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Re: Omicron cases seem less severe compared with previous variants, new studies suggest.

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Thu, 23 Dec 21 4:42 AM | 11 view(s)
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Yep. The increase in the risk of omicron is more about hospitals than the average individual. Too many cases will mean hospitals can't cope with the volume. But of course, if hospitals are overwhelmed, some people who would have survived will die.

Booster vaccination lowers hospitalisation rates. So, for their own benefit and for the sake of the common good, people should get their boosters.

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Omicron cases seem less severe compared with previous variants, new studies suggest.
By: clo2 in ALEA
Thu, 23 Dec 21 12:45 AM 		Msg. 44238 of 54959

The New York Times

BREAKING NEWS

Omicron cases seem less severe compared with previous variants, new studies suggest. But experts warned that hospitals could still be flooded.
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 3:01 PM EST

The research, conducted in Britain and released on Wednesday, indicated that Omicron is less likely to put people in hospitals.

“What you’ve heard is a qualified good-news story,” Dr. Jim McMenamin, incident director for Covid-19 at Public Health Scotland, said at a news briefing at which he and colleagues presented data gleaned from Scottish hospitals.

While the results are heartening, Dr. McMenamin and other experts still warned that hospitals could be flooded with Omicron cases, because the variant transmits so much more than previous ones.

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