Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. In order to improve our community experience, we are temporarily suspending article commentingThe fast-spreading Omicron variant. It causes milder illness compared with previous versions of the coronavirus.And that has furthered the idea that COVID-19 poses less of a risk than in the past.U.S.
You know, be concerned about Omicron, but don't be alarmed." Some are asking, why bother avoiding the virus now, if everybody will be exposed sooner or later? But here's why experts say you should still avoid catching Omicron.1) You could still become very ill The extraordinary spread of Omicron in many countries means that in absolute numbers, more people will experience severe disease.
Even if you have a less of a percentage of severity, when you have multi-, multi-, multi-fold, more people getting infected, the net amount is you're still going to get a lot of people that are going to be needing hospitalization."2) You could still infect others While you might become only mildly ill, you could still pass the virus to someone else at risk for critical illness.That’s even if you have antibodies from prior infection or from vaccination, according to experts.
Let's be clear. While Omicron causes less severe disease than Delta, it remains a dangerous virus. Particularly for those who are unvaccinated. Almost 50,000 deaths a week is 50,000 deaths too many."3) Omicron’s long-term effects are still unknown…Infections with earlier variants of the coronavirus sometimes have caused the lingering, debilitating long-haul COVID syndrome – known to many as "Long Covid.
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