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SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts) Wed Dec 29, 2021, 08:48 PM Dec 2021

Imagine If Omicron Were As Deadly As Delta

Everyone is so laid back looking as daily cases are soon to exceed Half A Million. If there was still a 1-1.5% death rate, that would translate to 5,000-7,500 deaths/day.

It’s only a matter of time before we encounter a highly transmittable strain that has severe side effects.

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Imagine If Omicron Were As Deadly As Delta (Original Post) SoCalDavidS Dec 2021 OP

I keep reading - and I don't know this to be true, but I keep seeing it - that the Scrivener7 Dec 2021 #1

Scrivener7

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1. I keep reading - and I don't know this to be true, but I keep seeing it - that the

Reply to SoCalDavidS (Original post)

Wed Dec 29, 2021, 09:00 PM

Dec 2021

evolution of a virus goes to more contagious and less deadly.

I really hope that is true. Because, as you say, if not we are screwed.

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