Ome cone is spreading incredibly fast, and the chances are that it will be the dominant variant in the u k within a couple of weeks. It's transmitting probably about three times faster than delta, under the existing you know, sort of measures we had in place. A lot of that seems to be down to its ability to evade the vaccine. There has been a lot of discussion about whether this omacronvarian could lead to milder symptoms in comparison to the delta variant. But if that does turn out to be true, the fact that it's so much more transmissible means that it is potentially much more dangerous. If a variant becomes more transmissible, that will quite often

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