The news about omicron spreading rapidly has been the topic of conversation recently. Doctors say it’s so contagious you can spread it even before you test positive or a day after you’re initially infected.
"Yes, a lot of people are getting omicron. There is a lot of infection around. It is very very transmissible," said Dr. Monica Gandhi.
Gandhi, is an infectious disease expert and said the omicron variant is about four times more contagious than the delta variant. It also causes symptoms quicker than previous variants. With previous variants, you could show symptoms within two to four days. With omicron, it could be as soon as one day after infection but there is a silver lining
"It causes a wall of immunity. So much immunity is going to go around from so many people seeing this variant that it’s going to crawl the pandemic, and possibly push us into the end of the second phase." Dr. Gandhi said.
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