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In response to "Makes sense. Everyone gets it quickly and then it fizzles. I wish everyone on ST well the next few weeks, everyone is getting it. -- nm" by MDH

Not everyone will get it. Not even close. Around 400k people have gotten Omicron in South Africa. There are 60.4 million people living there.

Posted by Inigo (aka Inigo) Dec 21 '21, 05:49

That's .66% of the population.

Also, keep in mind that South Africa's vaccination rate is much lower than Canada or the U.S. That most likely increased infections there.

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To clarify - 400K people in South Africa got tested and were positives. MANY more had it. -- nm - Andie Dec 21, 06:06 10
- Yup. Ever day stats are coming out literally showing everyone gets it. -- nm - MDH Dec 21, 06:26 3
  - *hands you a dictionary for the word literally* - Will Hunting Dec 21, 06:29 2
    - I’m the opposite of fear mongering. We are all getting it, if you’re vaxxed you’ll be okay. Don’t give false hope that we’re all avoiding this. -- nm - MDH Dec 21, 06:36 1
      - agreed. BUT wear a mask, limit large crowds and stuff too cause why chance it. (had this discussion with the wife when her family were coming) -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 06:38
- Sure, but that's the same for all of COVID. - Inigo Dec 21, 06:12 5
  - There’s no official word, but there were estimates that more than 90% of people that had Omicron did not know. -- nm - MDH Dec 21, 06:27 3
    - this could also be a factor of testing though. Where the US makes people pay more people aren't tested. Up here the lineups for free tests are massive - Beaker Dec 21, 06:37
    - So…his 1/10th stat….is accurate. So 6.6% of the nation. That’s … not all. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 06:30 1
      - Also, I'm being very liberal in the 400k case number. That's going back to early September. - Inigo Dec 21, 06:39
  - oh, i get it, but people forget that not all cases get counted. -- nm - Candie Cane Dec 21, 06:13

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Not everyone will get it. Not even close. Around 400k people have gotten Omicron in South Africa. There are 60.4 million people living there.

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