Posted on 12/29/2021 6:57:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Contrary to online claims, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 does not have a 100% survival rate, as some social media users suggest. The variant identified by the World Health Organization as a variant of concern on November 26, 2021, has been a contributing factor in worldwide deaths.
A misleading statement published to Facebook, which reads: “The survival rate for Omicron currently is 100%! You’re statistically more likely to die from literally anything else” is viewable here
Similar posts are visible here and here .
According to the guidance (here ) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health officials are still learning about the Omicron strain. Factors such as transmissibility, severity, and how well available vaccines and medications work against Omicron are still being studied.
While initial reports ( here , here ) spoke of the milder symptoms associated with the disease, Reuters reported on Dec. 21 that Omicron infections appeared to be as severe as previous variants ( here ).
There have been COVID-19 deaths linked to the Omicron variant.
Reuters coverage of deaths attributed to Omicron in the United Kingdom can be seen here . According to the Dec. 22 report, 129 people are hospitalized and 14 died, per an announcement from junior health minister Gillian Keegan.
In Israel ( here ), a hospital confirmed the first known death in the country of a patient with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, who is said to have suffered from several serious pre-existing conditions. The death of an unvaccinated Harris County, Texas man surfaced on Monday, Dec. 20 (here) and is reported to be the first U.S. death attributed to the Omicron variant.
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Israel is dying from too many fake vaxes. Their immine systems are toast.
Immune not immine
Sorry
Neither does the common cold.
Never EVER expect good logic from a media hack.
Why do you think they’re in the media?
Died “with” omicron.
But once again, they pick a strawman extreme to knock down.
Where’s Rooters truth check on the safety record of the vaccines?
“Texas man surfaced on Monday, Dec. 20 (here) and is reported to be the first U.S. death attributed to the Omicron variant.”
These MOFOs searched ALL OVER, the USA to find ONE, who MIGHT, have died as a result of the OMG virus.
Attributed how?
There’s a game of “died from” or “died with.”
The tests also can’t distributing flu from covid19.
Our medical system is as compromised as every other institution in America.
In that the survival rate for almost anything else like eating breakfast, driving to work, taking a walk is never 100% it is pretty obvious that the 100% claim was exaggerated to make a point.
Life is full of risks.
Dear Reuters,
We Don’t Believe You About Anything Anymore.
Have a nice day.
Feb 1 and done.
The question is when a person dies and has a co-morbidity, is their death attributed to that condition or to the Wuhan virus? It’s being reported both ways, depending on the agenda that is being served, undermining credibility altogether.
Neither does the common cold or the flu but we don’t destroy our economy and freedoms of those.
RE: Neither does the common cold.
Complications from a cold can cause serious illnesses and, yes, even death – particularly in people who have a weak immune system.
For example, studies have shown that patients who have undergone a bone marrow transplant can have a higher likelihood of developing a serious respiratory infection.
A virus-induced bacterial infection is one way a cold or flu virus can lead to death. While the exact mechanisms of how bacterial infections can be primed by viral infection are still being investigated, a possible way it can occur is through increased bacterial attachment to cells of the lung.
We all know this, but before Covid, nobody panicked because someone unfortunately died from the cold.
And what laboratories and specific tests were used in these cases to positively attribute it to Omicron?
RE: Neither does the common cold or the flu but we don’t destroy our economy and freedoms of those.
The issue with the common cold isn’t the virus itself, but instead the complications that patients can get after the virus, which can rarely but potentially become dangerous. For instance, a bacterial sinus infection can develop — in children, 5-13% of bacterial sinus infections have a preceding viral infection. Serious but rare neurological diseases, like Guillain-Barre Syndrome, can also occur after a common cold.
The common cold can also exacerbate the symptoms one has from other health conditions, such as COPD, which is a common cause for hospitalization among adults with COPD.
I suspect the deaths from Omicron could have similar causes as well.
Yes…yes…and yes
This just in: taking the dog for a walk also does not have 100% surival rate. Be very afraid.
RE: And what laboratories and specific tests were used in these cases to positively attribute it to Omicron?
We know that the standard PCR tests for Coronaviruses DO NOT differentiate between Covid variants. It only determines whether or not you have Covid, and they’re not very accurate at that.
The only way to detect Omicron is via genetic sequencing.
I suspect that detection of Omicron is done via statistical manipulation and extrapolation. They take several Covid patient samples and go through the sequencing and then based on that, determine how many percent are Omicron and how many percent are say, Delta, and then extrapolate to the general infected population.
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