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In response to "I think that's has already shown, and will show more to be alarmist." by Inigo

shrug let's hope so, but just assuming he's wrong seems dangerous. -- nm

Posted by Candie Cane (aka Andie) Dec 21 '21, 08:32

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.66% (probably more like .5%) of South Africa being infected by Omicron is not assuming. It's what the data is. - Inigo Dec 21, 08:36 8
- WHO literally said 3 days ago that it is too soon to say it is less severe. Yes, there are indicators but that is not yet proven. -- (edited) - Candie Cane Dec 21, 08:41 7
  - I don't have much really to add to the discussion. But I did want to mention that 3 days in OmicronLand is a long ass time in comparison. -- nm - Qale Dec 21, 09:05
  - It's worth remembering too that Delta was both more transmissible and also more likely to put people in hospital, in the ICU, or in the mortuary than - Roger More Dec 21, 08:51 1
    - Yeah, there's rules of thumb on this but they aren't carved in stone like some sort of equation. Biology is messy. -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 08:57
  - Sure, let's be cautious since this is early in the variant's life. But we should also be cautious about how many people will get infected, too. - Inigo Dec 21, 08:46 3
    - the 24 hour news cycle is so dangerous here. we are so used to "information now" that "chill while science works" isn't acceptable. there are no - amanda jeans Dec 21, 09:04 1
      - this is such a good point. things get reported, then we know more, and everyone is stuck on what was first said. (See the doc who first said vaccines - Candie Cane Dec 21, 09:36
    - Also, thank you for having a calm discussion about this, Andie, MDH, mandy and all. :) -- nm - Inigo Dec 21, 08:55

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