The emergence of Omicron could be the first sign of an endemic disease, according to a government scientific adviser.
Omicron could be an indicator of a less severe variant of the common cold in the future, according to Dr. Mike Tildesley, a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling. He said that we are not quite there yet, as Covid cases continued to rise in the UK.
The emergence of a new variant that is less severe may happen in the future, and ultimately, in the long term, you have a less severe version. He told Times Radio that it was similar to the common cold he had lived with for many years.
We are not quite there yet, but Omicron may be the first sign of things to come. It is more transmissible than Delta, but it is less severe.
