אז אולי האומיקרון זה לא סוף העולם, אלה הוריאנט שכולנו ציפינו לו?
“Having personally seen many of our patients across our Gauteng hospitals, their symptoms are far milder than anything we experienced during the first three waves,” Netcare’s Richard Friedland told the Daily Maverick on Wednesday.
“Approximately 90% of Covid-19 patients currently in our hospitals require no form of oxygen therapy and are considered incidental cases. If this trend continues, it would appear that, with a few exceptions of those requiring tertiary care, the fourth wave can be adequately treated at a primary care level.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/09/south-african-covid-cases-up-255-in-a-week-as-omicron-spreads
גם מסיבת ההדבקה באוסלו - סימפטומים שונים והרבה פחות קשים. יומיים-שלוש ושוכחים שהיו חולים (כמובן, הם מחוסנים, אבל לא בשלוש מנות).