Tag: omicron hospitalization

USA study: Adults and children with the Omicron variant have milder COVID-19

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

Adults and children with the Omicron variant are less sick compared to the same group with Delta COVID-19. The article, COVID-19 in children under five years old with Omicron is mild compared to the Delta variant, was posted yesterday. The same authors from Case Western Reserve University have another paper comparing the clinical outcomes for…

Who gets hospitalized during an omicron wave?

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

The Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) is currently the dominant variant of concern of SARS-CoV-2. Its mutations confer it higher contagiousness but less disease. Some people can still be hospitalized with an Omicron infection, but who? That question is answered by a South African study released yesterday by the Journal of American Medical Association. The study is…