Omicron resulting in less severe illness
The latest roundup of data from this preprint with South Africa data and from Denmark ft.com/content/19065f… by @mroliverbarnes @jburnmurdoch @rmilneNordic
1. Less hospital admission in South Africa
2. Also 3X less likely in Denmark, but with a skew towards younger people testing positive
Also of note is the higher vaccinated proportion with Omicron in Denmark than was the case with Delta and prior variants
Also Scotland data shows the same pattern
wsj.com/articles/covid… by @wsj_douglasj and @deniseroland
New analysis today by @ImperialCollege to look at reduced risk of 40-45% for Omicron associated hospitalizations, also reinforcing the point on the markedly increased dominator of increased infections
imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial…
Omicron vs Delta
Scotland: 60% less hospitalizations
England: 40-45% less hospitalizations
South Africa: ~70% less hospitalizations
All adjusted, all point estimates
But that's all very good.
washingtonpost.com/world/europe/o…
by @BoothWilliam
It's all summarized right here by a great explainer and data scientist
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