Omicron could be ‘first ray of light’ towards living with Covid
by Miranda Bryant from on (#5TT0W)
UK government scientist predicts possibility of less severe variant but warns we're not there yet'
The emergence of Omicron could be the first ray of light" towards living with Covid as an endemic disease, according to a government scientific adviser.
Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M) and a University of Warwick professor, said Omicron could be an indicator that in the future there may be a less severe variant that is similar to the common cold. But as Covid cases continued to rise in the UK and hospitalisations at their highest in almost a year, he said we're not quite there yet".
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