| haxxiy said: Austral winter, yes, but also no pre-Omicron exposure: . While we know that previous infection protects better against infection and especially hospitalization, there's a more sinister possibility: that genetically vulnerable individuals were effectively culled from the population in most of the world except some highly vaccinated ones. Case in point, Peru is more or less at the peak of their BA.4/5 wave and yet... |
True, not much delta exposure at all, but Australia and New Zealand did go through the first Omicron wave. Japan was also more careful pre-Omicron and is exploding now. Interesting that Delta exposure helps against Omicron, yet prior Omicron exposure doesn't seem to do much for the new Omicron variants.
There is still the age factor. The average age in Peru is 31, Australia 37, Japan 49.
Japan also has very high population density, ideal for spreading the virus.
And yeah at some point the vulnerable are either dead or like my wife, more and more careful not to catch it a 3rd time ugh. (No idea how though, kids got to go to school again after summer :/)
