With the newest surge in the United States, US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauxi said the country shouldn’t be complacent about the Omicron variant even though there are researches that the variant has lower severity compared to the Delta variant.
Despite the reduced severity, the fact that the omicron variant can cause multiple people to fall sick at once could lead to an overwhelming situation in the US health system.
“(Omicron) could still stress our hospital system because a certain proportion of a large volume of cases, no matter what, are going to be severe,” Fauci said.
Currently, the CDC has no plans to change the definition of fully vaccinated said the agency’s director Rochelle Walensky.