It’s never safe to let our guard down any time over Omicron, says expert
The Hindu
This variant will not be the last, warns Giridhar R. Babu of Public Health Foundation of India
“Even though Omicron doesn’t seem to be as virulent as Delta, it’s never safe to let our guard down any time,” warns Giridhar R Babu, professor and head – Life Course Epidemiology, Public Health Foundation of India, in an interview. He says that as long as there is high circulation in any part of the world, there is scope for developing new variants, including the possibility of a more virulent strain.
Absolutely not. It is never safe to let our guard down any time, especially when the proportion of least protected and those at high risk is higher. The overall threat posed by Omicron largely depends on several factors. These include transmissibility, the extent of spread across the population and how well the vaccines or prior infection with a wild variant (any variant of SARS-CoV-2) offer protection. Also, this is not the last variant we will see.
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