Omicron variant, Andreoni: “Less virulent, but 10 years to become a cold ‘

On the Omicron variant “it seems to me that the idea that Omicron is a little less virulent than the Delta is being consolidated, considering how many people go to the hospital compared to the number of cases. It must be said that to become a simple cold it will probably take no less than 10 years”. This was stated by Massimo Andreoni, head of infectious disease at the Tor Vergata Polyclinic, on Cusano Italia Tv. “Of course, if the cases increase so much, hospitalizations will also increase. The transmissibility of this variant is very worrying – underlines Andreoni – which is already dominant in Italy. considering that it should have exceeded 50%. From a purely epidemiological point of view, we are pleased that the virus may have lost its virulence, because we are waiting for the virus to adapt itself more and more to humans by becoming less aggressive “.