Healthy People with Booster Shots Not Likely to Get Severe Infections from Omicron, Data Show
Photo: Getty Images Healthy individuals who have received a booster shot are less likely to suffer severe infection from the omicron coronavirus variant, new studies suggest. Medical experts toldThe Washington Postthat research has shown omicron infections have “less severe effects than the delta variant.” Omicron, which wasfirst discoveredin the U.S. earlier this month, is much more contagious than previous variants, but appears to have lower rates of hospitalization. James Musser, chair of pathology and genomic medicine at the Houston Methodist hospital system, told thePostthat around 15 percent of “symptomatic individuals” have been hospitalized for COVID-19 in the hospital system, marking a 70 percent drop in hospitalizations compared to those infected with delta....