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Originally Posted by JDMDreams
Word on the news is that Omicron is spreading extremely fast and cases have been doubling every 3 days. Faster than any other infectious diseases that we've seen in recent years. And Boris Johnson of all people is already pushing everyone to get the third shot before the end of the year. I guess even the UK finally realizes shits hitting the fan  |
Bearing in mind that I have zero medical knowledge background, with the way Omicron is panning out, I actually think it is the best variant that has come up so far. Yes, the data is pointing to a very, very infectious disease, even more so than delta. At the same time, Omicron's symptoms seem to be more mild than delta, esp against those who have been vaccinated.
In my extremely limited medical knowledge mind, isn't that a good thing? Who cares if you can easily get infected by Omicron as long as the symptoms are really mild? You don't die; you don't get super sick. You recover from it and you move on (even though you might get infected by Omicron again since there seems to be some suggestion that re-infection is much easier with Omicron). In terms of severity, it would really become flu-like -- as long as you are vaccinated.
And if Omicron can really displace delta, then that means the more deadly delta variant will gradually fade from existence, and that would be a good thing.
Mind you -- none of this means we should no longer give a fxxk and just go attend a COVID party to get sick with Omicron. But I think the outlook with Omicron certainly seems better than delta.