Experts don't know exactly how contagious the highly mutated omicron variant is, but the virus' spike protein — which binds to human cells — has mutations associated with higher transmission and a decrease in antibody protection.
Our bodies generate a "whole host of different antibodies" in response to vaccines, said Dr. Syra Madad, a fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. "It may reduce vaccine effectiveness by a couple of notches, but that is yet to be seen," she said. Current vaccines, along with boosters should still provide a "good level of protection," she added.
He said omicron is "threatening the whole world" with a sudden surge in cases, and health-care systems could be overwhelmed, even if only 1% or 2% of the cases end up in hospital.
Omicron 🃏☣📈 With record inflation..🎈📉 & BIOAgent COVID19 mortgage payments to prevent another US led financial meltdown there's no rush to raise back taxes on wealthy, balance budget with EI fund,, WHO UN_WOMEN UN4Youth INTERPOL_CBRNE POTUS FBI
The same way they all said COVID will wipe out more 'Africans' than any other group of people?!
Just stop already. Selling fear….don’t you people have a soul?
Blah blah blah
Sheep!!!
wow really? How do you even post this as a headline! Whatever credibility you had as a network Is fading fast, Omicron is going to expose how ridiculous your network has become!
I beg to differ
naaah, unfortunately, lot more people will die from CVD (cardio vascular) then Covid...and WHO, CDC or FDA don't give a FK !...al this Covid bullshit....
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Will the virus or the utterly retarded reaction by government and Covid fanatics overwhelm the world?
Whereas the warning about the dangers isn't bad,it is also another attack on our yet to heal psychological well-being. Therefore,there's need to balance the situation.
Omicron better kills all other variants and that’s the end off it. We are running out of Greek.
Yawn
new plague Inc update is sick
Omg ViacomCBS has an offer on the table from Apple apparently that hasn’t been disclosed and hedge funds are short selling VIAC to force Viacom management to take the offer. Where is your reporting on this?
Market calls bullshit with it being up 700 today. Story over.
Nice fear mongering from you! Great job CNBC.
Sooner the better.
FUD FUD Brought you by pfizer
Dominate AND overwhelm 🤣🤣 the virus can’t just stop at dominate but it has to overwhelm us as well?! What an asshole that virus is!
Bullshit
Why go with unfounded speculation when WE DON’T KNOW would suffice?!
Click bait
Just enough for mail in ballot boxes until November
Pharma is milking every penny. No one is scared of this scamdemic. Wake up people
The common cold....world news!
Misleading rhetoric: Likely Maybe May Could Possible Possibly Can Might Would Those so-called experts talking BS where instead they just must say “I just don’t know” “We’ll let you know as we know facts”
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The World will be overwhelmed by mild sore throats and headaches.
Why does CNBC quote someone as the authority from a small place like Singapore? Don't we have better people in the United States. The media seems purposely use information as scary as possible for the general public. Please quote the best expert in the States and be objective.
Actually no it won’t but keep putting fear in the elders,you are basing this on what?
Herr Cramer…
Fear mongering
Not so much.
How do I sue you for posts like these? Emotional and mental trauma, you have definitely sent me into a clinical diagnosis.
Oh pleeeze. Omicron should be named Omega..as in the last letter and hoax played on humanity. They are manipulating world markets for profit on media hyped panic. Don’t fall for it folks. We’re all being played.
Based on the comments looks like your fear mongering propaganda isn’t fooling the people good luck with your coercive market dump scheme mainstream media such as yourself is the real virus absolutely no credibility
I'm so tired of news media causing drama to the people. Enough is Enough! No More!
You know what , nevermind. I've decided to unfollow you. My mind is not set up to absorb media programming & bullsh!t. 👋🏾 Bye.
So do please tell us the release date for the next big deadly virus that's going to deadlier than the one before. Will it debut before or after the Summer?
CDCgov where do you stand in this? Can you help us with the media spreading BS ?
So no scientists know the facts yet, but you guys are already calling this the Armageddon? Where is fauci, the patron saint of wuhan on this? Can’t he check with the gain of function scientist that he sponsors in wuhan and tell us
Marxist Math
Maybe those Covid pills can help keep people out of hospitals.
People are just seeing mild symptoms. Nothing to worry about.
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Not worth reading. Garbage reporting
Bullshit.
Alright ... 😕 can someone just come out and say it ? Tell us this is the story that never ends so we can go on with our lives and stop freaking out every other season?
Here we go with more fear mongering over a non issue to stoke fear and try to control markets
Our governments are doing this on purpose!
Overwhelm the world with mild symptoms
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Delta did so no Shock here. Hope they find a way to combat it. Like they do with the flu shot each year.
How about nah.
▶Who are these doctors? And what world are they living in? They must be from a different world than me because I don't even see any issue with the coronavirus different than any other flu we've had over the years in the world I live in... Other than the media blowing it up!◀
Harder daddy Omicron before Optimus gets home from work.
What is missing from the reports are that the effects of Omicron are mild at the moment. I do wish this scaremongering will stop. At least Brian Sullivan of CNBC's Worldwide Exchange tries to be more balanced.
Scary, buy gold $NAK has new life. The idea salmon are stupid and can't deal with a little mud in the water is lunacy, they smahed through those landslides in BC as long as the water flows they will smell their way home no matter which ditch they have to swim up.
“Dominate & Overwhelm”. How’s about “be most common” perhaps? But that won’t get the Clicks, I suppose
Fear mongering.
Such a serious concern for future 😞😞😞😞😞
Read his comments. They are not near as frightening as the headline. Fear mongering jerks.
Love the way this article makes it sound like Armageddon and the end of the human race, but then finishes with ‘For now, however, Leong said we should continue to roll out vaccinations, keep our distance, wear masks, and not be overly concerned’ Absolute scaremongering.
No shutdowns EVER
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