Posted on 12/20/2021 7:22:17 PM PST by blueplum
NEW YORK (AP) — Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the U.S., accounting for 73% of new infections last week, federal health officials said Monday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers showed nearly a six-fold increase in omicron’s share of infections in only one week.
In much of the country, it’s even higher. Omicron is responsible for an estimated 90% or more of new infections in the New York area, the Southeast, the industrial Midwest and the Pacific Northwest. The national rate suggests that more than 650,000 omicron infections occurred in the U.S. last week....
...CDC’s estimates are based on thousands of coronavirus specimens collected each week through university and commercial laboratories and state and local health departments. Scientists analyze their genetic sequences to determine which versions of the COVID-19 viruses are most abundant.
On Monday, the CDC revised its estimate for omicron cases for the week that ended Dec. 11, after analyzing more samples. About 13% of the cases that week were from omicron, not the 3% previously reported. The week before, omicron accounted for just 0.4% of cases.
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Hospitalizations lag positives so there's no real-time data yet on how long the stays are, or rate of ICU admissions/mortality. NYC may be the first major city to tell the story, also from AP:
"Nearly 42,600 people citywide tested positive from Wednesday through Saturday — compared to fewer than 35,800 in the entire month of November. More than 15,000 additional positive tests came back Sunday...The city has never had so many people test positive in such a short period of time since testing became widely available..." After reprieve, NYC is rattled by a stunning virus spike
Omi looks to be the same RO as Delta - one infected can infect 2 to 3 others. To understand the fast spread, The Math That Explains Why Omicron Is Suddenly Everywhere;Gary Cornell, Slate Magazine
To add at least a little value, with, imo, a BIG caveat that the 'recovered patient' sera was of the "wild" (Alpha) SARS2 and not those recovered from Delta, here's a Dec 14 preprint study, 21 pages with graphs and mutation graphics, HongKong/NY/ColumbiaU about natural/vaccinated resistance. Serum samples were obtained one month post recovery and were collected during the wild strain of SARS2, all four vaccines sera was collected 2 weeks after final dose, and monoclonals tested were Regeneron, 2 NIH candidates and one MIT candidate. Striking Antibody Evasion Manifested by the Omicron Variant of SARS-CoV-2
In other news, Israel today banned travel from the US/Canada while Bumbling Biden, who may have been in close contact with a symptomatic carrier himself, keeps travel from SA open, under the premise that the hint of accusations of racism, and relying on travelers to actually self-quarantine after they return (which history has shown they do not) is more important than containing disease and opening the economy.
Time to ramp up the fear. Turbo mode...
Hold on tight guys....
So from 0.4% to 73% in a few days. Got it.
We’re all doomed!
I’ve been trying to encourage people to go see the new 2 1/2 hour Spider-Man movie in one of the packed, sold-out showings. Those long hours will present an excellent chance for exposure to and picking up a case of the mild Omicron variant. And, of course, along with Omicron you’ll catch some natural immunity.
More Communism will cure this disease.
Can you delay this until after New Years? This is a real bummer.
Lies and propaganda. Call it the “midterm variant.”
Good news is that the Ohmygod variant has eradicated the the Flu, just like the Chinavirus 19 did.
Sorry - I’m not buying this propaganda push to further enslave the nation.
Yes, its obvious that everyone’s getting the couf - but in my state there’s been exactly ONE occurrence of the omni variant - 99% is still Delta.
The only government approved solution is more government, higher taxes, and less freedom.
During COVID-19(84) I have become much more cynical. Years ago, I would have believed the data. Now I scoff at it.
The cdc, fda, and nih have all become politicized.
Well, that’s it, then.
I know, I’ve written that before, but this time, well…
Wonder how they know. A sample needs to culture 48 hours to determine the variant.
You bet— since they are both coronaviruses... just like influenza virus is and has been for- well, since we knew about coronaviruses.
All part of the ruse. the key to this “data” is HOW MUCH the hospitals are compensated to “come up” with and record a “covid” case of any variant as “cause of death” regardless of co-morbidities and the real causes of these deaths— like pneumonia and heart disease bringing on anoxia and oxygen saturation to come down low enough to extinguish life.
South Africa dead today 105, highest since Nov 25
Heck, if it kills me at least I won't have to deal with Democrats where I'm going.
And that said...there are many false positives.
If they are asymptomatic....they get sent home....with regular flu like instructions.
Zing - POW!!
“The national rate suggests that more than 650,000 omicron infections occurred in the U.S. last week....”
“Scientists analyze their genetic sequences to determine which versions of the COVID-19 viruses are most abundant.”
So they did genetic sequencing on 650,000 people last week?
They are FAST!
Are they using the new in home, 5 minute, genetic sequencing tests? /s
You just can’t trust ANYTHING they say.
They = government, CDC, NIH, WHO, media, academia, et al.
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