Omicron in the US: What You Need to Know (with Scott Gottlieb)
In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt
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Is It Too Early to Tell Anything?
It's too early to draw conclusions. The demographic in which the virus is spreading was probably heavily seto delta. We don't know if that's because it's innately a less a virulent strain, or it's just infecting people who've been previously exposed to covert so they're able to fight off the infection better. And what what's the most un protected pocket right now of society around any country? It's children. You most haven't had coven because parents have sheltered their children. Most haven't been vaccinated because the vaccines aren't available. So i would worry a lot about that population and other vulnerable populations that have protected themselves thus far from coven.
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