NEW VARIANT Omicron - How Bad Is It?

NEW VARIANT Omicron - How Bad Is It? There is a lot of concern about more than 50 mutations in the new SARS-COV-2 variant. WHO has dubbed it variant of concern and named it Omicron. Let’s see if it can be more contagious, deadly, and will escape our existing immunity due to previous infection or vaccines. The fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Buy me a coffee :-) Become my patron: Looking to support my educational work? Donate here: References Mutations: G142D/Δ143-145, Δ211/L212I, ins214EPE, G339D, S371L, S373P, S375F, K417N, N440K, G446S, S477N, T478K, E484A, Q493K, G496S, Q498R, N501Y, Y505H, T547K, D614G, H655Y, N679K, P681H, N764K, D796Y, N856K, Q954H, N969K, L981F Conserved non-Spike mutations - NSP3 – K38R, V1069I, Δ1265/L1266I, A1892T; NSP4 – T492I; NSP5 – P132H; NSP6 – Δ105-107, A189V; NSP12 – P323L; NSP14 – I42V; E – T9I; M – D3G, Q19E, A63T; N – P13L,