Paul O Mahoney
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Back to my point that our selfishness was not only morally repugnant but self destructive in the medium to longer term.It's being reported that Omicron isn't as dangerous to life as Delta which if true will be a relief to many countries.
However, there now seems to be another narrative that is circulating that if Omicron becomes dominant, as the data is pointing to that, it will increase the viral load and spawn more variants.
Be hopeful. We’ve only been aware of how much we are screwing up the world since the 60’s and we’ve fundamentally changed so much of what we do as a result.But the so called "poorer " countries have all the resources that the western world needs and until some kind of equity is found the exploitation will continue.
I'm still hopeful, naive perhaps, that out this a better way will be found.
I'm a glass 3/4 full type of person and I know we can solve the issues but its going to take a paradigm shift in thinking if we are to achieve what needs doing.Be hopeful. We’ve only been aware of how much we are screwing up the world since the 60’s and we’ve fundamentally changed so much of what we do as a result.
We’ve also reduced world poverty by more than two thirds in the last 30 years (due almost entirely to capitalism). There has never been less poverty. We are doing a great job, but we’ve a ways to go yet. This is the best time in history to be alive and that holds true for most of the world.
So no doom and gloom.
We are capable of fixing everything that needs to be fixed and we’ve never been closer to that. Hope is empowering, resignation in the face of a challenge is destructive and weak and very unappealing.
In the context of human history the last 30 years have been a blip. We’ve probably got a good bit wrong, such as not targeting childhood poverty and education amongst the bottom billion and not developing safe modern nuclear power as it’s the only alternative to hydrocarbons, but we’ve got a lot right.I'm a glass 3/4 full type of person and I know we can solve the issues but its going to take a paradigm shift in thinking if we are to achieve what needs doing.
There are so many conflicting assessments its difficult to understand exactly what is the situation.Imperial College London study.... not promising but data is limited.
The [broken link removed] from the Imperial College London COVID-19 response team estimates that the risk of reinfection with the Omicron variant is 5.4 times greater than that of the Delta variant. This implies that the protection against reinfection by Omicron afforded by past infection may be as low as 19%.
The study finds no evidence of Omicron having lower severity than Delta, judged by either the proportion of people testing positive who report symptoms, or by the proportion of cases seeking hospital care after infection. However, hospitalisation data remains very limited at this time.
Omicron largely evades immunity from past infection or two vaccine doses | Imperial News | Imperial College London
The Omicron variant largely evades immunity from past infection or two vaccine doses according to the latest Imperial modelling.www.imperial.ac.uk
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