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Piano*Dad
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posted 19 December 2021 09:28 PM
... in South Africa

Interesting.
 
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posted 19 December 2021 10:19 PMHide Post
And some interesting material from Eric Topol, editor of Medscape and cardiologist at Scripps Research Institute.

Omicron possibly less pathogenic
 
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posted 19 December 2021 10:43 PMHide Post
If it spreads faster, that is, each infected person infects more people (higher R number), an infected person is infectious sooner, it's not a surprise that the infections will peak faster in a given population.

I hope Omicron blows over quickly. If it peters out rapidly because it's infected everyone that it can, it may not have as much time to mutate. Wussy variant.


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posted 20 December 2021 07:15 AMHide Post
I was just reading this
The case for more Covid restrictions is overwhelming

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I know it’s not the most pressing problem, but I reallyreallyreally don’t want to teach online in spring semester.


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posted 20 December 2021 08:26 AMHide Post
Don't worry about that. Your uni would never do that ...
 
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posted 20 December 2021 08:42 AMHide Post
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Originally posted by pianojuggler:
If it spreads faster, that is, each infected person infects more people (higher R number), an infected person is infectious sooner, it's not a surprise that the infections will peak faster in a given population.

I hope Omicron blows over quickly. If it peters out rapidly because it's infected everyone that it can, it may not have as much time to mutate. Wussy variant.


I think that's a logical mistake. More time doesn't equal more chances to mutute ... more infections equals more chances to mutate.
 
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posted 20 December 2021 08:47 AMHide Post
By the way, Omicron is already swamping professional sports. Their response? Stop testing so much.

https://profootballtalk.nbcspo...-15-fmia-peter-king/
 
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Originally posted by QuirtEvans:
By the way, Omicron is already swamping professional sports. Their response? Stop testing so much.

https://profootballtalk.nbcspo...-15-fmia-peter-king/


ROTFLMAO


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posted 20 December 2021 10:04 AMHide Post
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By the way, Omicron is already swamping professional sports. Their response? Stop testing so much.

https://profootballtalk.nbcspo...-15-fmia-peter-king/


Good grief.


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posted 20 December 2021 05:50 PMHide Post
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quote:
Originally posted by pianojuggler:
If it spreads faster, that is, each infected person infects more people (higher R number), an infected person is infectious sooner, it's not a surprise that the infections will peak faster in a given population.

I hope Omicron blows over quickly. If it peters out rapidly because it's infected everyone that it can, it may not have as much time to mutate. Wussy variant.


I think that's a logical mistake. More time doesn't equal more chances to mutute ... more infections equals more chances to mutate.
Perhaps, but I think increasing the time between when a virus or a variant enters a population and the time it peters out gives a further mutation a better chance to take hold.

Maybe.

New mutations are happening constantly, but few of them get to spread widely from their original environment.


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posted 20 December 2021 06:11 PMHide Post
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Don't worry about that. Your uni would never do that ...


I don't know though, they're being very... conscientious lately.

Also, worse than online would actually be hybrid, which we did in Spring 2021. That would be worse.
Sigh.


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