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42. I don't know of any findings in the midwest indicating that omicron is less lethal.

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Fri Dec 17, 2021, 09:50 PM

Dec 2021

It just started to spread in the midwest.

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I don't care about cases as much as I do hospitalizations and deaths crimycarny Dec 2021 #36

South Africans have very high levels of natural immunity, because a lot of them have been LisaL Dec 2021 #40

could be--but that's speculation crimycarny Dec 2021 #41

I don't know of any findings in the midwest indicating that omicron is less lethal. LisaL Dec 2021 #42

I believe I read it in the Chicago Tribune crimycarny Dec 2021 #43

Severity remains unclear doesn't equal less lethal. LisaL Dec 2021 #46

Everything you are saying is speculation as well crimycarny Dec 2021 #75

This message was self-deleted by its author crimycarny Dec 2021 #37

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