CNN: Records fall and borders close as world races to get control of Omicron
London (CNN)The rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant has broken pandemic records and shuttered borders in several parts of the world, as governments and scientists scramble to understand the implications of the strain before it supersedes Delta and becomes dominant worldwide.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said the United States was "looking over (its) shoulder" at the encroaching variant while battling an ongoing Delta outbreak on Wednesday, as he urged people to get vaccinated and receive booster shots to shore up the American population's protection.
"We are already in a Delta surge. I mean, the cases are going up," Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN.
"And then you have, looking over your shoulder, the Omicron variant, which we know from what's going on in South Africa and in the UK, is a highly transmissible virus."
Much of the world's attention is on those two countries, which have been battered by Omicron waves earlier than most of the world.
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World Races To Get Control Of Omicron
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WHO expects severe omicron cases, warns against treating variant as mild disease -- CNBC
Omicron found to grow 70 times faster than Delta in bronchial tissue -- The Guardian
Omicron infects 70 times faster than previous COVID strains: study -- The Hill
Omicron spreads faster than any other variant, WHO says. It's now in 77 countries -- NPR
COVID: Omicron variant multiplies 70 times faster than Delta in human airways, study finds -- SKY News
2 comments:
A global panic over a stuffy nose and a mild fever. This is pure authoritarian opportunism.
Nailed it!! I recognized Fauci as a fraud the first time I saw him and heard him speak. As a small business owner, I've endured many attempts by unscrupulous sales people to sell me things. Perhaps this enabled me to spot the fraud so quickly when others missed it.
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