Omicron seems to cause less health damage than the coronavirus variants before it. Fortunately! But what is the reason for this? To the virus itself or to our immune protection?
In this video, molecular biologist Martin Moder looks at four different virus variants - from the original variant to Omikron - and clarifies the question of whether Omikron is really more harmless.
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Sources:
Hospitalization:
academic.oup.com/cid/article/75/1/e536/6567408
Progression:
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciac957/6931752
