Kyle Cowan | Inside Omicron: Breathe, early evidence indicates variant may not be as bad as feared

While work continues furiously to answer key questions over vaccine efficacy with the Omicron variant, early evidence suggests that while it still represents a threat, Omicron’s real-world impact may not be as bad as feared, writes Kyle Cowan.

South Africa, and the world, can potentially breathe a sigh of relief after a week of revelations over the real-world impact of the Omicron variant.

But this comes with a strong caveat - there are still some important unknowns and the SARS-Cov-2 virus that causes Covid-19 disease, is no less dangerous.