Omicron: The New Variant

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23 January 2022, 11:59 PM

RealPlayer

Omicron: The New Variant

I’ve had two minor illnesses lately and they seemed as though they could be from exposure in groups. But I’ve tested negative for Covid both times. Yet I rarely get sick with other colds, so what the heck is this?

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24 January 2022, 09:04 AM

Piano*Dad

A mild case of Omicron that passed the infectious stage so quickly that your tests showed negative.

24 January 2022, 10:16 AM

ShiroKuro

P*D used the

icon, so maybe he's joking?

But I thought, RP, that you might indeed have had omicron-covid? (i.e., no emojis)

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24 January 2022, 10:38 AM

wtg

quote:
Originally posted by RealPlayer:
I’ve had two minor illnesses lately and they seemed as though they could be from exposure in groups. But I’ve tested negative for Covid both times. Yet I rarely get sick with other colds, so what the heck is this?

Did you do a PCR or an at-home rapid test?

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24 January 2022, 10:38 AM

QuirtEvans

This may be a detour, but sadly it appears that mild cases don't generate the same immune response and protection against future infection.

24 January 2022, 10:39 AM

Piano*Dad

Actually, I was serious. The icon was meant to indicate that that's an increasingly likely outcome with the Omicron variant, which is a bit amusing in a sardonic sort of way.

24 January 2022, 01:07 PM

ShiroKuro

P*D

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24 January 2022, 04:51 PM

RealPlayer

quote:
Originally posted by wtg:
Did you do a PCR or an at-home rapid test?

I had a PCR test the first time, and a rapid test the second time. Each time, some days had passed -- 3 to 5 -- between the onset of symptoms and the date I was able to get tested. So there was time for the symptoms to diminish.

Symptoms didn't seem like typical covid: fatigue, runny nose, extremely dry eyes, imperceptible fever, slight sore spot in throat.

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24 January 2022, 06:56 PM

wtg

quote:
How Omicron Upended What We Thought We Knew About Natural Immunity

https://fivethirtyeight.com/fe...source=pocket-newtab

25 January 2022, 10:32 AM

wtg

quote:
Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original COVID-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the hugely contagious omicron variant.

Pfizer and its partner BioNTech announced the study on Tuesday.

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The new U.S. study is enrolling up to 1,420 healthy adults, ages 18 to 55, to test the updated omicron-based shots for use as a booster or for primary vaccinations. Researchers will examine the tweaked vaccine’s safety and how it revs up the immune system in comparison to the original shots.

https://apnews.com/article/pfi...c23e8795ce9bbd448ce9

02 February 2022, 10:44 PM

wtg

Booster stats.

https://www.usatoday.com/story...s-deaths/9308759002/