CDC Report on Omicron

CDC ^ | 10 Dec 2021 | CDC

[BeauBo]

Details are available for 43 cases of COVID-19 attributed to the Omicron variant; 25 (58%) were in persons aged 18–39 years.

The earliest date of symptom onset was November 15 in a person with a history of international travel. Fourteen (33%) persons reported international travel during the 14 days preceding symptom onset or receipt of a positive test result.

Among these cases of COVID-19 attributed to the Omicron variant, 34 (79%) occurred in persons who completed the primary series of an FDA-authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine ≥14 days before symptom onset or receipt of a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result, including 14 who had received an additional or booster dose; five of the 14 persons had received the additional dose <14 days before symptom onset.

Six (14%) persons had a documented previous SARS-CoV-2 infection.

The most commonly reported symptoms were cough, fatigue, and congestion or runny nose.

One vaccinated patient was hospitalized for 2 days, and no deaths have been reported to date.

Case investigations have identified exposures associated with international and domestic travel, large public events, and household transmission...

22 states have reported at least one case (Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin)

[BeauBo]

Excerpts from the Discussion part of the report:

- For the week ending December 4, the Delta variant accounted for >99.9% of circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants.

- Many of the first reported cases of Omicron variant infection appear to be mild, although as with all variants, a lag exists between infection and more severe outcomes, and symptoms would be expected to be milder in vaccinated persons and those with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection than in unvaccinated persons.

- an average of 50,000–60,000 positive specimens are sequenced weekly as part of (US) national SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance.

[gas_dr]

So it evolved to a highly contagious common cold

Partial immunity likely by previous infection or vaccination

No deaths.

No critical illness

Exactly the normal progression of a pandemic.

[cgbg]

The important thing to remember is to get your vaccines and boosters #1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.....

That will protect you against all possible variants of the evil spell.

[Delta 21]

......and no deaths have been reported to date.

[Pollard]

[BeauBo]

I saw one report, that early lab results indicate that antibody treatments still seem to be effective against Omicron, but they did not quantify it.

We will know more as the weeks progress.

In South Africa, it seems to skew toward a younger crowd than earlier variants - even young children.

But as you say, generally not serious illness.

[LostInBayport]

The most commonly reported symptoms were cough, fatigue, and congestion or runny nose.

So it's now what the history books used to call "a cold" and was treated with rest, vitamins and chicken soup.

Interesting that the only person hospitalized was a recipient of the experimental therapeutic.

[allendale]

Exactly. Omicron may be the variant needed to end this pandemic. It is highly contagious, causes only a mild illness and very well may confer immunity to the more virulent strains of COVID. Eventually the virulent strains lacking hosts will die out.

[EEGator]

Question for you...aren’t most colds highly contagious?
If one doesn’t feel too sick, they’ll go to work and pass it on.
A bad flu, people isolate.

[frogjerk]

Among these cases of COVID-19 attributed to the Omicron variant, 34 (79%) occurred in persons who completed the primary series of an FDA-authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine ≥14 days before symptom onset or receipt of a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result, including 14 who had received an additional or booster dose; five of the 14 persons had received the additional dose <14 days before symptom onset.

A clear indictment that the "vaccines" do not prevent contracting the virus (which is the primary objective of any vaccine)

[wastedyears]

But the original was never isolated, so how can the existence of a variant be proven?

[CheshireTheCat]

“The most commonly reported symptoms were cough, fatigue, and congestion or runny nose.”

Am I to understand that most of the 43, most of whom were vaccinated, presented themselves somewhere to be tested because they had these symptoms?

How many were found to have Covid because they had to undergo routine testing for work or some other reason?

Of those who got tested because they had the symptoms of a common cold: what the hell is wrong with someone that they would do this?

I imagine a lot of unvaxxed people, perhaps myself included because I had a perhaps mild cold, perhaps bad allergies thing last week, just shrugged and said, “I have a little cold or I stuffed up my sinuses because I had the heat up too high and forgot to fill the humidifier” and went on with life.

[gas_dr]

Yes. But what is really impressive is a very smart freeper superimposed the Spanish flu numbers against Covid. Identical. It was really telling.

[allendale]

Also big efforts to immunize against this variant may be a huge public heath mistake. Far better for this variant to spread, and cause a mild illness if in fact exposure results in immunity to the more virulent strains of COVID.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Infectious Disease - U.S. - Delta variant and Omicron variant
Also, characteristics of Omicron variant

From the CDC site listed in the OP:
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7050e1.htm?s_cid=mm7050e1_w

“As of the week ending December 4, the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant was estimated to account for 99.9% of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in the United States.. “
“The first U.S. case of COVID-19 attributed to the Omicron variant was identified on December 1.
As of December 8, cases had been reported from across the country; 22 states have reported at least one case (Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida,
Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska,
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin) . “

” Details are available for 43 cases of COVID-19 attributed to the Omicron variant; 25 (58%) were in persons aged 18–39 years (Table).
The earliest date of symptom onset was November 15 in a person with a history of international travel.
Fourteen (33%) persons reported international travel during the 14 days preceding symptom onset or receipt of a positive test result.
Among these cases of COVID-19 attributed to the Omicron variant, 34 (79%) occurred in persons
who completed the primary series of an FDA-authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine ≥14 days before symptom onset or receipt of a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result,
including 14 who had received an additional or booster dose; five of the 14 persons had received the additional dose <14 days before symptom onset.
Six (14%) persons had a documented previous SARS-CoV-2 infection.”
"The most commonly reported symptoms were cough, fatigue, and congestion or runny nose."
"One vaccinated patient was hospitalized for 2 days, and no deaths have been reported to date.
Case investigations have identified exposures associated with international and domestic travel, large public events, and household transmission.”

[EEGator]

The hypochondriacs grow...

[EEGator]

I’m afraid I don’t understand. What do you mean?

[billyboy15]

Seems as if we aren’t having a flu season once again....hmmmm.

[Flick Lives]

The most commonly reported symptoms were cough, fatigue, and congestion or runny nose.

Fatigue! Runny noses! Australia will need to build more quarantine camps.

[gas_dr]

Sorry

You are correct
Highly contagious less lethal. It’s a pandemic ender

I am comparing it with the last known pandemic which lasted the exact same times. Same three waves and a variant ended it. It looks very familiar.

If omicron were a disaster 5 weeks into it we would know

This is a good thing.