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This New COVID Variant Is Shaping Up to Be a Déjà Vu Nightmare
This New COVID Variant Is Shaping Up to Be a Déjà Vu Nightmare

Omicron is four times as transmissible as Delta but half as lethal. So Omicron resulted in the worst-ever day for new COVID infections when a record 4.1 million people got sick on Jan. 19. That’s a fivefold increase over Delta’s worst day back in April last year.