BA.5 Dangerous?
07-15-2022, 04:26 PM
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BA.5 Dangerous?
MSM is crying wolf (perhaps to distract from the economy?) but all of the more rational and measured sources I've found say BA.5 is still mild, although very contagious...
https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/5-...o-know-omicron
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/d...icron-variant/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ne...d-reinfections
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1116182
https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/5-...o-know-omicron
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/d...icron-variant/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ne...d-reinfections
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1116182
07-15-2022, 04:34 PM
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Big nothing burger. Fear mongering at its finest.
Just caught a second round of covid a few weeks ago.
Nothing like the Delta variant.
Seems super contagious, but nothing more than an annoying cough and running at 90%.
Didn’t want anything to do with alcohol with Delta.
Mighty thirsty with this variant.
Just caught a second round of covid a few weeks ago.
Nothing like the Delta variant.
Seems super contagious, but nothing more than an annoying cough and running at 90%.
Didn’t want anything to do with alcohol with Delta.
Mighty thirsty with this variant.
07-16-2022, 09:19 AM
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Is BA.5 Dangerous.
Well, mildly in its present form.
It spreads at a rate similar to measles, which is significant.
It mutates as a heightened rate, which is significant.
It now has minor or no symptoms with most, which is (kinda) good for individuals.
BA.5 has more effect on the lungs which will cause some to skip directly to pneumonia, with out the extra symptoms, can progress rapidly without immediate diagnosis.
Its ability to mutate in weak hosts at a considerable rate might be significant.
Very highly transmissible, quick mutations, low symptoms is actually a really REALLY bad combination for future lethality.
But we're long past the point of doing the right thing to contain COVID.
We're just along for the ride now.
Well, mildly in its present form.
It spreads at a rate similar to measles, which is significant.
It mutates as a heightened rate, which is significant.
It now has minor or no symptoms with most, which is (kinda) good for individuals.
BA.5 has more effect on the lungs which will cause some to skip directly to pneumonia, with out the extra symptoms, can progress rapidly without immediate diagnosis.
Its ability to mutate in weak hosts at a considerable rate might be significant.
Very highly transmissible, quick mutations, low symptoms is actually a really REALLY bad combination for future lethality.
But we're long past the point of doing the right thing to contain COVID.
We're just along for the ride now.
07-16-2022, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
MSM is crying wolf (perhaps to distract from the economy?) but all of the more rational and measured sources I've found say BA.5 is still mild, although very contagious...
https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/5-...o-know-omicron
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/d...icron-variant/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ne...d-reinfections
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1116182
https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/5-...o-know-omicron
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/d...icron-variant/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ne...d-reinfections
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1116182
07-16-2022, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Tfork
Your use of the term MSM belies some bias Rick. I'll admit some stories are overblown because, as it should be about death and hospitalizations. The data say hospitalizations are on the rise but death are not.
I try to stick with outlets which mostly stick to the facts or measured analysis (WSJ, NPR, Newsnation,even Al Jazeera). I don't expect anybody to be perfectly free of bias, but some of them at least try to stay in the journalism lane. I look in on FNC occasionally because they occasionally report legit stories that MSM won't touch with a ten-foot pole (ex. cuomo bros).
07-16-2022, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
I am biased about most of the MSM because they've abandoned journalism in favor of clickbait, hysteria, and activism. They're grossly abusing the tremendous privilege traditionally afforded to the fifth estate.
I try to stick with outlets which mostly stick to the facts or measured analysis (WSJ, NPR, Newsnation,even Al Jazeera). I don't expect anybody to be perfectly free of bias, but some of them at least try to stay in the journalism lane. I look in on FNC occasionally because they occasionally report legit stories that MSM won't touch with a ten-foot pole (ex. cuomo bros).
I try to stick with outlets which mostly stick to the facts or measured analysis (WSJ, NPR, Newsnation,even Al Jazeera). I don't expect anybody to be perfectly free of bias, but some of them at least try to stay in the journalism lane. I look in on FNC occasionally because they occasionally report legit stories that MSM won't touch with a ten-foot pole (ex. cuomo bros).
07-20-2022, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by DropTank
Is BA.5 Dangerous.
Well, mildly in its present form.
It spreads at a rate similar to measles, which is significant.
It mutates as a heightened rate, which is significant.
It now has minor or no symptoms with most, which is (kinda) good for individuals.
BA.5 has more effect on the lungs which will cause some to skip directly to pneumonia, with out the extra symptoms, can progress rapidly without immediate diagnosis.
Its ability to mutate in weak hosts at a considerable rate might be significant.
Very highly transmissible, quick mutations, low symptoms is actually a really REALLY bad combination for future lethality.
But we're long past the point of doing the right thing to contain COVID.
We're just along for the ride now.
Well, mildly in its present form.
It spreads at a rate similar to measles, which is significant.
It mutates as a heightened rate, which is significant.
It now has minor or no symptoms with most, which is (kinda) good for individuals.
BA.5 has more effect on the lungs which will cause some to skip directly to pneumonia, with out the extra symptoms, can progress rapidly without immediate diagnosis.
Its ability to mutate in weak hosts at a considerable rate might be significant.
Very highly transmissible, quick mutations, low symptoms is actually a really REALLY bad combination for future lethality.
But we're long past the point of doing the right thing to contain COVID.
We're just along for the ride now.
07-21-2022, 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by DropTank
Is BA.5 Dangerous.
Well, mildly in its present form.
It spreads at a rate similar to measles, which is significant.
It mutates as a heightened rate, which is significant.
It now has minor or no symptoms with most, which is (kinda) good for individuals.
BA.5 has more effect on the lungs which will cause some to skip directly to pneumonia, with out the extra symptoms, can progress rapidly without immediate diagnosis.
Its ability to mutate in weak hosts at a considerable rate might be significant.
Very highly transmissible, quick mutations, low symptoms is actually a really REALLY bad combination for future lethality.
But we're long past the point of doing the right thing to contain COVID.
We're just along for the ride now.
Well, mildly in its present form.
It spreads at a rate similar to measles, which is significant.
It mutates as a heightened rate, which is significant.
It now has minor or no symptoms with most, which is (kinda) good for individuals.
BA.5 has more effect on the lungs which will cause some to skip directly to pneumonia, with out the extra symptoms, can progress rapidly without immediate diagnosis.
Its ability to mutate in weak hosts at a considerable rate might be significant.
Very highly transmissible, quick mutations, low symptoms is actually a really REALLY bad combination for future lethality.
But we're long past the point of doing the right thing to contain COVID.
We're just along for the ride now.
Are you a physician too?
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