It looks like Omicron causes less-severe disease than previous variants, Dr. Paul Sax says in
HIV and ID Observations.
Our world is a mess right now, and we are still in the midst of a very major surge, Dr. Sax writes in the latest HIV and ID Observations. But, he says (with some trepidation), based on the evidence and his clinical experience on severity, the Omicron variant does in fact appear milder.
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