• Chriskmee@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Thanks for the links!

    To summarize the NPR one, and correct me if I am wrong, but they are confirming that the current variants are weaker, but that we shouldn’t take that to mean the next variants will follow the same trend?

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      1 year ago

      Kind of. It’s not that it’s weaker, it’s that it’s route into cells is less damaging, and so it’s less “severe” , though the article contradicts itself on that particular word.

      FTA: “ this alternative entryway likely causes less damage inside the lungs”

      “Omicron may be a small step back in severity. But it’s probably more severe on its own than the original version of the virus,”

      Before omicron came along, SARS-CoV-2 was actually evolving to be more severe, says Bhattacharyya, of Harvard Medical School. “We’re looking at a virus that’s gotten progressively more severe over time,” he says.