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2024-01-17 12:21:34 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4ABE395FF98A1065542AF11687990FF14D68C2303F69571FD92B72453D2BA257
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Context needed for this headline & article, which use hospital admission statistics to claim that the JN.1 variant is "mild." Unfortunately, evidence suggests otherwise (see links), & hospital data is likely undercounted due to end of PCR testing in hospitals. - https://fortune.com/well/2024/01/08/covid-omicron-variants-pirola-ba286-jn1-more-severe-disease-lung-gi-tract-symptoms/ - https://theconversation.com/covid-barely-gets-a-mention-these-days-heres-why-thats-a-dangerous-situation-220867 - https://www.panaccindex.info/p/what-sars-cov-2-does-to-the-body-548 - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/covid-19-testing-approach-from-april-2023
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