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In response to "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)" by Candie Cane

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.

Posted by Inigo (aka Inigo) Dec 21 '21, 08:46

It's dangerous that WHO and the scientist you quoted to start causing panic about everyone (literally EVERYONE in the Gary Oldman sense) getting this, yet somehow it's just too early to know if it's less severe.

We don't know 100% but the indicators are this is more infectious, less severe, and is going away faster than previous variants.

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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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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.

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