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#Omicron from "horrific mutant variant" to "extremely mild" in 4 days.
After 13,470 new cases in 14 days there is as yet no confirmation of a single Omicron patient on a ventilator.
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The whole world has overreacted.
Omicron is already everywhere.
It was easily detected in South Africa as Delta cases are running below 5 per million.
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For similar case levels in the previous wave:
Total hospital admission are now 3 x lower.
ICU beds are 10x lower.
Ventilated beds are 10x lower.
(data source: @sugan2503 )
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The ratio in cases to hospitalisations has increased to 50:1, up from 10:1 a short while ago.
There is no increase in ICU or ventilated beds.
South Africa remains on lockdown level 1, which essentially is a curfew from midnight to 4am.
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The panic was created through incendiary language (horrific spike profile, really awful mutation) which should have no place in scientific discourse.
Covid deaths in Gauteng remain below 0.2 per million per day.
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