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In response to "With subdued symptoms, yet higher contagion levels, will the silver lining of Omicron be an expedited path towards herd immunity? -- nm" by samara

also unclear whether it really does have milder symptoms, or it's just that it's spreading primarily through younger (and vaccinated) populations.

Posted by mafic Dec 15 '21, 20:57

most of the omicron data is still from Africa, which skews a lot younger than the west. it's not impossible to correct data for different distributions, but it's not necessarily simple. maybe it's milder, but I'm not pinning my hopes on it.

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Re the continuing measures discussion, there is a very stark difference in the attitudes for places that have been able to contain it, vs the places - Reagen Dec 16, 01:47 1
- Yeah, people here can see it’s clearly working. There’s a fair bit of good natured grumbling about the premier - mafic Dec 16, 06:30
Very good point. -- nm - samara Dec 15, 21:05

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also unclear whether it really does have milder symptoms, or it's just that it's spreading primarily through younger (and vaccinated) populations.

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