Key warnings from WHO’s #Omicron VOC bulletin—preliminary evidence suggests #B11529 has potential:
📌Increased risk of reinfection
📌Increase across almost all provinces of South Africa 🇿🇦
📌Variant may have growth advantage (WHO doesn’t say how much—but it’s likely sizable)🧵
📌Increased risk of reinfection
📌Increase across almost all provinces of South Africa 🇿🇦
📌Variant may have growth advantage (WHO doesn’t say how much—but it’s likely sizable)🧵
https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1464295166639022092
2) People are asking what is “growth advantage”? It means infectious advantage. Potentially 500% in early data. Let’s hope this model is wrong @JPWeiland. But doesn’t look good.
3) Is this “growth advantage” in action? Unclear if all are #Omicron variant. But this can’t be good. Likely double digits numbers of #B11529 cases by this weekend will be identified from these two flights.
https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1464417936320438272
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