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I understand that you want to clarify — and I don’t think you intended to be inflammatory — but IMO it’s better to just move on. This thread is too good and important. Nobody wants it shut down, and going down this rabbit hole increases the odds. Take it from someone who has made the same mistake more than once.
It was an inexact (but not inapt) metaphor to make a point -- a common everyday conversational gambit. He wasn't saying literally "It's Russian Roulette!!! Exactly as risky and dangerous as a one-in-six head shot!!! Exactly like that!!!"
I found an article on it.
Omicron is more infectious so even if less severe it will lead to more hospitalizations
My daughter organized her college ski trip .... 1100 went, 450 got Covid (all tested by the college every day). 100% vaxxed, 75%+ boosted. Similar stories. Very few who had covid before got it again.
1. Sheer volume of cases. So even with lesser percentages, it is made up for by the volume.
Also all 20 people I know none of them had breathing problems! That's a great sign! Most complained about body aches and severe congestion, but slight cough and low fever.
How many have developed long Covid?jobarules said:
Yeah volume is definitely a factor, although we recently had a cyber attack and not all of the data has been restored still so hard to compare apples to apples on everything.gianmarco said:
No. Zero interest in starting that again.humpback said:
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Doug B said:
At each peak I’ve had this thought but it ended up burning bright then fading - no clue what to expect here with new variant, reinfection and waning immunity but we could see some staggering cases numbers - like 400-500k in a day.BeTheMatch said:
Keerock said:
I wouldn't say worthless. Natural immunity from catching a previous strain aren't very effective, much like vaccines for a previous strain aren't very effective, in keeping you from catching the new Omicron. Were people expecting it to be better?
I'm fairly certain that Ding guy has been questioned for cherry picking data to promote his agenda, which seems to be doom clicks. Seen several legit sources have very different takes than his, which of course makes navigating the risk landscape really difficult.
But those people are not spread out equally in the state. There are places of high vaccination rates and pockets of low vaccination rates.
2x mRNA Vaccines showed more effective aB levels than "infected immunity" vs Omicron. 3x mRNA vaccines crush it. Shared a chart a while back if youd like to check out the source.
That would also depend on when you were originally infected. If it was just last month, I'd think it would still provide good protection.
This one?
Not sure why but your link goes here for me:
Sure, but everywhere is far more highly vaccinated than a year ago (when no one was), and hospitalizations are spiking even in highly vaccinated counties.
I don't remember if this was ever proven conclusively, but I do recall some discussion a couple months back about the fact that all of the vaccines we have so far are delivered intramuscularly, which might mean they do a better job protecting the virus from colonizing the lungs, but not as good a job of protecting the nose and throat. According to this theory, that was why we were seeing a lot of breakthrough infections with cold symptoms among the vaccinated but not a lot of the serious lung issues. (It was also put forward as an argument for the development of intranasal spray boosters to supplement shots).jobarules said:
I actually know someone who had covid last January who tested positive again about 5 days ago. She is super pissed because her daughter had covid last Christmas and now she has it this Christmas. She is unvaccinated as well. Recent covid cases I know of include 5 people who were vaccinated but overdue for a booster, 5 people who were unvaccinated and hadn't had it before and 1 person who had covid before and unvaccinated. We have couple more in our warehouse that I don't know their vaccination status.jobarules said:
Had the two images handy. For context, please Feel free to look back through my posts as I said. It's there.
Two of my good friends just tested positive for COVID for the second time within the last week. Both double vaxxed Pfizer this summer with no booster.jobarules said:
Link?
