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PostPosted: 01/11/22 1:44 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

FrozenLVFan wrote:
tfan wrote:
Now in addition to a concern about overwhelmed hospitals, there is a new concern among governments - that so many workers will be infected with Omicron and either be home sick or home quarantined, that there won’t be enough non-infected workers to support whatever job function they are doing.


That's why the quarantine period was shortened to five days...to get people back to work sooner.

And now...
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As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus, the White House’s top medical adviser said Sunday.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now considering including the negative test as part of its guidance after getting significant “pushback” on its updated recommendations last week.

Under that Dec. 27 guidance, isolation restrictions for people infected with COVID-19 were shortened from 10 days to five days if they are no longer feeling symptoms or running a fever. After that period, they are asked to spend the following five days wearing a mask when around others.

The guidelines have since received criticism from many health professionals for not specifying a negative antigen test as a requirement for leaving isolation.


https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-united-states-anthony-fauci-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-5f3e45e2f140f94df02267e22c307664



California will allow some health workers with COVID-19 to continue working. One top nurse says it could put patients in 'grave danger.'


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PostPosted: 02/03/22 10:29 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Some study suggests that getting Omicron will not give you immunity from getting Omicron again for very long. Maybe 3 to 6 months immunity protection from re-infection. But possibly protection beyond that against severe illness from a re-infection.

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PostPosted: 02/05/22 9:53 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote

Based on Worldometers 7 day average data


USA peaked on January 13th at 820,829 cases. 2/5/2022 it is at 275,163 (34% of the peak).

California peaked on January 14th at 120,549 cases. 2/5/2022 it is at 38,272 (32% of the peak).


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PostPosted: 08/15/22 3:47 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote

This article suggests that Omicron may appear less severe due to vaccinations and pre-infections, while also saying it doesn't appear to be as good at infecting the lungs. But it still kills 400 people a day in the USA so it isn't less severe for everyone.

Omicron is considered a milder coronavirus, but scientists aren't so sure


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