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Originally Posted by Zizu
It was a presumption .. why else would they be highlighting it ?
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It means faster rate of transmission and generally it’s usually virus variant with shorter incubation that become the dominant strain. IF reports that Omicron has milder symptoms are true then it’s not necessarily a bad thing that it has short incubation, because it means that if it becomes fully dominant then for a “more severe” (in terms of symptoms) strain to then take centre stage, it has to be both more severe AND have a shorter incubation period than Omicron. If a “nasty strain” emerges but it still has longer incubation then it’s highly unlikely to become the dominant strain in the community.
The milder symptoms thing is the big “if” here of course but, basically, the situation is still as it has been for weeks: “more information needed”.