Alert! Incoming!
Omicron spreading “explosively fast,”
U.S. faces January surge
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Current vaccines are less effective against Omicron (boosters help), and transmission is very hard to stop, but while masks and social distancing won’t fully stop its spread, they’ll help keep healthcare systems from being overwhelmed.
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Omicron’s telltale symptom:
SCRATCHY THROAT
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(But not all scratchy throats are Covid-19. People still catch colds!)
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