Two studies show why the Omicron variant has low fatality and high infectivity

“Out of life’s school of war—what doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger.” –  Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols,  The mutations in the omicron variant allow it to escape the immune response, but its entry into the lung cells becomes impaired. This explains the higher transmission but lower mortality rates in South Africa. The higher…