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applegrove

(118,694 posts)
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 05:54 PM Dec 2021

Fauci Says Omicron 'Almost Certainly' Not More Severe

Fauci Says Omicron ‘Almost Certainly’ Not More Severe

December 7, 2021 at 4:41 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 1 Comment

https://politicalwire.com/2021/12/07/fauci-says-omicron-almost-certainly-not-more-severe/

"SNIP......

Dr. Anthony Fauci told AFP that “while it would take weeks to judge the severity of the new Covid-19 variant Omicron, early indications suggested it was not worse than prior strains, and possibly milder.”

Said Fauci: “It almost certainly is not more severe than Delta. There is some suggestion that it might even be less severe, because when you look at some of the cohorts that are being followed in South Africa, the ratio between the number of infections and the number of hospitalizations seems to be less than with Delta.”

......SNIP"

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IT's A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!!! Fiendish Thingy Dec 2021 #1
I know. Please let the pharmaceutical companies allow generic applegrove Dec 2021 #2

Fiendish Thingy

(15,624 posts)
1. IT's A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!!!
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 09:17 PM
Dec 2021

Sorry, couldn’t help myself, but if this turns out to be true, it could be as big a turning point as this time last year when the vaccine was approved.

applegrove

(118,694 posts)
2. I know. Please let the pharmaceutical companies allow generic
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 09:23 PM
Dec 2021

production of the vaccines before a variant that is worse evolves.

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