Reports out of Gauteng province (Johannesburg) seem to suggest Omicron can be severe enough to hospitalize and kill, perhaps more so in the unvaccinated, as the vaccination rate is very low there.
Double-vaxxed traveller catches Omicron Covid inside a Hong Kong quarantine hotel from a guest staying across the hallway, despite both never leaving their rooms - raising new fears over how infectious the strain is
COVID-19 reinfection study from South Africa yields ominous data about Omicron A study published yesterday as a preprint suggests Omicron is causing more infections in people who have recovered from an earlier bout with the virus, one sign that the new variant is able to escape at least some of the immune system’s defenses. “This does not bode well for vaccine-induced immunity,” says virologist Florian Krammer at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai............ Studies found that a previous infection offered imperfect but significant protection against Beta and Delta, and many had hoped that the population immunity built up in South Africa so far would help dampen further spread of SARS-CoV-2. But scientists worry Omicron’s dozens of mutations might help it evade immunity. An analysis of 35,670 reinfections among nearly 2.8 million positive tests carried out through late last week suggests their fears are warranted. The study does not indicate whether Omicron makes people sicker, nor was it able to look at the vaccination status of infected people. An earlier infection or vaccination might still offer some protection from severe disease.
Yet, South Africa or Africa itself does not understand nor like the fact that international travel has been closed off to them, and now people from South Africa traveling via route of another country to get to the United States must have a Covid negative test within 1 day of their flight to the United States. Travel restrictions became active today although a few weeks too late in my opinion because Europe was the first to act on travel restrictions for those from South Africa while the United States keeps being the last one to do the same. wrbtrader
Let's provide a summary of some recent information on Omicron. First, there are significant concerns that countries with low vaccination rates will serve as breeding grounds for more variants of concern. As outlined in thread labeled 'Unvaccinated people are "variant factories"' the majority of variants are generated in the unvaccinated. This 'Unvaccinated people are "variant factories"' thread provides data and outlining information from experts on how the unvaccinated generate the huge majority of Covid variants on the face of the earth. This is also underlines the importance of getting third world nations vaccinated since the large majority of Covid variants will come out of locations where vaccination rates are very low -- Omicron has been outlined by WHO as a wakeup call on the need to vaccinate poorer nations to prevent future variants and the International Red Cross stating Omicron shows the dangers of vaccine inequity. The second concern is that initial studies of Omicron show that having a previous case of Covid does not appear to provide any immunity to Omicron - this has been outlined by NBC, ABC, and numerous other news reports. Anyone who has been paying attention to the reports about Omicron would not pushing "natural immunity" from previous infection to provide protection. There are also concerns that Omicron will be more evasive to vaccines - reducing vaccinated protection for infection but still preventing severe cases. The third concern is that the pattern showing severe impact on the unvaccinated continues with Omicron. The data out of South Africa shows that over 90% of the hospitalizations from Omicron are unvaccinated -- showing that vaccination still prevents severe cases of the Omicron Covid variant. Similarly a huge majority of the omicron cases are unvaccinated. One additional point of concern is the impact of Omicron on children - 10% of the hospitalizations for Omicron are unvaccinated children under 5. In summary, the reality is that the unvaccinated are variant factories. Support worldwide vaccination efforts to reduce global third world hot-spots which are the likely starting point of the next Covid variant of concern. Furthermore don't push "natural immunity" nonsense -- all if does is provide a large death and misery toll while providing minimal protection -- especially since in over 36% of the naturally infected there are no measurable anti-bodies found at the six month mark. On top of this - having a previous Covid case may not make you immune to Omicron at all. The pattern shows that nearly all the severe Covid cases with Omicron will follow the existing pattern of being among the unvaccinated -- so step up to get your vaccinations and boosters to avoid the hospital. Tags: COVIDOMICRON COVIDVARIANTS COVIDUNVACCINATED VARIANTFACTORIES
and this is why we should've gotten shots out everywhere instead of giving into big pharma's wish to sell us boosters.
I will address each of your paragraphs, in order, as they are misleading or outright lies. A. Your article and argument are from a time when so called "experts" were still pushing the lie that the vaccinated could not be infected so they would not create variants. Here is a quote from the opening paragraph: "Unvaccinated people do more than merely risk their own health. They're also a risk to everyone if they become infected with coronavirus, infectious disease specialists say. That's because the only source of new coronavirus variants is the body of an infected person. B. The biggest source of dangerous variants are the high risk whose natural immune systems can not clear the virus giving the virus time to incubate and mutate. Public health 101 dictates that vaccination during an active pandemic is very dangerous. In part because of the risks of dangerous mutations and ADE. c. Your third paragraph is awfully ignorant of the human body. First of all you had best hope we develop natural immunity to Omicron because if we do not develop neutralizing antibodies to Omicron, future vaccines will not be very effective for the high risk. Also, natural immunity is far more than antibodies. It is T Cells, Memory B cells, cross immunity and more. Hopefully many of us will neutralize Omicron before we get sick or symptomatic. Natural Immunity has been useful for millions of Americans and probably billions before vaccines. D. "90% of the hospitalizations from Omicron are unvaccinated". While your questionable source used that title, the doctor did not specify if he was referring to Covid in general or Omicron. The doctor did state (Omicron cases) have mostly observed cases that are less severe among those infected with the Omicron variant so far. "We're seeing younger patients and we're seeing milder cases of Omicron,"
Let me state you are pushing pure nonsense. I am providing facts, data, mainstream studies and information from experts. You are merely pushing failed and debunked anti-vaccine “natural immunity” talking points. Based on your nonsensical points we should just have natural immunity for measles, mumps, and other deadly diseases by letting them freely spread — and not vaccinate anyone. Idiotic.