Three takeaways on the effect of Omicron, as the UK reports its highest number of daily infections yet
The UK has reported its highest number of daily infections since the pandemic began, and England's chief medical officer has warned that more Covid records will be broken.
This is likely to be because Omicron is able to get past some of the body's defences built up by vaccination and previous infection. The two variants are not competing for the same people. It is quite possible these two variants will circulate together for a while, although the expectation is that Omicron will eventually displace Delta given how much immunity vaccination and our high levels of infection give against that variant.Health officials have been clear for several days that we should expect cases to surge to levels which have never been seen before.
Clearly, however, that rate of growth will slow. There are already signs this has started happening in South Africa. Left unchecked, with no extra restrictions than we have now, the peak will come quickly. How big it will be is uncertain.
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