if it is more contagious, why does it seem less dangerous?

Omicron, more contagious, but less severe in terms of severe forms. How to explain this? “Maybe because our immune memory is better than we thought!”, launches journalist Damien Mascret, on the 20 Hours set, Tuesday January 4. When you are infected, your immune memory learns to recognize coronaviruses. However, Omicron closely resembles the old variants. “So the immune system recognizes it”, he says.

“This means that quickly, there will be a production of antibodies, the lymphocytes which will destroy Omicron, and also (…) we realize that 82% of the memory is intact eight months after the vaccination”, which could prevent us from a certain number of severe forms, details Damien Mascret.

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