The response of health officials to the latest COVID variant surge looks a lot like the approach once controversially adopted by Sweden. 'Can't just kind of cry wolf': New COVID surge is different COVID-19 is surging around the United States again in what experts consider the most transmissible variant of the pandemic yet, but something is different this time. 'We should not let it disrupt our lives' »
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Hmmm. What you need to know about the BA.5 omicron variant https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org › discussion › what... 4 days ago — Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, says the BA.5 variant is hypercontagious and is contributing to increases in ...
More contagious, but less dangerous than Delta. Wasn't the US response about keeping hospitalization rates measured until people were vaccinated?
There have been so many zigs and zags that I don't think anyone can identify a rationale for the response. Meanwhile, from the link in #4: "Right now, we don't have any evidence that it leads to a higher death rate. So that's good," says Dr. Poland. "Nonetheless, among the unvaccinated with this variant, they're about fivefold more likely to get infected than people who have been vaccinated and boosted, about 7½ times more likely to be hospitalized, and about 14 to 15 times more likely to die if they get infected."
New research suggests the Swedes had it right. Sweden Reaps the Benefits of Its No Lockdown Policy Finn McRedmond, UnHerd
I don't think what the Swedes did would have worked in other less disciplined countries. If Covid policy is purportedly related to a sense of unity, how do you explain Singapore? They had quite a different approach to Sweden.
I got omnicon and if not for the doom and gloom, I would have just ignored it. Blamed it on allergies or something. I’d say it was milder than a cold. Two early shots and my booster was in December.
