Could the Omicron coronavirus variant act as a “natural vaccine” and be the “beginning of an end” of the COVID-19 pandemic? The Department of Health (DOH) and some local medical experts disapproved of this notion.
Could the Omicron coronavirus variant act as a “natural vaccine” and be the “beginning of an end” of the COVID-19 pandemic? The Department of Health and some local medical experts disapproved of this notion.
“Mild symptoms are still manifestations of the infection and are still a way of transmission. The more cases we have, the increase of hospital admissions is more possible,” she added.Vegeire said that the current COVID-19 vaccines are still considered the “best defense” against the illness as these lower the chances of getting severe or critical symptoms.
Vergeire made the statement in response to the claims of OCTA Research Group fellow and molecular biologist Fr. Nicanor Austriaco. “We have to realize that Omicron is the beginning of an end of the pandemic because Omicron is going to provide the kind of population immunity that should stabilize our societies and should allow us to reopen after Omicron has begun,” he said.
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