It wasn’t all that unexpected. Parts of the new sub variants are delta, or delta-like.
So if delta didn’t protect well from omicron, I wouldn’t have thought omicron would protect well against child of delta.
Can’t even recommend being relaxed if you’ve had delta before really. One of the sub variants is still mostly omicrons… and also, delta was a long time ago. Waning is an issue.
One caution for trying to predict how Australia will handle BA4/5 when looking at South African data is that SA had a significant delta outbreak. I’m not sure if that has impacted their immunity to other variants that carry L452R mutation.
I’m actually a generally well liked person normally (🤭). Prior to the pandemic and even during most of it my 360 feedback forms often stated my strong points at work are being very likeable, a team player, pleasant.
This is mainly because I listen carefully to others and negotiate to find solutions that are mutually beneficial. I usually deliver criticism with a great deal of care. I use a sense of humour to get through tough times. I notice when others are doing it tough.
I think some experts think they can gaslight parents and guardians into thinking they were somehow one of a very small number whose kid got COVID-19 at school.
Nothing could be further from the truth. We live in a community. Information is shared.
WE ALL KNOW.
Plenty of parents are still buying the “mild” COVID-19 line, many still believe they are lucky to have gotten that over with, but nobody thinks COVID-19 isn’t spreading like wildfire. Nobody believes schools are a place COVID doesn’t spread.
People make up comforting stories to explain what is happening. They may explain away nagging symptoms, or tell themselves it was just a cold.
Most people aren’t actually entirely divorced from reality. (Close, but not quite.) They don’t actually think it can’t happen