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Not sure why you are being downvoted, that is something that struck me as well. In particular Vanilla strains were milder than beta/delta. Don't get me wrong,
by Pyramus 3y ago
Not sure why you are being downvoted, that is something that struck me as well. In particular Vanilla strains were milder than beta/delta.
Don't get me wrong, Covid is a deadly disease with a lethality of 1-2 %, but the typical symptoms for a 30 year old are mild.
- Reason077 3y ago> "In particular Vanilla strains were milder than beta/delta." Not my experience! OG Covid (March 2020) was just as severe as alpha/beta (December 2020). My most recent infection (August 2022) was much milder, but that could also be explained by being vaccinated.
- Pyramus 3y agoSee my sibling comment with a link to the estimated properties of SARS-Cov-2 variants: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36337757 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36337757
- Reason077 3y agoI don't disagree with your linked comment. But my personal experience, not to mention the high level of hospitalisation and mortality at the time which resulted in the first UK lockdown, disagrees with your "Vanilla strains were milder than beta/delta." statement, if "Vanilla" was the variant circulating in the UK in March 2020.
- Pyramus 3y agoYes that makes sense. I wrote: > The fact that Covid (as an illness) has become milder is due to the hosts adapting, not the virus being milder.
- autoexec 3y agoMy understanding is that newer strains aren't much different in terms of severity, but the hospitalization and mortality rates will change by some percentage because our treatment protocols improved. When covid first hit, people had no idea what to do with the infected. Doctors around the world were sharing information and research was underway but they all had to learn as they went along. Eventually things were bound to improve, even if the virus hadn't evolved at all.