More good news for us but bad news for the fearmongers out there. According to the UKHSA, those infected with Omicron are 50% to 70% less likely to need hospital care compared with previous variants. Protection against severe disease is likely to be far more robust.
https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/1474063581251620864
Dr Jenny Harries, the chief executive of the UKHSA, said: "Our latest analysis shows an encouraging early signal that people who contract the Omicron variant may be at a relatively lower risk of hospitalisation than those who contract other variants." bbc.com/news/health-59…
Latest analysis is based on all cases of Omicron and Delta in the UK since the beginning of November. People catching Omicron are:
31%-45% less likely to go to accidents and emergencies.
50%-70% less likely to be admitted to hospital for treatment. bbc.com/news/health-59…
31%-45% less likely to go to accidents and emergencies.
50%-70% less likely to be admitted to hospital for treatment. bbc.com/news/health-59…
But of course count on the fear mongers to say: But the UK is different, but long COVID, but blah blah blah.
So we have research from South Africa, Denmark, Scotland and now the UK (looking at data from early Nov) establishing that Omicron is less severe. When will our experts in Canada take note? Or is too early to tell still?
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