Omicron variant was 73% of U.S. covid cases last week
As everyone keeps posting about SA and saying omicron is relatively harmless, here’s the only scientific study I’ve found on the topic, in the BMJ:<p>“After adjusting for vaccination status, the risk of hospital admission for newly diagnosed adults is 29% lower than in the first wave,”<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bmj.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;375&#x2F;bmj.n3104" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bmj.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;375&#x2F;bmj.n3104</a><p>With a doubling time of two days, this reduction in the probability of hospitalisation seems irrelevant in preventing the overwhelming of health systems. As others have pointed out, experts on Twitter seem very very worried and I’m more inclined to go with them (and the exponential function) than with my antivaxxer friend’s posts on Facebook.<p>Here in the U.K. it already looks to me like London’s hospitals are going to be overwhelmed; I don’t understand why everyone isn’t panicking and we’re not already in a lockdown.