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>It'll be interesting to see what we think of the "let it rip" strategy for Omicron a lot of areas used a decade from now. 1. Omnicron is so infectious no publ

>It'll be interesting to see what we think of the "let it rip" strategy for Omicron a lot of areas used a decade from now. 1. Omnicron is so infectious no public health measures can prevent it. 2. Omnicron infects the upper air ways NOT the lungs like previous strains, this prevents it from easily spreading to other organs. Omnicron should really be thought of as a different but adjacent virus because of how differently it attacks our bodies. Thankfully "let it rip" is paying off with infections plummeting around the world after an 8 week~ wave of it.

IE6 5y ago
> 1. Omnicron is so infectious no public health measures can prevent it. Source?
- ls15 5y ago
  I guess that globally isolating potential hosts (including animal hosts, such as rodents in the wild) from each other for a prolonged period would technically work.
- BunsanSpace 5y ago
  1. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Is-omicron-as-contagious-as-the-measles-Here-s-16717381.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Is-omicron-as-co... 2. https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-01-03/omicron-the-fastest-spreading-virus-in-history.html https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-01-03/omicron-the-fastes... Further the new BA.2 strain (which is causing a slight re-uptick of cases in the UK) is reported as 1.5x more infectious as well. So this is literally the most infectious disease ever recorded, and possibly the most infectious ever full stop. https://www.businessinsider.com/ba2-omicron-coronavirus-contagious-ba1-denmark-data-2022-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/ba2-omicron-coronavirus-cont... My interpretation of this is health measures can slow it a bit, but 100% of the population will be exposed, so given the less pathogenic nature of it, getting it over with faster would likely be a net benefit.
sweetheart 5y ago
> Thankfully "let it rip" is paying off Let's see if the cardiologists agree next year.
andruc 5y ago
> Thankfully "let it rip" is paying off with infections plummeting around the world after an 8 week~ wave of it. Our reported cases here in Canada are only plummeting since restrictions have been placed on who can actually have a PCR test scheduled, and these are the only results that are reported. The emphasis has been put on handing out rapid tests, which aren't tracked. As expected, cases started dropping immediately alongside the number of PCR tests performed. We're not past the spike, we're just ignoring it.
- BunsanSpace 5y ago
  While lack of testing under-reports cases, it does show trends. There's also the covid symptom tracker which can be used to infer the true infection rate. You can dive into it, but by all metrics cases are going in countries that started their omnicron wave mid to late December If you look to Nova Scotia, you can also see hospitalization peaking and arguably decreasing, aprox 1-2 weeks after reported cases peaked. (Nova Scotia is a good case because it started the Omnicron wave 2-3 weeks before the rest of Canada) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/covid-update-nova-scotia-feb-9-2022-1.6344632 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/covid-update-nova...

IE6 5y ago

> 1. Omnicron is so infectious no public health measures can prevent it. Source?

ls15 5y ago
I guess that globally isolating potential hosts (including animal hosts, such as rodents in the wild) from each other for a prolonged period would technically work.
BunsanSpace 5y ago
1. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Is-omicron-as-contagious-as-the-measles-Here-s-16717381.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Is-omicron-as-co... 2. https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-01-03/omicron-the-fastest-spreading-virus-in-history.html https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-01-03/omicron-the-fastes... Further the new BA.2 strain (which is causing a slight re-uptick of cases in the UK) is reported as 1.5x more infectious as well. So this is literally the most infectious disease ever recorded, and possibly the most infectious ever full stop. https://www.businessinsider.com/ba2-omicron-coronavirus-contagious-ba1-denmark-data-2022-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/ba2-omicron-coronavirus-cont... My interpretation of this is health measures can slow it a bit, but 100% of the population will be exposed, so given the less pathogenic nature of it, getting it over with faster would likely be a net benefit.

sweetheart 5y ago

> Thankfully "let it rip" is paying off Let's see if the cardiologists agree next year.

andruc 5y ago

> Thankfully "let it rip" is paying off with infections plummeting around the world after an 8 week~ wave of it. Our reported cases here in Canada are only plummeting since restrictions have been placed on who can actually have a PCR test scheduled, and these are the only results that are reported. The emphasis has been put on handing out rapid tests, which aren't tracked. As expected, cases started dropping immediately alongside the number of PCR tests performed. We're not past the spike, we're just ignoring it.

BunsanSpace 5y ago
While lack of testing under-reports cases, it does show trends. There's also the covid symptom tracker which can be used to infer the true infection rate. You can dive into it, but by all metrics cases are going in countries that started their omnicron wave mid to late December If you look to Nova Scotia, you can also see hospitalization peaking and arguably decreasing, aprox 1-2 weeks after reported cases peaked. (Nova Scotia is a good case because it started the Omnicron wave 2-3 weeks before the rest of Canada) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/covid-update-nova-scotia-feb-9-2022-1.6344632 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/covid-update-nova...