the variable d’omicron “Not the same disease” compared to previous strains of COVID-19, according to John Bell, professor of medicine at the University of Oxford.
Bell, life sciences adviser to the UK government, said: BBC Radio 4 On Tuesday, the omicron variant has resulted in fewer hospitalizations and serious illness so far, showing the vaccines are still working, according to the Bloomberg.
- he said BBC.
- “The horrific scenes that we saw a year ago – intensive care units full, a lot of people dying prematurely – now is old history in my opinion and I think we have to be sure that it continues. probably.”
Bell said the Omicron variant appears to like a completely different disease, according to CNBC.
- “The disease appears to be less severe and many people spend a relatively short time in the hospital,” he added. Bill said. “They don’t require high flow oxygen, the average residence time is apparently three days, and it’s not the same disease we saw a year ago.”
This is in line with some previous data and research which suggested that Omicron variant of COVID-19 causes less severe symptoms And the recovery, as I wrote to Deseret News. So far, data from South Africa has shown fewer hospitalizations associated with the variant, although it has shown the ability to escape Vaccines against covid-19 and antibodies.