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Could the Omicron variant be “good news”?

2021-12-01T15:13:27.594Z


THE VERIFICATION - This is what some experts say who believe that the mutation of a virus can reduce its lethality and thus make the disease benign.


THE QUESTION

. "

This variant could be good news,

" said virologist Yves Van Laethem in the Belgian daily

La DH,

while this new strain of Covid-19 detected in South Africa worries the world. The scientist builds on the words of the president of the Association of South African Physicians who said on Sunday that those infected with the new variant were not seriously ill, for now, and although the research remains still limited. "

If we can reverse the Delta in this way, it would be an unexpected gift in the sense that a less virulent variant would replace the other and allow the unvaccinated to immunize themselves in a benign way

", explains the virologist, adding that ' a "

cold of 37.7 ° C fever is less of a problem

”.

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Since the start of the pandemic, we have sometimes heard that the Covid-19 was going to transform over time to lose its virulence.

This assertion is based on the idea that everything

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Source: lefigaro

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