not good!

    • TheModerateTankie [any]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah, this is a bad sign.

      The data shows that 29% of COVID-19 admissions in the 0-to-4 age group had severe disease - a proportion similar to that in several other age groups, and significantly lower than the percentage of severe disease among patients over 60.

      https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/does-omicron-pose-higher-risks-infants-than-other-variants-2021-12-01/

      They don't know if it's omicron or delta at this point, but it's not promising.

      Stock up on TP.

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        • TheModerateTankie [any]
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          3 years ago

          Yeah, the first wave hit older and young people the hardest, then the second wave hit everyone with a spike in young adults.

        • cilantrofellow [any]
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          3 years ago

          8 months after the initial outbreak yeah. I thought delta was going to be that but it seems I was wrong.

      • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        is it because all the old people died already? Which would mean that the remaining old people would be relatively resistant to COVID to start with?

    • jabrd [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      We're at the point where mask mandates are being obviously ignored and no one gives a shit. Like the same way everyone pretends they wash their hands after peeing but only does it when there's someone else in the public bathroom with them. No one's wearing a mask unless they're worried someone will call them out on it but everyone's so tired that no one is enforcing anything anymore. The only people still wearing masks where I live are the service industry workers who have to for their job

  • screwthisdumbcrap [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    :agony-consuming:

    OH IT'S THE PLAGUE THAT NEVER ENDS

    AND IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRIENDS

    SOME PEOPLE STARTED SPREADING IT NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WAS

    AND WE WILL KEEP ON SPREADING IT FOREVER JUST BECAUSE

    :agony-consuming:

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      HOLD ME CLOSER TINY VIRUS

      COUNT THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE HIGHWAY

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Nice to wake up and see my country featured in this graph

    :doomjak:

    I don't think they make n95s for 0-5 year olds though...

    Also haven't got second vaccine dose yet because the local vaccine facility closed down and I don't have a car, definitely don't want to take a taxi at the moment (minibus crammed full of people) and can't drive.

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    • coeliacmccarthy [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      in all likelihood the best vaccines do for this strain is slightly reduce severity. You should still get a booster, since it could be the difference between a severe case and a deadly case, but it won't stop you from getting sick as fuck

    • TheModerateTankie [any]
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      3 years ago

      :shrek-pixel-despair:

      It's spreading twice as fast as delta and it's making younger people sicker.

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