Aaand the COVID minimizing to "avoid a panic" has begun🤦🏻♀️ I wonder how that will turn out- it's a mystery
#SZDOpinion The release of critical #COVID-related data is very important for local officials to draw up appropriate #pandemic control and mitigation measures, and for the public to adopt a rational attitude towards #Omicron. #misinformation #transparency
http://szdaily.sznews.com/MB/content/202212/05/content_3001247.html
"It's like the flu"✅
It's not. Omicron is up to 40% deadlier than seasonal flu- even without factoring in the likelihood of subsequent opportunistic infections.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/09/covid-pandemic-end-worse-than-flu/671514/
"Omicron is mild"✅
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220127/deaths-due-to-omicron-higher-than-from-delta
https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-1601788/v1_covered.pdf?c=1651763984
Omicron variants killed more people than Delta in many places. While Omicron is less deadly *if you get infected*, the infection rate is far higher- so often the total mortality rate is higher.
Naomi Wu
Markus Gälli