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> Omicron is so much milder It's milder when measured by overall hospitalization rates (covering vaccinated + unvaccinated + past infection), but is there evid
by glial 5y ago
> Omicron is so much milder
It's milder when measured by overall hospitalization rates (covering vaccinated + unvaccinated + past infection), but is there evidence that it is milder for unvaccinated individuals specifically? Genuine question, happy to learn.
- merpnderp 5y agoI don't know that we know that. But given the UK death rates I'm guessing we'll be happy. I don't know anyone still unvaccinated, but I certainly hope omicron is milder for the people are aren't.
- bsaul 5y agounless omikron spread to vaccinated people preferably , or if vaccination rates increase a lot between delta and omikron, the fact that the increase in omikron cases doesn't produce an increase in hospital ICU prooves it's also not as lethal to non-vax
- rsfern 5y agoSolid data is still hard to come by, but preliminary analyses from the week of Dec 20 have omicron as moderately less virulent than Delta, and on par (+/- 10-20%) with the original strain. Good discussion of various pieces of the picture here: https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2021/12/23/omicron-post-9/ https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2021/12/23/omicron-post-9/