Thread by @NjbBari3

So that was a largely unvaccinated population during the climb in delta cases (low positivity) and hospitalisation compared to a largely vaccinated population vs omicron (with high test positivity).

https://twitter.com/dbraevn/status/1475247921683525633

Note how the hospitalisation line is trending similar to delta. Our efforts to vaccinate have helped but it’s not mild enough to avoid disaster.

It is also a great example showing how Reff trumps apparent severity (post vaccine/infection severity) every time.

To compound the problem we have lost all control of the outbreak with regards to TTI (numbers too massive) and people are not in the habit of the TTI process anymore.

Don’t let them tell you they didn’t know.

@WHO warned them about the transmission.

The very high case numbers have also threatened the ability to staff the services required to deal with the outbreak safely.

Close contacts will be working in hospitals soon.

This is an absolute failure of healthcare policy. amp.smh.com.au/national/nsw/n…

You don’t actually need the cases themselves to be hospitalised, to cripple the health care services capacity to provide a safe service.

What a lesson to learn for the hundredth time…