haxxiy on 19 December 2021
I wonder how Omicron outcomes will differ in the three kinds of places we have today:
a) Places currently struggling against Delta (Northern US, Europe)
b) Places that had a Delta wave but are past it (Southern US, Africa, South Asia)
c) Places that had no Delta wave at all (most of South America)
Because their immunological status can't be directly compared and that could be a huge influence depending on how much Omicron's mildness hangs on previous immunity.
On the other hand we have data like this from France, a country that was struggling with Delta, showing ICU exit rate for Covid after a week has virtually reached 100% all of a sudden:
