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And of course, mortality from COVID is still an issue despite under testing and under reporting www.reinsurancene.ws/swiss-re-pre...
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So it's good to treat each rising variant with healthy respect, get one's boosters (when possible!) and, if one feels comfortable with it, take precautions.
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And if we assume that the risk of this new variant is similar to previous variants, then the risk of Long COVID remains significant upon reinfection (big decrease in risk between 1st and 2nd infection, but it remains at a similar level from 2nd to 3rd infection). www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/dat....
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So it's meaningless to speculate about relative severity of new variants at this stage. The only thing we can see is that there is still some excess mortality and people keep getting Long COVID with prevalence of LC remaining relatively high (around 5% of the population).
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See for example this paper (from 2023) that compared the severity from two 2021 and 2022 variants (Delta and Omicron, respectively) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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That's the point. It's very difficult to elucidate the comparative severity of COVID variants and it often can only be done retrospectively. So, to say that a new variant does not appear to be more dangerous than previous ones is meaningless, it's just a truism that sounds reassuring.
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Eso está claro, es porque es zona turística! bsky.app/profile/javi...
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Thanks! Still the biggest wave since 2023, but it could have been worse.
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With that music and vocal delivery you can get away with anything...
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He probably mishears the chorus as "I am the fortunate son" and things that the song is about nice things that happen to this fortunate son, who he identifies with. variety.com/2020/music/n...
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wurden, während Kinder im Alter von 5 bis 11 Jahren ihre erste Impfung erst im Oktober 2021 erhielten.
Die Tatsache, dass nur wenige Kinder gegen die erste, stärker symptomatische Virusvariante geimpft wurden, könnte daher zu den höheren Long-COVID-Raten beigetragen haben.
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Because 2025 has so far had fewer waves than usual, I expect these figures will fall a bit. But it will remain a continuing improve prevention (better indoor air quality, better vaccines, masking where appropriate...). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39122965/
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Apart from that, it's difficult to say what is the risk for infection. For me the fact that 3-5% of the population suffer from LC and that it's disabling for around 25% of them means that it is sufficiently worrisome. Plus of course, the increase in baseline risks for diabetes, CV disease, etc.
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I think we have to be careful with non-disabling kinds of LC and exactly how non-disabling they are in the long-run. research.uky.edu/news/uk-rese...
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What I want to say is that prevention measures have costs, as you say, but letting COVID spread unchecked and not investing in indoor air quality, vaccination andmasking when necessary also has clear human and economic costs. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39122965/
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Loss of smell, anosmia, is a sign of neurological damage. www.nature.com/articles/s41....
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www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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I think you're underestimating the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the British political class when pursuing policies that are harmful for the country. People said: "Brexit will be too difficult and destructive to implement in practice". And here we are, Brexit done, destruction and everything...
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Si esto sigue así le van a acusar de la muerte de Manolete
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Thanks, very interesting!
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Thanks! I imagine (from a position of ignorance) that they are similar enough that immunity to the one will give pretty good immunity towards the other, so that in most places we will go through one rather than two waves?
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This new article reviews the evidence bsky.app/profile/bhan...
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I think this may partly reflect a lack of testing?
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Good catch! Thanks
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