What health officials know is that omicron is already infecting dozens of Americans, dealing a psychological blow to an exhausted nation and causing new political challenges. The outbreak was fueled by both the omicron, which is spreading at an astonishing speed, and the older delta variant. He predicted that omicron could overtake delta to account for 100% of coronavirus cases in its healthcare system by January. “Now we have the omicron variant which is even more transmissible. Initial data show that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccination schedule, combined with a booster, provides strong protection against the omicron variant, although less protection than against earlier forms of the virus.

Source: Washington Post December 17, 2021 13:02 UTC