Covid-19: unravelling the conundrum of omicron and deaths

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Covid-19: unravelling the conundrum of omicron and deathsCovid deaths in the UK are at their highest since February 2021 despite omicron being less severe than previous variants.Gareth Iacobucci investigates why Gareth IacobucciConfidence is growing among experts and ministers in the UK that omicron is milder than previous variants of SARS-CoV-2, and politicians and scientists alike are increasingly bullish that the worst of the covid-19 pandemic is behind us. 1 2 At the same time, the number of people dying from covid in the UK is higher than it has been since February 2021.

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