Is Omicron a New Wave or a Parallel Pandemic? Why the variant may not mean much for the course of the pandemic.

What do these historic, off-the-charts caseloads actually portend? read more We’re still sorting out the answer in terms of severity, where the early returns suggest that while Omicron likely produces less severe illness overall — perhaps 70 percent less — the reduction inherent to the strain may be smaller than has been observed so far in South Africa.