Fri Dec 17, 2021, 09:38 AM

Tomconroy (5,206 posts)

Omicron lands in Connecticut!

Dr. Grubaugh at Yale New Haven Hospital is top drawer at the Covid sampling thing. He ID'd about 10 percent of samples to be Omicron Wed. Bigger percent yesterday. He figures Omicron will be dominant in CT soon. He has a twitter feed for those with an interest. This news should hit our local msm soon.

https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Omicron-may-be-dominant-in-CT-by-the-end-of-the-16703956.php

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8 replies	Author	Time	Post
Omicron lands in Connecticut! (Original post)	Tomconroy	Dec 2021	OP
Looks like Omicron is going to kick Delta's behind in upcoming weeks.	LisaL	Dec 2021	#1
Of course, it's already in all 50 states. We travel far too much for it not to be. n/t	Pobeka	Dec 2021	#2
They say Omicron is a "milder" Covid, but it's different. My question is, if you get Omicron	dem4decades	Dec 2021	#3
CT is actually in a delta surge that began in mid Nov.	Tomconroy	Dec 2021	#4
It should be displacing delta.	LisaL	Dec 2021	#5
I live in CT. Our democratic town committee in-person caucus is going to be in early January.	femmedem	Dec 2021	#6
It's still a bit early to know for sure but there continues to be	Tomconroy	Dec 2021	#7
Yes. Good news there, bad news in Norway.	femmedem	Dec 2021	#8

Response to Tomconroy (Original post)

Fri Dec 17, 2021, 09:40 AM

LisaL (44,185 posts)

1. Looks like Omicron is going to kick Delta's behind in upcoming weeks.

It's in my state too.

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Response to Tomconroy (Original post)

Fri Dec 17, 2021, 09:43 AM

Pobeka (4,445 posts)

2. Of course, it's already in all 50 states. We travel far too much for it not to be. n/t

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Fri Dec 17, 2021, 09:46 AM

dem4decades (9,285 posts)

3. They say Omicron is a "milder" Covid, but it's different. My question is, if you get Omicron

does it protect you from Delta?

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Response to dem4decades (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 17, 2021, 09:52 AM

Tomconroy (5,206 posts)

4. CT is actually in a delta surge that began in mid Nov.

Cases and hospitalizations are up significantly over the past month in percentage terms. We are the last state in New England to be hit with the current delta wave.
So watch this space!

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Response to dem4decades (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 17, 2021, 09:59 AM

LisaL (44,185 posts)

5. It should be displacing delta.

So delta will go away and Omicron will infect everyone. Probably in 3-4 weeks.

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Fri Dec 17, 2021, 10:12 AM

femmedem (6,982 posts)

6. I live in CT. Our democratic town committee in-person caucus is going to be in early January.

The state party is adamant that the caucuses have to be in-person, which I can understand since I don't know how we can verify that attendees are registered Democrats in their correct districts with a virtual event.

In the last two weeks, one in every 165 residents of my small city have tested positive for covid, and that's during the Delta surge. By January, Omicron will be everywhere and it seems inevitable that our DTC caucus will be a superspreader event.

First time I've thought about not going, or even resigning from the DTC.

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Response to femmedem (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 17, 2021, 10:15 AM

Tomconroy (5,206 posts)

7. It's still a bit early to know for sure but there continues to be

good news out of South Africa:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/omicron-ground-zero-in-south-africa-has-already-peaked

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Fri Dec 17, 2021, 10:41 AM

femmedem (6,982 posts)

8. Yes. Good news there, bad news in Norway.

It's so hard to know what to expect.

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