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Booster is even more effective against omicronNew on mRNA vaccine T cell response
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 16, 2022
The booster (3rd) shot markedly improves the IFN ->T cell response to Omicronhttps://t.co/vFEC2Wfw8E
"These results provide further evidence that a three-dose vaccine regimen benefits the induction of optimal functional T cell immune memory" pic.twitter.com/J39d8UfM4B
South Africa continues to tumble, now roughly ~30 days from its case/% positive peaks. Spot positivity below 10% for the first time since surpassing it.
— Craig (@TheLawyerCraig) January 17, 2022
7-day positivity = 13.3% (down 33.3% WoW, 57.8% from peak ).
7DA cases = 4,639 (down 38.7% WoW, 77.7% from peak). https://t.co/xAiOxux12a
Another good sign is that the % of #Covid19 hospital census that is in the ICU (using 7-day lag) has been the lowest of the entire pandemic recently.
— Craig (@TheLawyerCraig) January 17, 2022
It was above 23% from the start of Delta until 1/6 (186 days straight).
Today it's at 17.05%.
PJYoung said:
Yeah I wasn't clear at all.
the booster is very effective in reducing serious illness from omicron. Especially so.
And yes, it reduces transmission as well along with reducing the amount of time you are sick which is important in stopping variants from spawning.
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JERUSALEM, Jan 17 (Reuters) - A fourth shot of COVID-19 vaccine boosts antibodies to even higher levels than the third jab but it is not enough to prevent Omicron infections, according to a preliminary study in Israel.
Old Buffalo said:PJYoung said:
Yeah I wasn't clear at all.
the booster is very effective in reducing serious illness from omicron. Especially so.
And yes, it reduces transmission as well along with reducing the amount of time you are sick which is important in stopping variants from spawning.Quote:
JERUSALEM, Jan 17 (Reuters) - A fourth shot of COVID-19 vaccine boosts antibodies to even higher levels than the third jab but it is not enough to prevent Omicron infections, according to a preliminary study in Israel.
It's been a week since certain experts predicted that US Covid hospitalizations would "get substantially higher," with which I disagreed. How are the numbers looking now? Down. HHS hospitalization census is down ~5.7k from last Monday and ICUs are down 412.
— Craig (@TheLawyerCraig) January 24, 2022
Brief thread 🧵🧵🧵 https://t.co/YuJXTlYs5I pic.twitter.com/NhJyG3iPpS
Seems to me that for most of us getting the initial vaccine was smart. But that cannot go on forever. Eventually we need to develop natural immunities to it like we have for every other corona virus. I can see a point where vaccinations are a net negative in the long run, especially in younger populations. In fact we are probably past that point now.cone said:
variants are inevitable and endless right?
how could you possibly vaccinate yourself out of that feature of endemicity?
agsalaska said:
I can see a point where vaccinations are a net negative in the long run, especially in younger populations. In fact we are probably past that point now.
Delta is practically non-existent anymore; it has been run out of town by Omicron. There maybe some residual cases still in hospitals however.JamesE4 said:
question for the experts:
reported deaths due to Covid are on the rise - the latest data from Worldometers shows this.
Of course, cases have spiked by a much higher amount, due to Omicron.
We have heard that omicron is much less deadly than delta, yet deaths appear to be rising.
Is this:
1 - omicron really killing people
2 - people that were going to die from something at this time anyway, but caught omicron right before they died and therefore reported as a covid death
3 - people dying from delta
BTW, I had covid a few weeks ago, got prescribed paxlovid, and recovered one day later. Symptoms were fever, chills, night sweats and extreme fatigue.
Biggest thing going on here is just the huge numbers of people getting infected at the same time. Alpha and delta both did a sort of regional march, where one area would get hit badly then die down while the next was rising. So Florida and Texas got hit last August, Idaho in Sept and the Northeast in November. Omicron is hitting everyone at once. People are still dying from it, just at a much lower rate than with delta and alpha. But lower percentage still works out to a pretty big number when so many people are infected at once.JamesE4 said:
question for the experts:
reported deaths due to Covid are on the rise - the latest data from Worldometers shows this.
Of course, cases have spiked by a much higher amount, due to Omicron.
We have heard that omicron is much less deadly than delta, yet deaths appear to be rising.
Is this:
1 - omicron really killing people
2 - people that were going to die from something at this time anyway, but caught omicron right before they died and therefore reported as a covid death
3 - people dying from delta
BTW, I had covid a few weeks ago, got prescribed paxlovid, and recovered one day later. Symptoms were fever, chills, night sweats and extreme fatigue.
thanks for the responses - I appreciate it.ramblin_ag02 said:Biggest thing going on here is just the huge numbers of people getting infected at the same time. Alpha and delta both did a sort of regional march, where one area would get hit badly then die down while the next was rising. So Florida and Texas got hit last August, Idaho in Sept and the Northeast in November. Omicron is hitting everyone at once. People are still dying from it, just at a much lower rate than with delta and alpha. But lower percentage still works out to a pretty big number when so many people are infected at once.JamesE4 said:
question for the experts:
reported deaths due to Covid are on the rise - the latest data from Worldometers shows this.
Of course, cases have spiked by a much higher amount, due to Omicron.
We have heard that omicron is much less deadly than delta, yet deaths appear to be rising.
Is this:
1 - omicron really killing people
2 - people that were going to die from something at this time anyway, but caught omicron right before they died and therefore reported as a covid death
3 - people dying from delta
BTW, I had covid a few weeks ago, got prescribed paxlovid, and recovered one day later. Symptoms were fever, chills, night sweats and extreme fatigue.
On the plus side, DFW is looking much better this weekend. ERs were down below normal volume for first time in 6 months according to the people I know working there. They were sending staff home due to lack of patients
Let's take a glance at some poop water, just for a bit of good news
— Eric Fisher (@ericfisher) February 2, 2022
Levels are now back down to where we were around Thanksgiving. Hospitalizations dropping fast. Good things. pic.twitter.com/8ODKcOpFrE
Same for me and my hospitalQuote:
I've worked with Covid patients during every wave of this thing and omicron is making some people sick, but I've had ZERO Covid-related code blues on my floor during this wave.
Delta was hell. We were sending people to ICU and/or coding people on my stepdown floor almost every shift.
The majority of people we are treating for Covid right now have multiple issues keeping them in the hospital. With Delta, it was primarily Covid symptoms. Seeing a lot more incidental positives this time around.
