Forsaken_Rooster_365 t1_j0moqd5 wrote on December 17, 2022 at 8:56 PM

Reply to comment by js1138-2 in The new omicron boosters are very effective at preventing seniors from being hospitalized with Covid. The latest omicron boosters are 84% effective at keeping seniors 65 and older from being hospitalized with Covid-19 compared with the unvaccinated by Wagamaga

I thought that when Omicron went into places with limited vaccination and limited experience with prior covid-exposure, they had similar to WT mortality? Like, it may have been less deadly than some of the other mutants (like Beta and Delta), but I don't think it was much different from WT. Been a long time since I've heard anything though.

js1138-2 t1_j0n4ugs wrote on December 17, 2022 at 10:51 PM

That’s hard to study, because the most vulnerable people are also the most vaccinated. But, when omicron had its first enormous peak, most of the people hospitalized were unvaccinated.

Now it’s hard to find anyone who is neither vaccinated nor a survivor.