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Omicron Update, Dec 2

by yanowitz on 12/2/21, 12:36 PM with 114 comments

• by spaniard89277 on 12/2/21, 2:12 PM

  Well if Rt is ~3 I guess we're going to have another ride in Spain. I don't think this country can handle another lockdown.

  In my region people is pretty sensible about mask use etc. We relaxed a bit, but people still take care. I've been to Madrid and Barcelona for work and people behaves like this never happened.

  I hope I get a chance to a boost shot, because I know a couple of dudes that got covid and the side effects are pretty ugly. I'd rather be in my bed with fever for a couple of days.

• by thomcano on 12/2/21, 2:39 PM

  Let's do our jobs properly to minimize the spread of the Omicron variant as possible; this will help our health works and researchers somehow.

• by rossdavidh on 12/2/21, 2:22 PM

  The graph showing Omicron outcompeting Delta is, I think, actually good news. The worse condition would be if they don't even compete, i.e. Omicron was so different that having either Delta or Omicron wouldn't make you immune from the other. The pretty abrupt decline in Delta as Omicron ramps up, suggests pretty strongly that they do compete.

  I think this one might be The One. Everyone will be immune soon, perhaps, one way or the other. But if Omicron and Delta compete, then it seems plausible that the existing vaccines would at least help a bit with the severity of symptoms.

• by draw_down on 12/2/21, 2:09 PM

  Related:

  > Dr ANGELIQUE COETZEE, the doctor who alerted the world to the Omicron Covid variant, says we are over-reacting to the threat

  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-10256373/Dr-ANGEL...