Beginning to move from anecdote⤍data re: Om's severity. Still uncertainty, but new study shows 29%
hospitalizations in So Africa (compared w/ Delta).
Certainly better than = or
severity, but this isn't enough
in severity to nullify big
in infections.https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/12/south-africa-omicron-study-finds-drop-vaccine-protection-fewer-hospitalized …
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Replying to @Bob_Wachter
Hope so. But:“Ryan Noach, MD, Discovery Health's chief executive officer, said the flatter trajectory of hospital admission in the Omicron wave that hints at lower severity could be confounded by high seroprevalence in South Africa's population, especially after its Delta wave.”
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Replying to @zeynep @Bob_Wachter
Still big seronegative patches globally… Hope they get vaccinated fast enough so we don’t find out the answer to intrinsic severity.
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