Omicron

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Here's What We Know About 'Johns Hopkins Study' on Lockdowns

It's a non-peer reviewed working paper that has not been endorsed by the university.

www.snopes.com

Non peer reviewed, economists with tweets showing bias...

There are several glaring weaknesses. As much as I want this to be a told you so paper it clearly isnt. Never said it was.

 

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Deaths do lag a good 3 to 4 weeks, so we'll have to watch and see. I still think Omicron has great potential. Virtually everybody will be exposed to it no matter how many masks are worn and the volume of Purell baths. It apparently isn't particularly dangerous and could possibly have great potential to achieve the holy grail of "herd immunity" or maybe something close to that.

3 weeks later, things don’t look great.

 

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3 weeks later, things don’t look great.

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I don't think the news has been all terrible. The new cases spike has come and mostly gone very rapidly. Time will tell if the mass immunity keeps the pandemic dormant for hopefully at least a while.

I'm so tired of the politics of covid that truth unfortunately is never really known. If you're on one side of the political spectrum you (not you personally) won't consider a lab leak is possible or that maybe lockdowns had huge cost with little benefit, and then the other side is often locked in their mind with silliness that vaccines are dangerous placebos, etc. At this point who knows what's what.

 

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Ugh…

More contagious version of omicron spreads in U.S., fueling worries

The omicron BA.2 variant spreads about 30% more easily and has caused surges in other countries. Its steady increase in the U.S. raises questions about the wisdom of rolling back COVID restrictions.

www.npr.org

 

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Deer reservoir?

 

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Cases and deaths are both finally declining.