{"id":37819,"date":"2021-12-07T17:03:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricahorizon.com\/?p=37819"},"modified":"2021-12-07T17:03:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:03:06","slug":"omicron-variant-almost-certainly-not-more-severe-than-delta-fauci-tells-afp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricahorizon.com\/omicron-variant-almost-certainly-not-more-severe-than-delta-fauci-tells-afp\/","title":{"rendered":"Omicron variant &#8216;almost certainly&#8217; not more severe than Delta, Fauci tells AFP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/316764360067056737\/profile_3.png);background-position: center;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>AFP<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>Washington (AFP) &#8211; Top US scientist Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that while it would take weeks to judge the severity of the new Covid-19 variant Omicron, early indications suggested it was not worse than prior strains, and possibly milder. Speaking to AFP, President Joe Biden&#8217;s chief medical advisor broke down the knowns and unknowns about Omicron into three major areas: transmissibility, how well it evades immunity from prior infection and vaccines, and severity of illness. The new variant is &#8220;clearly highly transmissible,&#8221; very likely more so than Delta, the current dominant global strain, Fa&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nordot-read-more \" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nordot.app\/840992172680839168?c=819177386184916992\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by AFP Washington (AFP) &#8211; Top US scientist Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that while it would take weeks to judge the severity of the new Covid-19 variant Omicron, early indications suggested it was not worse than prior strains, and possibly milder. 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