This is the thing, it’s definitely faster, but not weaker. The weird stat is that as a percentage of the infected, it sends fewer people to the hospital, but once hospitalized, you are no less likely to progress to bad or really bad. Why? Omicron infects the vaccinated-but-unboosted at pretty much the same rate as the unvaccinated, but the vaccine is still pretty good at keeping you out of the hospital. Don’t think for a second that omicron is a “kinder, gentler” covid. It is just as much a beast as it’s cousin, just better at it.
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