South Africa’s Excess Deaths A Fifth Of Earlier Waves
The title of this post is that of a small section deeply buried in the January 7th Edition of The Times.
South Africa’s excess death rate from the Omicron variant has began to fall after reaching only a fifth of the level caused by the worst version. It is another indication that although highly infectious Omicron is not as life-threatening as other types of coronavirus.
Surely, this good news should be more prominent in the paper and published with a full explanation.
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