Dr Scott Gottlieb says Omicrcon likely to become dominant strain of coronavirus
While the Omicron variant causes milder disease on average, it is more easily transmissible, and means more vulnerable - and unvaccinated - people are likely to become infected. Some of those individuals will die from the disease.
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