@haxxiy Omicron has me wondering. Is it possible to genetically alter a virus on purpose to make it non lethal, more contagious while teaching your body the antibodies to ward off the deadly variant? Basically using a virus to make a self replicating 'vaccine' against that virus.
Setting the obvious moral and ethical problems aside, is it possible to release a self replicating vaccine into the wild (and get stuff like The Rain...)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/south-african-doctors-see-early-signs-omicron-variant-is-milder-than-delta/
It's not quite a safe variant (don't go hosting Omicron parties yet) but much better than Delta so far.
Only 30% of hospitalizations in recent weeks serious, about half the rate of previous waves; just 3% of patients die, unlike 20% in earlier outbreaks.
As the Omicron coronavirus variant sweeps through South Africa, Dr. Unben Pillay is seeing dozens of sick patients a day. Yet he hasn’t had to send anyone to the hospital.
That’s one of the reasons why he, along with other doctors and medical experts, suspect that the Omicron version really is causing milder COVID-19 than Delta, even if it seems to be spreading faster.
“They are able to manage the disease at home,” Pillay said of his patients. “Most have recovered within the 10- to 14-day isolation period,” said Pillay.
It seems almost as effective as the vaccines are with Delta.
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