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With you on that sounds like a transformerNo but it's comical how they're naming the new one like a Pokémon or Transformers name.
They're saving the scariest names for when they want us to really stay inside.No but it's comical how they're naming the new one like a Pokémon or Transformers name.
It's just that the media reported 2 days ago that it was mild compared to delta none of the infected needed to be hospitalized, today it's reported that hundreds are being hospitalized in the infected zones. Just wanted to know what's true. The co of mordana spoke out earlier today and said he was afraid that the vaccines might not work well on omikron and that they are working on a new version of the vaccine that will take a couple of months.Researchers are trying to be cautious in separating out possible confounds that could be impacting knowledge (eg, is it actually more transmissible, or is the spread due to people becoming too lax with public health behaviours after two years, etc), so our knowledge is still unfolding. Sequencing and identifying different lineages doesn't by itself tell us about the virus' behavior, so it will still be a little more still until we have more robust data.
Omicron is kinda funny (and appropriately deceptacon-evil scary) to me too!
well apparently where it happened, 40% of adults were vaccinated and even less for under 18 year olds which, reportedly, is who the Omicromi virus was hurting more compared to the other variants.It's just that the media reported 2 days ago that it was mild compared to delta nun of the infected needed to be hospitalized, today it's reported that hundreds are being hospitalized in the infected zones. Just wanted to know what's true. The co of mordana spoke out earlier today and said he was afraid that the vaccines might not work well on omikron and that they are working on a new version of the vaccine that will take a couple of months.
I agree with the other replies about being cautious with media reports. News reporters do do their best, but very very frequently get the science wrong in the process of trying to make things more understandable for the public. And, as noted, the science changes as we learn more. People were pretty upset when we learned more about the ways the virus can linger in the air longer and further than we initially thought (and so updated our mask mandates accordingly). And naming viruses after their location of sequencing (eg south Africa in this case) is often reported like the virus variants originated there, etc. Media gets slippery, and even reporters who aren't just in it for the media's own interests (keeping people engaged, clicking headlines) often struggle to get the accuracy right, especially with our changing science knowledgeIt's just that the media reported 2 days ago that it was mild compared to delta none of the infected needed to be hospitalized, today it's reported that hundreds are being hospitalized in the infected zones. Just wanted to know what's true. The co of mordana spoke out earlier today and said he was afraid that the vaccines might not work well on omikron and that they are working on a new version of the vaccine that will take a couple of months.
This is one of our media problems: the focus on death and mortality as a way of making it seem serious. One of the main covid concerns on the individual level (ignoring the strain on resources etc) isn't the mortality index, but the morbidity index: all the consequences other than death that contribute to the disease burden. But, while I disagree with the science points about monitoring and classification, I don't disagree about the emphasis and focus in media and elsewhere — its contributing to so much fatigue and wearout that its hard to dedicate the attention when and where it does matter. (a kind of fatigue that I think is likely one reason we see Europe having some of the highest cases since this all began years ago)Yeah it's just becoming a giant farce at this point. I don't see why these strains need to be continually monitored and classified to where nothing else in the world seems to matter anymore. I just can't worry about something with a 0.3% mortality rate (and it's far lower still in those under 65).
I totally agree with you on that point, don't really understand why they are making such a big deal of it. But they keep changing their stories about how the effects of it are so it's just confusing. Read it could knock out the immune system and that's not good.Yeah it's just becoming a giant farce at this point. I don't see why these strains need to be continually monitored and classified to where nothing else in the world seems to matter anymore. I just can't worry about something with a 0.3% mortality rate (and it's far lower still in those under 65).