RE:RE:OmicronWhile I tend to agree that we should not be in an alarmist mode over Omicron until such time as we see a lot of hospitalizations occurring because of it, the math still looks worrisome even if it does not cause a lot of serious illness. That is simply because of how many people will get it. It is breaking through triple vaxed people and people who were infected before. So, there is a very good chance that most of us will end up getting an Omicron infection. If only a small percentage of those end up hospitalized, it still is going to hammer the health care systems around the world and wreak havic on the world's economy. And many hospitals are already severely overtaxed by mostly unvaxed people getting sick with the Delta variant. From a TH perspective, it could play havoc with finalizing the phase 1a and put a real kink in getting the phase 1b started. It may turn out that no interruptions in these trials are necessary but with the less than ideal way governments have handled covid so far, I would not be surprised if TH had to contend with some complications in getting these trials completed.
realitycheck4u wrote: And no one one is getting seriously ill. The percentage of double vaccinated people drying per 100000 is lower than auto accidents deaths. It's a flu. It is insane to include double or triple vax in lockdowns in any circumstance. Liberals/snowflakes/dems are bonkers
jfm1330 wrote: I fear this new variant will mess up a lot of things in the coming months. This variant is three to four times as contagious as the delta, and as virulent. We will very likely end up with shutdowns in many sectors. Here in Quebec our vaccination rate for the 12 years old and older is 90%, and this thing is rising sharply and Omicron is still not the dominant variant. So imagine in the US in many states where the vaccination rate is much lower. I fear it could be worst than the first wave.