Beginning of the endemic? Omicron’s spread
The Intelligence from The Economist
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Omicron
Omicron appears to be much milder. It causes severe disease less frequently than dealta or any previous variants. That's partly because the layers of immunity, which have been built up through the population are breaking the link between infections and hospitalizations. But not that many people will get severely ill as they are protected from vaccines and from having had covet in the past.
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