timschochet
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This article from NPR suggests that while Omicron appears to be milder in South Africa, it may be more deadly in the USA:
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/12/17/1065315661/omicron-may-be-less-severe-in-south-africa-that-may-not-be-the-case-for-the-u-s
If I’m understanding the argument correctly, it’s someone ironic and actually gives some vindication to those who were opposed to shutdowns and masks all along: because South Africa is far less vaccinated than we are, they have developed a form of “herd immunity” to new strains of Covid which we have not. The article doesn’t use that term, but it sure sounds like that’s exactly what the scientists quoted are implying.
Again I’m only linking articles from reputable sources. I’m not making the argument myself. And I hope it’s wrong.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/12/17/1065315661/omicron-may-be-less-severe-in-south-africa-that-may-not-be-the-case-for-the-u-s
If I’m understanding the argument correctly, it’s someone ironic and actually gives some vindication to those who were opposed to shutdowns and masks all along: because South Africa is far less vaccinated than we are, they have developed a form of “herd immunity” to new strains of Covid which we have not. The article doesn’t use that term, but it sure sounds like that’s exactly what the scientists quoted are implying.
Again I’m only linking articles from reputable sources. I’m not making the argument myself. And I hope it’s wrong.