This is correct. The reality is more time/analysis is needed. Senior U.K. health official last week: most cases are 20-40 age group because they’re the most mobile/active in a population. Variant only around a couple of weeks, so cases won’t be going to hospital yet anyway.
https://twitter.com/bnodesk/status/1464734073897766919
Maybe Omicron causes less severe illness, maybe not. Nobody knows for sure yet and anyone claiming they know differently is wrong. This is why govts are taking precautions until they have more evidence
Dr Paul Burton, chief medical officer for Moderna, told #Marr: "Until we see how this virus now behaves in populations of older people, people with other comorbidities, we really will not get a handle on exactly how severe the disease could be"
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