Health experts answer your questions about the omicron variant

Name: Health experts answer your questions about the omicron variant
Uploaded: 2021-11-29T22:32:26.000Z
Duration: 3 min 4 s
Description: On Friday, WHO designated it as a "variant of concern," its most serious designation of a COVID-19 variant, and called it "omicron" as the latest entry into its Greek alphabet classification system designed to avoid stigmatizing countries of origin and simplify understanding.

On Friday, WHO designated it as a "variant of concern," its most serious designation of a COVID-19 variant, and called it "omicron" as the latest entry into its Greek alphabet classification system designed to avoid stigmatizing countries of origin and simplify understanding.

Posted 11/29/2021, 10:32:26 PM

NOW IS THE TIME TO GET ONLINE

AND RESERVE IT BECAUSE WITH

THIS RECOMMENDATION THERE WILL

DEFINITELY BE A PUSH RIGHT NOW,

AND A RUSH TO GET THOSE

VACCINES.

>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

STAYING WITH US.

>> PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS THE

OMICRON VARIANT IS A CAUSE FOR

CONCERN AND NOT PANIC.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE VERY

END RIGHT NOW?

JOINING US TO GUIDE US THROUGH

THE NEW PHASE OF THE PANDEMIC

IS THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE

DOCTOR.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WHAT DO WE KNOW NOW ABOUT THE

VERY END?

IS IT MORE CONTAGIOUS?

>> THIS IS ALL VERY

PRELIMINARY, BUT WHAT WE HAVE

SEEN SO FAR IS AT LEAST WITH IN

CERTAIN AREAS IT DOES APPEAR TO

BE A LITTLE MORE READILY

TRANSMITTABLE.

IS THAT BECAUSE SOUTH AFRICA

HAS A LOW VACCINE RATE?

IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE BECAUSE IT

IS SPREADING.

WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS IF THEY

GET MORE SICK.

DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ON THE

SURFACE A VERY PRELIMINARY

INFORMATION WE KNOW SO FAR.

WE DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS NOW --

HOW WELL THE VACCINE PROTECTS

US.

IN PREVIOUS -- PROTECT US

REALLY WELL.

WHAT IS COOL --

SOME OF ITS MUTATIONS ARE

OCCURRING IN PLACES THAT MIGHT

AFFECT -- THAT IS THE STUFF WE

HAVE TO LEARN.

STEPMOTHER ANNOUNCED THEY ARE

ALREADY WORKING ON A VACCINE TO

COMBAT THE VERY END.

WHAT SHOULD BE READ INTO THAT?

ARE THEY CONCERNED OR JUST

PROACTIVE?

>> I THINK IT IS GOOD TO BE

PROACTIVE.

THE ONE THING WE KNOW WITH MRNA

VACCINES IN GENERAL IS THAT IT

IS NOT ACTUALLY QUITE EASY TO

SIMPLY SUBSTITUTE THE RECIPE.

IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO

BE LOOKING AT THE SEQUENCE OF

THE NEW VARIANT.

LOOKING TO SEE IF THEY CAN

QUICKLY SORT OF UPSCALED THAT

INTO THE VACCINE.

IT DOES NOT TAKE AS LONG TO

DEVELOP A MODIFIED VACCINE WHEN

YOU PROVE THE ORIGINAL ONE

WORKS.

I THINK THAT IS THEM BEING

CAUTIOUS.

SAYING WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH

THIS WILL EXPAND THE WE DO NOT

KNOW IF IT WILL DO THE SAME AS

WHAT DELTA DID.

OR WHETHER IT WILL FADE AWAY.

THEY ARE REALLY TRYING TO

UNDERSTAND IT, AND I THINK THAT

IS RATIONAL OF THEM.

>> SO HOW SERIOUS ARE THE

SYMPTOMS WITH THIS VARIANT?

>> SO FAR WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS

THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ALL

THAT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER COVID

VARIANTS.

AT THE WHEN YOU LOOK AT A VERY

AND YOU WANT TO KNOW IF THIS

SPREADS EASY OR SEEMS TO OR

MAKES YOU MORE SEVERELY ON

WELL.

SO FAR THE ANSWER APPEARS TO BE

IT IS QUITE SIMILAR BEAR

ALTHOUGH IT IS VERY EARLY FOR

US TO UNDERSTAND THAT FULLY.

THAN YOU WANT TO KNOW IF MY

PREVIOUS IMMUNITY PROTECTS ME,

AND WE ARE STILL LEARNING THAT.

I THINK SO FAR FROM THE

CLINICAL ILLNESS THE CASE AND

THAT I HAVE READ HAVE BEEN SORT

OF SIMILAR TO OTHER VARIANTS.

>> ONLY HAVE ABOUT 10 SECONDS,

BUT HOW LONG WILL WE START

GETTING ANSWERS TO THESE

QUESTIONS?

>> I THINK THERE IS A LOT TO BE

SEEN IN THE NEXT 10-14 DAYS.

THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND HOW

MUCH IS SPREADS BEYOND SOUTH