Suppose good news is

(although I still think it is too soon to be confident) that if the disease is milder in most people, it is a good thing if it replaces Delta quickly.

Infection rates being so high of course adds risk on health service and industry / infrastructure but best scenario would be ripping through the population in Christmas period when many people are off anyway, and hopefully then slowing down fast as a high degree of immunity present in the population.

Fingers crossed anyway, but again still think we'd have to wait two or three weeks more to have any degree of confidence as to whether the milder disease is consistent or whether it's just 1) spreading faster among younger people who are less likely to develop serious illness or 2) spreading faster among vaccinated people who again are protected (even if less than before) against developing serious illness. Note: I mean spreading faster among the vaccinated than Delta spread, not that it would spread faster among the vaccinated than the unvaccinated of course.

Posted By: Legacy Fan on December 22nd 2021 at 11:03:40

Message Thread

Omicron findings are in bit of a mixed bag I guess … (Coronavirus) - loz, Dec 22, 10:48:28
- I don’t think it could be a lot (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SimonOTBC, Dec 22, 11:36:07
  - Whoops... more positive really (Coronavirus) - SimonOTBC, Dec 22, 11:39:37
    - Yep lovely to think next year may be a bit more normal ? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - loz, Dec 22, 11:43:34
      - I think it will (Coronavirus) - SimonOTBC, Dec 22, 11:47:18
    - I wonder if viruses like this always mutate to be less severe (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Dec 22, 11:42:31
      - how's your bruv doing? (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Dec 22, 12:52:59
        
        Headache, coldy but not too bad. Still waiting for PCR... (n/m) (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Dec 22, 12:59:48
        
        🤞 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Dec 22, 13:07:11
      - I don’t know. Possibly don’t want to know either 😂 (Coronavirus) - SimonOTBC, Dec 22, 11:45:56
        
        Question: Could We Assume? (Coronavirus) - Martin Peters, Dec 22, 12:13:49
        
        I dont think flu acts like that (Coronavirus) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 22, 12:25:49
        
        you could always google that? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Dec 22, 12:54:40
        
        i could if was concerned enough (Coronavirus) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 22, 14:13:42
- Suppose good news is (Coronavirus) - Legacy Fan, Dec 22, 11:03:40
  - Are they suggesting it’s milder though or just that … (Coronavirus) - loz, Dec 22, 11:08:51
    - That's what I said (Coronavirus) - Legacy Fan, Dec 22, 11:23:07
    - Vaccination and priory immunity (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 22, 11:20:56
      - Indeed. Monks far less likely to catch it. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Legacy Fan, Dec 22, 11:23:36
  - I don’t think many are suggesting Omicron is a good thing (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 22, 11:07:54
    - No. But it might be. (Coronavirus) - Legacy Fan, Dec 22, 11:26:32
- Positive findings (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Dec 22, 11:02:25
  - Generally positive but less so that … (Coronavirus) - loz, Dec 22, 11:08:11
    - I assume I’ve got Omicron (Coronavirus) - Old Man, Dec 22, 12:44:42

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