Is the Omicron variant less aggressive than its predecessor Delta? More and more studies seem to show it. And according to the latest that have been published, especially across the Channel, this could be explained by the fact that the “Omicron” coronavirus tends to attack the throat rather than the lungs.
“It has yet to be studied, but all the studies are heading in the same direction,” Deenan Pillay of University College London told The Guardian.
This increased presence in the throat of the Omicron variant would also explain why it is transmitted more easily.
“It’s still very early days, but it could be good news,” said virologist James Stewart of the University of Liverpool. “But that doesn’t mean we have to stop paying attention. People are still dying from the Omicron variant, and frail people are still at risk. We cannot forget to wear a mask and go all out to party ”.
This Saturday, the British Minister of Health, Sajid Javid, indicated that new restrictions would only intervene “as a last resort” in England despite a surge of Omicron cases, believing that it was necessary to learn to “live with” the coronavirus.
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