Posted on 01/14/2022 7:53:35 PM PST by BenLurkin
Unvaccinated people infected with the Omicron variant are less likely to fall seriously ill, require hospitalization or die compared to the previous COVID-19 variants, a South African study showed on Friday.
The study, led by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases in the Western Cape region, compared 11,609 patients from the first three COVID-19 waves with 5,144 patients from the new Omicron-driven wave.
It found that 8 percent of patients were hospitalized or died within 14 days of testing positive for COVID during the Omicron wave — compared to the 16.5 percent in the first three waves.
“In the Omicron-driven wave, severe COVID-19 outcomes were reduced mostly due to protection conferred by prior infection and/or vaccination, but intrinsically reduced virulence may account for an approximately 25 percent reduced risk of severe hospitalization or death compared to Delta,” researchers said.
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Lol!!
Yeah, we’ve been on our daily vitamin supplements forever.
Just drinking a lot of water, teas and Gatorade.
That came and went really quickly for me.
When I had it back at the beginning of 2020, it was still unnamed and the pandemic! not yet called, so work made me keep on working - flying across the country every week non-stop. It turned to pneumonia back then, which took a lot longer to get rid of..
Won't get my Covid test results, until Monday but I am sure, I am in the Omicron club.
Let us know the results!
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