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Omicron our Saviour?
Data from South Africa, Israel and the UK appears to indicate that this variant is extremely contagious and has far fewer severe consequences. The currently supposed causes are:
- the structure of the new Omicron variant
- the level of vaccinations and boosts
- the fact that a portion have built some resistance(in the UK 95% have antibodies(ons.gov.u)
The unvaccinated will still cause increased uptakes in hospitals and ICU’s and put the health-system including doctors and staff under additional stress. Even if thanks to the weaker symptoms of Omicron we have a 40–45% lower uptake of hospitalizations (Reuters) compared to a comparable spread of Delta, with Omicron spreading 2 to 3 times faster (and exponentially) this variant can sink many regional health-systems.
The ones who need hospitalizations are, for the largest part, the unvaccinated. These people will take up the hospital beds of the people who require them because they need cancer treatments and other necessary treatments, but also: they will take up the beds of people who did all they could to protect themselves against this virus, but were unlucky enough to have gotten seriously ill.
So why could Omicron save us?
When I say ‘save’, I mean save us from the restrictions that the governments all over…
