Initial studies indicate 35 to 80 percent fewer hospitalizations from omikron: “For us, the truth will probably lie somewhere in the middle” | Inland

Good news about omikron. Depending on the wind direction from which it blows, the new variant would be 35 to 80 percent milder than its predecessor Delta. Even the usually cautious German top virologist Christian Drosten cheerfully tweets about it. We made an overview of promising studies from the United Kingdom, Denmark and Australia and South Africa and presented it to virologist Steven Van Gucht, who does not believe that the virus has become milder. “It is still about corona. After almost two years of the pandemic, people have become stronger.”