I found a recent Italian study that is in preprint. The paper uses Italian statistics on the infection rate, hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and deaths from the different strains of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus. The authors used what appears to be reliable, high-quality data and analyses. The authors noted that hospitalization, admission to intensive care, and death from infection with the Omicron variant phase are at least 20 to 40 times less than the initial acute phase. I will break down the major details of the study in today’s post.
Read MoreThe reason I am writing this post today is that my 92-year-old father, who is vaccinated, recently had a fever and thought he might have Covid-19. I informed him that OTC tests are available, so I ran out and purchased one, and, thank God, he is negative. In the time we were waiting for the results (ten minutes), both he and my mother were wondering what they should do if he did have Covid.
They watch TV and the news constantly, so why do they not know anything about how important early intervention is? When I asked, they told me that none of the newspapers or news shows talk much about it. This was a shock to me, but admittedly, I don't do either of those regularly. Rather, I seek out any information I may need to help me in my daily life. So I thought I would talk a bit about what the news is apparently not covering.
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