New: ba2All contenthive-129948krhive-196917steemzzanhive-183959hive-180932hive-166405hive-185836photographyuncommonlabhive-183397hive-101145hive-150122hive-188619hive-144064bitcoinhive-145157krsuccesshive-184714lifehive-193637hive-109690hive-103599hive-181136TrendingNewHotLikerszafrada (78)in covid • 3 years agoLethality of COVID is now finally on par with influenza.Thanks to the hard work of tens of thousands of scientists, researchers, and health care workers, COVID is finally "just the flu", though it is still a very infectious flu that got a large fraction…rigo105 (25)in covid-19 • 3 years agoIf you're infected with COVID-19 again, what symptoms might you expect?What to expect with the coronavirus strain BA.2 The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron variant has a distinct set of symptoms that manifest themselves differently in each individual. According to…zafrada (78)in covid • 3 years agoCases right back down, deaths to follow.US cases down 87% from the peak. (The lag from infection to test to report to 7 day moving average means we're likely down 95+% on infections.) Hospital admissions down 65%, they'll continue to…zafrada (78)in covid • 3 years agoNew UK HSA risk assessment of BA.2 (the sister variant of the original Omicron variant BA.1).Still at low levels in the US, but should eventually become dominant in the coming months. It appears to have a growth advantage over BA.1. This might be due to increased transmissibility or a…zafrada (78)in covid • 3 years agoDeaths have peaked.Omicron is running out of unvaxxed people without previous infections. The rate will continue to fall quickly, and we'll never see COVID-19 death rates this high again. More than 90% of the deaths…zafrada (78)in covid • 3 years agoGeneral COVID update - cases, deaths, looking forward, BA.2 variant, etc.It hurts my brain to hold these two facts in my head at the same time. (1) Being vaxxed and boosted decreases your odds of death from COVID by 99%. (2) US COVID deaths are now running 2/3 as high as…bumblecat (78)in pandemic • 3 years agoShould we be worried about BA.2?Nice visual. Based on early data BA.2 looks to potentially have a growth advantage over OG Omicron BA.1. It has been displacing BA.1 in Denmark. The UK HSA has designated it a variant under…
