The fact that Omikron makes you more ill “would be completely atypical”
In any case, it is currently being examined how much the mutation can bypass the immune system, but science needs time for the investigations. Already in the Ö1 “Morgenjournal”, the virologist ruled out that Omikron would make people more ill: “That would be completely atypical,” says von Laer, “because a higher pathogenicity does not result in a selection advantage for the virus.” Viruses would rather be “in that direction develop so that they become more contagious ”, not more deadly.
From Laer about Omikron: – “No way” to wait for an adapted vaccine
