Omicron in the US, boosted transmissibility confirmed

Omicron now in 24 countries and California. Now clear it is highly transmissible. Cases seem mild so far Omicron rapidly dominating in South Africa https://www.reuters.com/world/us-tightens-covid-19-travel-rules-countries-race-quell-omicron-threat-2021-12-01/ Omicron is rapidly becoming the dominant in South Africa Less than four weeks in South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) https://www.nicd.ac.za 74% of all genomes last month, omicron The first Omicron detected in the U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/health/omicron-first-us-case-california.html California Wednesday, 1st December California from South Africa on 22nd November Mild symptoms started 25th November Mild symptoms that are improving Not hospitalized In isolation Aggressive contact tracing is underway Person fully vaccinated Had received two doses Moderna within the six-month window Close contacts have tested negative Dr. Anthony S. Fauci We have 60 million people in this country who are not vaccinated who are eligible to be vaccinated Let’s get them vaccinated. Let’s get the people vaccinated, boosted. Let’s get the children vaccinated. Get boosted now We may not need a variant-specific boost. (EU, vaccine rollout for five-to-11-year-olds 13th December) Dissent from Mike Ryan There is no evidence that I'm aware of that will suggest that boosting the entire population is going to necessarily provide any greater protection for otherwise healthy individuals against hospitalization or death WHO, coronavirus will keep producing new variants for as long as it is allowed to circulate freely in unvaccinated US https://www.reuters.com/world/us-tightens-covid-19-travel-rules-countries-race-quell-omicron-threat-2021-12-01/ Must have a negative test 24 hours prior to departure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices