The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is intrinsically as severe as previous variants, , according to a preprint version of a large U.S.studythat counters assumptions in other studies that it was more transmissible but less severe.

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  • bigboopballs [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Wikipedia says it mutated to be come less deadly in 1920 (after beginning in early 1918), and by 1921 deaths were at pre-pandemic levels