Posted on 12/16/2021 4:36:16 PM PST by BusterDog
“I don’t understand how one moving in makes the other go away”
It may well be less the case with Omicron, than it has been before.
So far, infection with any strain of COVID induced very strong immunity against re-infection by the same, any other strain. Whichever strain got to a host first, immunized that host against the other strains.
The less infectious strain would continue spreading, but it would be on a declining rather than growing trend, until it dwindled out. They overlap for some time, as the more infectious improves its growth rate, at the expense of the dwindling rate of the less infectious.
But Omicron is so different, so heavily mutated, that the cross-immunity among strains seems to be weaker (although still stronger than the vaccines seem to be).
The prospect has been raised, that we might even see people who were simultaneously infected with Omicron and Delta - but I have not heard of any actually reported.
Between the very infectious Omicron and Delta however, we are rapidly on the way to getting to Herd Immunity Threshold.
Delta seemed like it would run out by Spring. Omicron looks more like a month or two.
Delta was probably done in by the area’s high level of vaccination and public masking, which then cleared the way for Omicron to emerge as an infection, spreading even among the vaccinated.
Yeah, even after a negative test, I could barely walk DOWN a flight of stairs. My lungs were a mess. It took over two months to be able to do most things, but still wasn't 100%. Now, I am back to 99% oxygen (per my pulse oximeter). I feel great (as if I was never sick), and I remain un-jabbed.
Well, there’s. a “Dirty Jobs” episode.
I'd love to see some schmuck from Walgreens try to vaccinate an unmasked alligator ... pay-per-view worthy in my book!
These people are as full of shite as a Christmas goose.
They should stay outta the sewer...but then again, Rats LOVE sewers. /s
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My thoughts exactly. They can’t help themselves.
Polio spread fecal to oral. The polio virus was found in sewage.
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