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1st Omicron Variant in Mississippi

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1st Omicron Variant in Mississippi
1st Omicron Variant in Mississippi
The first case of the Omicron variant of Covid has reached Mississippi.

NEW VARIANT CASE?WE,LLE KNOW KNOW THE FIRSTPERSON TO HAVE OVERCROWD IN OURSTATE AS A PERSON WHO RECENYTLTRAVELED TO THE STATE FROM NEWYORK THAT PERSON FULLYVACCINATED NOT BEINGHOSPITALIZED.IT DOES MARK A NEW CHAERPT INTHIS STATE’S PANDEMIC FIND ITHINK IT’S VERY IMPORTANT FOR METO GET IT EARLY IN HOLLOWAY SAYSSHE DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE ANYCHANCES WHIT A NEW OMICRONVARIANT.SHE’S GETTING HER COVID-19BOOSTER SHOT MONDAY MORNING.I KNOW E ONING IS SCARY.I KNOW THAT BUT OTHER THAN IDON’T KNOW SO MANY UNKNOWNSABOUT THE NEW COVID-19 VARIANT.PPEDPO UP IN THE US AT JACKSONHINDS COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCENTER.THEY ARE SEEN INCREASED TRAFFIC.WE SEE IN A SLIGHT.INCREASE BUT NOT WE ARE SEEINGMORE AND MORE PEOPLE GETTING THEVACCINATION THOUGHND A AGAIN THEBOOSTERS AND I THINK IF IT ISBECAUSE OF THE NEW VARIANT THESTATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS ITHAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN COVID-19HOSPALITATION CASES ICU BEDDEMAND REMAINING CONSTANT OVERTHE PAST MONTH, BUT THOSE ARETHE RESULTS OF THE LINGERINGDELT.PERIOD AND HEALTHCARE LEADERS,SAY THE STATE’S LOWACCINATIONRATE IS STILL THAT ONE PART OFTHE CONCERN REGARDING TSHI NEWVARIANT ANECDOTAL THINGS FROMpSOUTH AFRICA.IT WOULD SUGGEST TTHA MAYBE IT’SNOT QUITE AS VIRULENT PEOPLE.DON’T GET QTEUI AS SICK AND WEHOPE THAT TURNS OUT TO BE TRUE.YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT WITH A BITOF A GRAIN OF SALT BECAUSE SOMEOFHE T POPULATIONS IN THAT AREAARE YOUNGER THAN OUR POPULATIONDR. MICHAEL THRALL KILLED IS ANINFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIAL.WITH BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEMS WHOSAYS RESEARCHERS ARE STILLTRYING TO GET A HANDLE ONOVERCRON AND IF IT IS REMODANGEROUS THAN THE CURRENT DELTAVARIANT AGAIN PRELIMINARY DATATHAT WE’RE SEEING FROM ISRAELAND OTHER PLACES WOULD SUGGESTTHAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FULLYVACCINATED AGAINST THE OLDERSTRAIN DOS SEEM TO HAVE ARELATIVELY MILDER COURSE WITHTHE NEW HOMICONS.THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYSIT IS SEEN SOME INCREASES INHOSPITALIZATION ICU ANDVENTILATOR AND NEEDS BUT THOSEARE AGAIN BASED ON DELTAVARIANTS THE OMICRON WHILE STILLNEW TERRITORY THE BEST DEFENSESEINEMGLY STILL THE VACCINATIONSHOT LIVE

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