The Latest Variant Seems To Have Milder Symptoms But Is Fast Moving.

Preliminary data suggests that the Omicron variant is not as severe as past variants much to the relief of scientists and doctors.

Researchers at a major hospital complex in Pretoria reported that their patients with the coronavirus are much less sick than those they have treated before, and that other hospitals are seeing the same trends. In fact, they said, most of their infected patients were admitted for other reasons and have no Covid symptoms.

— By Lynsey Chutel, Richard Pérez-Peña and Emily Anthes, writing for 'The New York Times'

Thankfully the latest variant does not appear to cause severe symptoms in the people that it infects. That is good news for this virus variant, but now is not the time to let our guard down because the next mutation may not be as mild in nature. Increasing access to vaccines thus ensuring as many people as possible are vaccinated is going to be the only way out of the woods when it comes to the Covid nightmare of the last 2 years. We have the ability accomplish this goal, now we need the will.

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