Dr. John Campbell

BA.4 increases with optimism

Dr. John Campbell

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(and BA.5) UK, infections increasingUploaded 13-06-22https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcareUptick in Covid hospital admissions in England33% on the weekIncreases will continue for weeks (2 or 3)Caused by omicron sub-variants, BA.4 and BA.5Spreading more readily than BA.2Office for National Statisticshttps://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsightsEarly signs of a possible increase in COVID-19 infections in England and Northern Ireland Omicron BA.4 and BA.5, in the ascendancyTaken over from Omicron BA.2Taken over from Omicron BA.1Taken over from DeltaTaken over from AlphaTaken over from Wuhan original strainOmicron wave hospital patients 19% caught the virus in hospital,https://twitter.com/AdeleGroyer/status/1534817326637502464BA.4 and BA.5 variants emerged in South AfricaBoth evade immunity from vaccination or infectionUK crossover point, (BA.4 and BA.5 over half of cases) Jubilee weekend (2nd to 4th June)South Africahttps://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/BA.4 and BA.5 variants had already swept through South Africa, no major problemsDespite multiple reinfections,Deaths in South Africa were only around a tenth of the peak during previous wavesPrevious immunity has not protected against BA.4 and BA.5 infectionsReinfections will increase immunitySeverity of SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections as Compared with Primary Infectionshttps://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2108120December 2021Qatar national cohort of 353,326 N = 1,304 reinfectionsReinfections were rare and were generally mild(Risk of re-infection, x8 in omicron times compared to delta times)Reinfections had 90% lower odds of resulting in hospitalization or death than primary infections. US datahttps://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-homehttps://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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