[joglynne]

Originally Posted by Hugh
This is another (similar) take on that - a pre-release paper on Omicron (my brother in law sent it to me, as he subscribes to it (being in the "business")).

https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/ha...ceptor-binding

I found this bit near the end encouraging

I too found the last bit encouraging giving me some hope especially for Christmas . Hopefully this will make covid easier to treat and will stave off as many people having to be admitted to ICU and ventilated in hospital.

...... This is why this new finding from a team at Hong Kong University is so significant. Because it indicates that what may be most important about Omicron may not be the ability to evade vaccine-induced immunity, but that it has shifted its preferred tissue target for infection and replication to the upper airway instead of deep lung. That could explain why it is more infectious, replicates to higher levels, and yet causes less severe disease.