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Purely anecdotal of course, but currently, covid is rampant here in Germany, at least my region. Everybody and their mom is catching it currently, I had it two

Purely anecdotal of course, but currently, covid is rampant here in Germany, at least my region. Everybody and their mom is catching it currently, I had it two weeks ago, most of my colleagues did or currently do. All were vaccinated, nobody went down for longer than 2 or 3 days with a fever, and a few more days to get up to speed again. No loss of sense of smell/taste, nobody short on breath. This is very different from any cases from my circle of acquaintances in 2021/2020, which were way more severe. Also, no more overloaded ICUs here. I guess this is why they're lifting all the restrictions here currently, despite case numbers skyrocketing. This seems to be the norm with Omicron. If Shanghai is just Omicron too, I'd be surprised if a wave of deaths will follow.

nicoburns 5y ago
It's similar here in the UK. 1 in 13 people in the UK had covid last week. And deaths are up, but not more than previous waves where we had far fewer cases. What seems to be somewhat different in China is that between an up-til-now successful zero-covid policy (facilitated by lockdowns) and the less effective Sinovac vaccine, immunity levels are much lower. And I've seen a lot of people suggesting that the milder cases from Omicron are mostly down to existing immunity (either from vaccines or past infection) rather than Omicron being inherently milder (tentative consensus seems to be that it is a bit milder, but not so much as the reduced severity of infections would suggest in absence of other factors).
kashunstva 5y ago
> currently, covid is rampant here in Germany, at least my region It's _probably_ true here in Canada, too; but in our province, if not nationally, they've given up nearly entirely on PCR testing and case tracking. Schools aren't mandated to report absences unless they reach some very high threshold. As a consequence, there aren't any really good ways for an individual to judge their risk.

nicoburns 5y ago

It's similar here in the UK. 1 in 13 people in the UK had covid last week. And deaths are up, but not more than previous waves where we had far fewer cases. What seems to be somewhat different in China is that between an up-til-now successful zero-covid policy (facilitated by lockdowns) and the less effective Sinovac vaccine, immunity levels are much lower. And I've seen a lot of people suggesting that the milder cases from Omicron are mostly down to existing immunity (either from vaccines or past infection) rather than Omicron being inherently milder (tentative consensus seems to be that it is a bit milder, but not so much as the reduced severity of infections would suggest in absence of other factors).

kashunstva 5y ago

> currently, covid is rampant here in Germany, at least my region It's _probably_ true here in Canada, too; but in our province, if not nationally, they've given up nearly entirely on PCR testing and case tracking. Schools aren't mandated to report absences unless they reach some very high threshold. As a consequence, there aren't any really good ways for an individual to judge their risk.