As much as I hate to say this, if omicron will indeed be the end of all this nonsense it does seem like the vaccines brought us there. Maybe in a different way then expected, but in an unvaccinated community omicron would not have become dominant.
As much as I hate to say this, if omicron will indeed be the end of all this nonsense it does seem like the vaccines brought us there. Maybe in a different way then expected, but in an unvaccinated community omicron would not have become dominant.
How so? Omicron is not a variant of Alpha. Ethical Skeptic has some great information on its origins and how it is an older virus than the original wuhan.
The main difference between delta and omicron is the fact that omicron is much better at infecting vaccinated people and that is probably what gave omicron the edge on delta. Omicron is not more contagious then delta for unvaccinated, but for vaccinated it is much more contagious.
As much as I hate to say this, if omicron will indeed be the end of all this nonsense it does seem like the vaccines brought us there. Maybe in a different way then expected, but in an unvaccinated community omicron would not have become dominant.
How so? Omicron is not a variant of Alpha. Ethical Skeptic has some great information on its origins and how it is an older virus than the original wuhan.
The main difference between delta and omicron is the fact that omicron is much better at infecting vaccinated people and that is probably what gave omicron the edge on delta. Omicron is not more contagious then delta for unvaccinated, but for vaccinated it is much more contagious.