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I don't really think so. Omicron is what did it. I think in Africa only 24% received at least one dose, and Africa is not a giant heaping pile of covid19 bodies

I don't really think so. Omicron is what did it. I think in Africa only 24% received at least one dose, and Africa is not a giant heaping pile of covid19 bodies. If I recall correctly (its possible I do not), the latest booster is for BA-5, which was effectively extinct by the time the booster came out. Why its extinct is important: the existing variants had immune escape over BA-5.

betacat 3y ago
That's a continental average. Rates varied (June 2022) from nearly 72% in Rwanda to near zero in neighboring Burundi. You are unfortunately parroting a bad/malicious over-generalization.
- marcusverus 3y ago
  This is common sense and goes without saying. GP does not need to recite the litany about the fact that things are different in different parts of Africa. We're aware. > You are unfortunately parroting a bad/malicious over-generalization. Yawn.
koshergweilo 3y ago
The age of the average African is significantly younger than the rest of the world. There's a lot of variables to account for, you'd need a proper study, not just a single data point, to determine if omicron is significantly less deadly than older COVID variants. As for GP's claim that vaccines saved a lot of lives, that's very well supported at this point https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2022/two-years-covid-vaccines-prevented-millions-deaths-hospitalizations#:~:text=From%20December%202020%20through%20November,million%20more%20COVID%2D19%20infections https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2022/two-years-covid-v....