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COVID is killing thousands of Australians who would have otherwise lived, likely to be 20-30,000 by year's end. This fig shows that, after saving lives in 2020 (another story), once this line crossed the zero in late 2021, we were in ‘excess’ territory. 1/ pic.twitter.com/miBYSruMhT
— Prof Brendan Crabb AC (@CrabbBrendan) October 30, 2022
Brendan Crabb
“COVID continues to kill people at an extraordinary rate,” said Professor on Twitter.
“Even now in our lowest point, we are losing 10-20 people each day who would otherwise not have died.
“By way of comparison, we have lost 308 people this year to influenza, yet COVID deaths are over 13,000.”
Sure, XBB has been called the “nightmare” variant of COVIDand has already taken many lives, but it’s less scary if you’re vaccinated
These two variants are only scary because they mutate and spread fast, not because they’re more fatal or have harsher symptoms.
For some peace of mind, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t yet labelled either as concerning.
“So far there is no epidemiological evidence that these sublineages will be of substantially greater risk compared to other Omicron sublineages,” WHO wrote in a press release.
“The potential impact of these variants is strongly influenced by the regional immune landscape.”
So if you’ve had COVID-19 before and have all of your vaccines, you should be right as rain. Of course, wearing a mask in public is always your safest bet, especially when taking public transport.
We may be entering another COVID-19 wave, but we’re all surfers at this point, we’ve got this.
This is not to create fear. But to promote #VaccinesPLUS action. I am on a train as I write this with prob 100 others. I'm the only one with a mask despite it being strongly recommended. Why would they wear one? I suspect most have no idea of the ongoing impact of COVID. 7/end
— Prof Brendan Crabb AC (@CrabbBrendan) October 30, 2022
What is known about XBB and BQ. 1?
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