Faster hospitalization with Omicron

[RandySF]

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Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing
Warning signFASTER HOSPITALIZATION WITH #Omicron—Latest data on hospital admissions in London (Flag of United KingdomOmicron epicenter) shows Omicron wave is sending patients to hospitals sooner in 6 days than versus Delta (9-10 days). And the model suggests similar severity, not “milder”.Thread

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[Hoyt]

1. Probably not final word, but sure was hoping for milder severity.

[NullTuples]

13. Not likely so long as the virus can keep finding pockets of unvaxxed/uninfected

Every time it finds a new area that hasn't been infected before and hasn't been vaccinated, it replicates frequently. And the more it replicates, the better chance of mutations that favor the virus.
This is why it is so important for wealthier nations to supply vaccinations to the world - or better still, simply force open licensing.

[Pachamama]

2. New and Improved! Faster Acting...

Great…

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. I understand that in South Africa hospitalizations

dropped precipitously with Omicron, compared to Delta.

Why are there such contradictory reports?

[DenaliDemocrat]

4. Because it lags

And South Africa has a young population with high COVID exposure

[greenjar_01]

5. Does speed of hospitalization equal volume of hospitalization?

[LisaL]

10. Data shows the number of actual admissions.

So there are more people ending up in a hospital in London. They are ending up there faster than with delta.

[Mad_Machine76]

6. Are we talking vaxxed or unvaxxed groups?

[Lisa0825]

7. this

[LisaL]

8. We are talking about group that ends up in a hospital.

Which will be mixture of un-vaxxed and vaxxed.

[uponit7771]

17. The study doesn't delineate whether its both, I don't read that

[uponit7771]

18. I agree, I'd like data separating the two groups.

[LisaL]

9. It makes sense.

Incubation period is also shorter. So symptoms develop faster.

[Ford_Prefect]

11. Much higher rate of breakthrough infection happens with Omicron. Severity for those vaccinated

is not clear.

There are different rates of infection and intensity found in England than South Africa. The data is different between them for lots of reasons including data gathering, population diversity and vaccine variant.

England may hold more relevance for US impact due to vaccines used and population makeup.

[NBachers]

12. Shit- My son and his wife are moving to London on January 1st with my 4 year old grand daughter.

His wife's job is moving them there. They've both been boostered. Living here in San Francisco, they've had the advantage of a precautions-aware population. I hope they find the same in London. They'll need to be very careful until my grand daughter is old enough to get vaccinated.

[SheltieLover]

14. K&R!

[Tomconroy]

15. Kind of early yet

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[scipan]

20. This was also the case in SA.

[Meowmee]

16. If true

It does not look good. I hope they will be closing schools again and switching to remote and not sticking head in sand etc.

[scipan]

19. What I am reading

It will be less severe, either because of immunity or intrinsic severity. However, health care workers are the weakest link and hospitals still could be overwhelmed.

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[Tomconroy]

21. I've read that vaccination rates in London are low. Let's

hope for the best.

[scipan]

22. I didn't know that. UK does have a lot of Astra Zeneca vaxxed

which doesn’t work as well as the mRNA vaccines.

[appalachiablue]

23. This could be a factor & should be mentioned, tx

[BannonsLiver]

24. Clout chaser catnip.