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: Is the omicron variant more contagious than delta, and is there any evidence that the omicron variant makes people sicker than previous COVID-19 variants?As of right now, we do not know if omicron is more contagious or whether it makes people sicker.
There has been no change in reports of mortality. Preliminarily there is no evidence of increased disease severity with omicron; there is some speculation it is actually milder, but initial reports were coming from a cluster of college students, who may have milder symptoms because they are younger. Finally, for treatment, this variant appears to be responsive to our most effective treatment for serious disease as well as an additional class of treatment . Studies are underway to assess whether this variant responds differently to the other treatments. Recently, there has been a promising new class of treatment that has been added to our treatment arsenal.
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