Omicron possibly more infectious because
it shares genetic code with common cold
coronavirus, study says
Posted By: Judy W., 12/5/2021 6:21:10 AM
The omicron variant is likely to have picked up genetic material from another virus that causes the common cold in humans, according to a new preliminary study, prompting one of its authors to suggest omicron could have greater transmissibility but lower virulence than other variants of the coronavirus. (Snip) The study is in preprint and has not been peer-reviewed. The “striking” similarity between omicron and HCoV-229E could have made the former “more accustomed to human hosts” and likely to evade some immune system responses, said Venky Soundararajan, a biological engineer who co-wrote the study. CORRECTION*
*Source corrected. Posts should attribute to original source regardless of where article is published.
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I love how the "more infectious" part makes it to the headline and is emphasized and expanded on, but not the "lower virulence" part. There have been NO hospitalizations from this variant. Instead of looking on it as a good thing and hoping it replaces the delta variant, Fauci is preparing for new restrictions, as the New York governor has already done.