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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by newbamboo on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @11:13AM (#29553212)
This. When omicron and delta mate and produce offspring, we’re going to be screwed. Deltas virulence + omicron transceptability = the Great Wave of summer 2022. It will be a good year for Pfizer investors and Russia.
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Re:Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less... by ineedasername on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @12:30PM (#29554411)
When omicron and delta mate and produce offspring

While there can be recombinations of some similar viruses, that's not the common way that viruses propagate, and it's not mating. Point mutations are much more common. And if they do recombine there's no reason to (automatically) expect that the results will be the worst characteristics of both.

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