization rate and long term effects from Omicron COVID? Do we have sufficient data to suggest that it’s milder than Delta etc?
- brazzy 5y agoLong term effects? It hasn't even been known to exist for a whole month. Look around this thread and you will find many links to data that indicates Omicron might have less severe outcomes, but it's really still a bit early to really have confidence in that data because there are a lot of confounding factors.
- lolc 5y agoMy current Best Guess from reading Reliable Internet Sources(tm): > What’s the hospitalization rate and long term effects from Omicron COVID? Hospitalization could be about the same. While we see decreased hospitalisations in South Africa, the assumption is that this is due to widespread immunity from exposure to earlier waves and vaccinations. For the last two weeks, Omicron has been hitting populations that have higher shares of naive subjects. Now the first results on hospitalizations are coming in. Refreshing my tabs constantly :-) I assume that long-term damage is related to immediate severity, so it's likely not going to be worse. But I'm out on a twig here. > Do we have sufficient data to suggest that it’s milder than Delta etc? Suggestive evidence of mildness is being discussed. No conclusions.