Otis Mayfield
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Early reports from South Africa seem to indicate the omicron variant of coronavirus is much more contagious than previous variants while causing milder disease, though experts there warn definitive data won't be available for weeks.
"This virus comes with both barrels loaded – high infectivity and potentially the ability for immune evasion. But maybe what it's lacking is pathogenicity," said Dr. Warner Greene, director of the Center for HIV Cure Research at the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco.
So if Omicron is good at spreading from person to person, and it's not lethal, it could wind up vaccinating the whole world.
Even the idiots who won't get vaccinated will be vaccinated against their will by Omicron.
Let's hope.
"This virus comes with both barrels loaded – high infectivity and potentially the ability for immune evasion. But maybe what it's lacking is pathogenicity," said Dr. Warner Greene, director of the Center for HIV Cure Research at the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco.
Omicron could be more contagious, less dangerous. That would be 'good news for the human race.'
Early reports from South Africa seem to show omicron is highly infectious but not "as virulent or as pathogenic as the delta variant" of coronavirus.
www.usatoday.com
So if Omicron is good at spreading from person to person, and it's not lethal, it could wind up vaccinating the whole world.
Even the idiots who won't get vaccinated will be vaccinated against their will by Omicron.
Let's hope.