Expert: Omicron causes less pneumonia or severe illness than influenza

Recently, the topic of weakened pathogenicity of Omicron mutant strains has received widespread attention. Tong Zhaohui, a respiratory critical care expert and director of the Beijing Institute of Respiratory Diseases, said that from a clinician’s point of view, the ratio of Omicron now to our flu at that time is that it causes pneumonia or even severe and critical illness. lower than the flu. The proportion of severe illness and death caused by the Omicron variant strain is significantly lower than that of the original strain and the concerned variant strain. This is not only a characteristic of the Omicron variant strain, but also related to the improvement of the population’s vaccination immunity and the active prevention strategies adopted by the country. . | Related reading (CCTV News)

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Through the interpretation of expert Tong Zhaohui, we understand that the pathogenicity of the mutated strain of Omicron has been weakened so far. In this way, the whole society can better understand the new prevention and control policies introduced by various localities after the national epidemic prevention and control “20 measures”, which are in line with the current virus mutation situation. Clarifying this point will be more conducive to effective epidemic prevention and control control.

Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, from the outbreak of the epidemic in Wuhan to the high attention and strict prevention and control of the epidemic prevention and control in various places, with the clinical monitoring, the pathogenicity of Omercron has become obvious compared with the original virus and Delta virus Therefore, in terms of epidemic prevention and control, it is necessary to make appropriate adjustments to adapt to the characteristics of the spread of the epidemic and achieve appropriate prevention and control.

According to experts’ research and judgment on the epidemic situation, the pathogenicity of Omicron is lower than that of influenza in terms of causing pneumonia or severe illness. Then this research and judgment, whether it is the epidemic prevention policy or the means of prevention and control, is bound to bring about a new change. The introduction of new prevention and control measures in various places will also help people resume normal production and life.

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