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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]omicron cases are plunging in south africa and risk of hospitalization is proving far, far lower than with delta. [/quote]

From today's Wall Street Journal:

"...South African researchers said they estimate the risk of hospitalization with Omicron is around 70% to 80% lower than with the earlier Delta strain, a promising sign that immunity from prior infection or vaccination offers substantial protection against severe illness.

The findings, published online in a paper that has yet to be peer reviewed, offer further tentative evidence that Omicron infections tend to be milder in populations with high levels of immunity.

Waasila Jassat, a public-health specialist at the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, said there had been no significant increases in admissions to critical-care wards recorded over the past four weeks when Omicron has driven case numbers in the country sharply higher.

“Mortality has been very low in this wave, with the case-fatality ratio lower than at any other point in the pandemic,” said Dr. Jassat."

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