We know that omikron is much more contagious, but there are many questions about how sickening this variant is. You call your fellow intensivists abroad and you read the medical literature. What is your impression?
“There are currently no indications that omikron makes you sicker, stronger: there are indications that omikron makes you less sick. But the data from South Africa, for example, are still difficult to interpret, because there are many infections there among young people. Comparisons with other countries are also difficult because, among other things, we have different vaccination rates of the population. Ultimately, we will have to see how it plays out here.”
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