Is Omicron Less Severe Than Previous Covid Variants
The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified Omicron as a “variant of concern” because this version of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, has several mutations that may have an impact on how it behaves. Nevertheless, several questions remain about how exactly Omicron differs from other COVID-19 variants when it comes to disease severity and transmissibility. Scientists around the world are currently scrambling to answer some of these questions....