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D&D and the rising pandemic
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Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
Have they risen to the levels you are experiencing at home?
Over the course of a week and a half, they jumped over what I'm experiencing at home, adjusting for population.
I was being vague in a superstitious attempt not to jinx it - I was planning to go to Puerto Rico. Their cases were down around 100 per day about 10 days ago, and now are around 5700 per day. The key may have been the truly massive concert event that they had a bit over a week ago now. Like, 100,000 attendees massive.
Their graph of cases looks like this:
So, you can see, just a little while ago, it was low and comfortable, especially for folks expecting to spend most of their time outside in 80F weather. But now... ugh.
That’s a big OOF.
Superspreader concert event doubtlessly contributed to that, but I’m betting omicron crashed that party to generate a spike like that.
Supposedly, the Omicron variant is about as contagious as measles, which is kinda the King of contagiousness.
Superspreader concert event doubtlessly contributed to that, but I’m betting omicron crashed that party to generate a spike like that.
Supposedly, the Omicron variant is about as contagious as measles, which is kinda the King of contagiousness.
Thomas Shey
Legend
Yeah. We went out and did it, but we didn't feel really good about going to the movie last weekend, even though we've had all three shots.
Baron Opal II
Hero
Wow. That would be impressive. Measles is the most contagious disease there is. I'll have to look into that.
Edit: After a search, Omicron's R-value is around 3-5. Which is impressive! Most diseases are about 0.8-2.
If it wasn't mentioned earlier, R-value is (roughly) the number of people expected to be infected by a person with the disease. Measles has an R-value of 12-15.
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Some researchers are pegging Omicron’s R value higher.
One article I read said it was more contagious than measles due to some additional factor, but I can’t find it now. It’s possible it was withdrawn. If I can find it again, I’ll post it.
This isn’t it, but this is from The Lancet.
That puts it right on the heels of the measles.
Some more researchers are chiming in that it may be less dangerous than previous strains, but with its mutations, it looks like omicron is not affected by most of the monoclonal antibody products except GlaxoSmithKline’s.
Omicron variant and booster COVID-19 vaccines
On Dec 13, 2021, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed that a patient in England had died after contracting the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. The previous day, prime minister Boris Johnson launched a drive to offer all adults in the UK a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end...
www.thelancet.com
That puts it right on the heels of the measles.
Some more researchers are chiming in that it may be less dangerous than previous strains, but with its mutations, it looks like omicron is not affected by most of the monoclonal antibody products except GlaxoSmithKline’s.
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