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It is starting to look like the reason Omicron appears to be less severe is because so much of the populace around the world has been infected with some form of
by kingkawn 5y ago
It is starting to look like the reason Omicron appears to be less severe is because so much of the populace around the world has been infected with some form of covid already, and with reinfections complication rates are far lower. If that is the case China’s successful control of previous strains will become a devastating liability with this strain.
- carlmr 5y ago>If that is the case China’s successful control of previous strains will become a devastating liability with this strain. I've been wondering about this as well, the extreme example of this would have been the European invasion of the Americas, and the thousands of years of disease evolution of common viruses around the world that the natives missed out on, which killed most without weapons. There's a certain value in letting your population's immune systems adapt as the viruses come, instead of letting it be overwhelmed after long isolation. We're in a constant natural arms race with viruses, isolation isn't sustainable.