South Africa's medical chief says she has only seen "very mild cases" caused by the new COVID mutation, calling it a "storm in a teacup." [45 sec video]

gab.com ^ | Nov 26, 2021 | @PrisonPlanet

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[H/T Melian]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp4ncch9b1M

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[Georgia Girl 2]

Shocka! 😄

[BeauBo]

If Omnicron is as infectious as these early reports indicate, I doubt that it will be contained for long. Reportedly, it blows the doors off the Delta Variant for transmission, and became dominant strain in Johannesburg in record time.

I saw a report yesterday (Fri, 26 Nov) that two recent planeloads from South Africa at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, had about 60 active COVID cases on board - likely Omnicron, but getting sequenced to find out.

It will be great news if it is significantly less deadly.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Meet the new cold, same as the old cold.

[House Atreides]

“If Omnicron is as infectious as these early reports indicate, I doubt that it will be contained for long. Reportedly, it blows the doors off the Delta Variant for transmission, and became dominant strain in Johannesburg in record time….

…It will be great news if it is significantly less deadly.”
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Yep, after a lot of abject failures by variants supposedly capable of challenging Delta as ‘Infectivity King’ we may finally have a worthy contender that can dethrone Delta. Delta has contributed significantly toward building our herd immunity. A less deadly Omicron variant could help put the finishing touches on the herd in a safer manner.

I guess we’ll know pretty quickly about both the infectivity and virulence of Omicron.

[katie didit]

We’re not gonna play by their rules anymore.