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Omicron is less likely to enter and damage the lungs
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:33 pm
The anecdotal evidence is that Omicron is highly contagious but less likely to cause significant harm and death. One of the questions researchers are trying to answer is, What is it about Omicron that makes it less dangerous?
This New York Times story reports a finding that Omicron is less likely to enter and do significant damage to the lungs. What we are also seeing is that it is less likely to cause loss of taste and smell, meaning less risk of nerve damage.
This is all positive stuff.
This New York Times story reports a finding that Omicron is less likely to enter and do significant damage to the lungs. What we are also seeing is that it is less likely to cause loss of taste and smell, meaning less risk of nerve damage.
This is all positive stuff.
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Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:34 pm to TBoy
Yep. Ironically the same thing that is causing the vaccine and natural immunity to be less effective is also causing the virus to be less virulent
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:35 pm to Cosmo
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Yep. Ironically the same thing that is causing the vaccine and natural immunity to be less effective is also causing the virus to be less virulent
Is it possible that the vaccine and natural immunity played some part in that?
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:39 pm to DiamondDog
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Also known by its Christian name, the Common Cold.
It is in the same family.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:42 pm to TBoy
Omnicron lulz
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:45 pm to TBoy
Please get your fourth booster.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:47 pm to TBoy
anyone else find it strange TBoy isn’t a COVIDIAN? What gives TBoy?
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:48 pm to TBoy
I must be an outlier cause i haven’t had taste or smell in a few days.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:49 pm to TBoy
I think by this point it's more than ancedotal evidence. I'm pretty sure actual numbers from South Africa and Britain have borne out that it's less severe.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:51 pm to NIH
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Please get your fourth booster
We have to be in the multiverse, crap reminds me of this...
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:52 pm to TBoy
there’s a reason omicron is an anagram for moronic
the universe is even trying to tell us how fricking stupid all of this is
the universe is even trying to tell us how fricking stupid all of this is
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:53 pm to TBoy
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What is it about Omicron that makes it less dangerous?
I'm sure someone has already said this but it seems pretty obvious that the answer is, like most viruses, it has evolved to become less deadly in order to spread better.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:53 pm to shaquilleoatmeal
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I must be an outlier cause i haven’t had taste or smell in a few days
Delta was still 50% of cases not a week ago. CDC messed up the omicron math, so possible you didn't have omicron.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:56 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Sounds right. A ton of family members came down with it and several ran high fevers- nothing like the “mild symptoms” people have been describing.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 2:19 pm to TBoy
Honest, non-troll question —
I’m no expert at all and don’t claim to know how this all works… but is it possible that with as many people who are vaccinated, the virus mutated into a less serious variant due to vaccinated people being infected? In other words, could it have been affected by the vaccine in a way that caused it to weaken?
I really don’t know if that even possible but figured I’d let all the Covid experts here on the OT answer for me.
I’m no expert at all and don’t claim to know how this all works… but is it possible that with as many people who are vaccinated, the virus mutated into a less serious variant due to vaccinated people being infected? In other words, could it have been affected by the vaccine in a way that caused it to weaken?
I really don’t know if that even possible but figured I’d let all the Covid experts here on the OT answer for me.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 2:21 pm to TBoy
Currently have the Omicron. No worse than a head cold. It's dumb
Posted on 1/3/22 at 2:25 pm to shaquilleoatmeal
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I must be an outlier cause i haven’t had taste or smell in a few days.
Or you have the delta variant
Posted on 1/3/22 at 2:44 pm to BeachDude022
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Currently have the Omicron. No worse than a head cold. It's dumb
worse than a head cold for me, but didn't last very long at all. the body aches were miserable, once they went away within a day tylenol has been enough to keep me feeling pretty good
Posted on 1/3/22 at 2:49 pm to shaquilleoatmeal
‘grats on the fresh antibodies. surely you’re done with this biotch
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