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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOmicron 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
Link to tweet
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LisaL
(44,998 posts)It's in my state too.
Pobeka
(4,999 posts)dem4decades
(11,335 posts)does it protect you from Delta?
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)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!
LisaL
(44,998 posts)So delta will go away and Omicron will infect everyone. Probably in 3-4 weeks.
femmedem
(8,219 posts)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.
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)good news out of South Africa:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/omicron-ground-zero-in-south-africa-has-already-peaked
femmedem
(8,219 posts)It's so hard to know what to expect.
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