Independent citing scientists: the real threat from the omicron will be clear after the new year
The real threat posed by the omicron strain will be understood only after the new year. The British newspaper The Independent writes about this with reference to scientists from the advisory group on coronavirus under the government of the United Kingdom.
Experts from the scientific group on pandemic modeling believe that it will take about a month to determine the danger of the new COVID-19 strain omicron. calculating the level of hospitalizations to which it will lead, as well as to understand how he manages to bypass the already existing immunity.
According to scientists, it will be possible to “begin to relax” if in a month there is no sharp increase in hospitalizations because of the omicron. However, in the event of a sharp deterioration in the situation, it will be noticeable much earlier – within a couple of weeks, according to the expert group.
Earlier, Zukhra Pavlova, an endocrinologist at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, said that severe fatigue is one of the main symptoms infection with the omicron strain of coronavirus. According to her, the feeling of fatigue that occurs in those infected can be caused by serious changes in the immune system, in the work of the brain or in the tissue of the nervous system.