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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #160 on: December 02, 2021, 10:11:01 PM »
Mods - think it might be time for a thread split. Either a new Omicron thread, or yet another Biden/Trump thread.
I have a crazy idea. Let's see if we can all self moderate going forward in this thread.  :)

With this variant now spreading is the hype warranted or still the sky is falling?
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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #161 on: December 02, 2021, 10:16:10 PM »
I have a crazy idea. Let's see if we can all self moderate going forward in this thread.  :)

With this variant now spreading is the hype warranted or still the sky is falling?
It really depends if it causes severe symptoms and/or death (with/without vaccine). We'll find out within the next few weeks.

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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #162 on: December 02, 2021, 10:36:35 PM »
Let's see if we can all self moderate going forward in this thread.  :)

Sorry dude, I have mouths to feed.
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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #163 on: December 02, 2021, 10:37:49 PM »
Sorry dude, I have mouths to feed.
You caught on to my plan.  :-[
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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #165 on: December 03, 2021, 09:17:51 AM »
Aha
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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #167 on: December 03, 2021, 10:41:42 AM »
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/new-omicron-fears-as-variant-puts-huge-numbers-of-kids-under-5-years-old-in-hospital-in-south-africa/ar-AARqytv?ocid=msedgdhp

This (particularly the statistic on child hospitalization) is worrysome. What does 3x more transmissible mean? Isn’t Delta 5-6x transmissible compared to Alpha? So this is 3x as transmissible as what?

Considering how dominant Omricon has become in SA, it’s certainly possible it could become as dominant as Delta has globally.
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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #168 on: December 03, 2021, 10:46:52 AM »
Aha
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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #170 on: December 06, 2021, 08:30:58 AM »
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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #171 on: December 06, 2021, 09:50:11 AM »
Hospitalizations lag, this optimism sounds premature. It could very well be true but it seems too soon to call.
Similar discussion here: https://www.timesofisrael.com/is-omicron-destined-to-usher-in-israels-5th-outbreak-or-will-it-downgrade-covid/

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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #172 on: December 06, 2021, 11:13:12 AM »
Hospitalizations lag, this optimism sounds premature. It could very well be true but it seems too soon to call.
Only by a few weeks. They should have preliminary data.
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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #173 on: December 06, 2021, 11:30:53 AM »
Only by a few weeks. They should have preliminary data.

Omricon has only been dominant in SA sampling for 3-4 weeks, so it might still be early.

SA infections tend to be younger than US due to demographic differences, so that's a factor as well.
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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #174 on: December 06, 2021, 12:59:40 PM »
https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-omicron-situation-week-2

I'mma admit I didn't read the whole thing, not even close, and certainly didn't read all the linked threads and articles. But seems like quite a thorough rundown on what we know about Kulula* at this point for those who are interested in spending their day on that.

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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #175 on: December 06, 2021, 01:51:17 PM »
https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-omicron-situation-week-2

I'mma admit I didn't read the whole thing, not even close, and certainly didn't read all the linked threads and articles. But seems like quite a thorough rundown on what we know about Kulula* at this point for those who are interested in spending their day on that.

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Very interesting read.
Can I ask what is "Kulula"?
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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #176 on: December 06, 2021, 01:54:30 PM »
Very interesting read.
Can I ask what is "Kulula"?
GIYF ;-)

It's a South African low-cost airline.

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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #177 on: December 06, 2021, 05:15:07 PM »
GIYF ;-)

It's a South African low-cost airline.
I did Google it and that is what I got. What am I missing?
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Re: The Sky Is Falling! Yet Another Variant
« Reply #178 on: December 06, 2021, 05:15:55 PM »
I did Google it and that is what I got. What am I missing?
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