We can provide reasonable accommodations to immunocompromised (N95, access to 3 doses, testing, etc) – but to expect young children to have their childhood held hostage until all risk is eliminated is unrealistic and not in line with basic public health
— FreshRN (@Kati_Kleber) December 16, 2021
We’ve already been sacrificing younger people’s futures so the Boomers could do what they wanted…so I guess this latest abuse of those too young to defend themselves is right on trend?
Encouraging news out of South Africa’s MOH this morning. Age-controlled data regarding Omicron severity. ACROSS ALL AGES, death rates among hospitalized patients are 2/3 LOWER in the Omicron wave. In addition, hospitalization rates have FALLEN 91% in the Omicron wave.🧵 pic.twitter.com/rxJIgeeMOm
— Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉 (@sailorrooscout) December 17, 2021
That’s about what I expeced to see.
People seem able to simultaneously believe that Omicron is just as severe as Delta and that there can be a very high number of asymptomatic and barely-symptomatic cases.
I still think Omicron is about 50-70% less severe than Delta. All the evidence so far seems to back this up, save that poor article from the tweet.
seeing so many stories about boosted people catching this shit anyway and just throwing up my fucking hands
— Bo Bolander (@BBolander) December 17, 2021
It’s nice that the vaccinations prevented infection, and often still do (even against Omicron). But they were unfortunately poorly sold to people like Brooke. The purpose of the vaccines was not to prevent you from getting infected. Their goal is to prevent you from going to be hospital, being intubated, and then dying. That’s what the vaccines are for and that’s how they should have been discussed for the most part except among specialists.
But it’s too late now. That feline is out of its sack and ambulating around the premises at will.