Healthy, boosted people unlikely to develop severe omicron infections, but jury’s out on older, at-risk populations wapo.st/32Ck3yy
Healthy individuals who have been vaccinated, and especially those who have been boosted, appear unlikely to develop severe infections from the omicron variant that would land them in the hospital, say medical experts. washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12…
It’s not yet clear whether older, boosted individuals and those with underlying conditions face the same lowered risk.
Those answers are key to assessing omicron's trajectory in the U.S. since it is older and less healthy than many of its global peers. washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12…
Those answers are key to assessing omicron's trajectory in the U.S. since it is older and less healthy than many of its global peers. washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12…
Doctors caution that far more people will become infected with omicron simply because of its transmissibility.
If even a small fraction of those land in the hospital, they worry that health care systems that are already short-staffed could be overwhelmed. washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12…
If even a small fraction of those land in the hospital, they worry that health care systems that are already short-staffed could be overwhelmed. washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12…
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