Luke O’Neill on Vaccinating Children, the Severity of Omicron and a possible new Variant

Vaccinating Children in Ireland

Professor Luke O’Neill says scientists are expecting that COVID-19 case numbers will start falling later this month as Omicron “runs out of road”.
 
The Trinity College immunologist also says the evidence is growing stronger every day that the variant causes less severe disease than previous strains.
 
COVID-19 numbers remain at record high levels in Ireland, with around 20,000 cases being reported daily for over a week now.
 
There’s also concern that many cases aren’t being detected in the community, with testing positivity still above 50% some days.
 
Professor O’Neill told The Pat Kenny Show that some estimates suggest as much as 40% of the world’s population will be infected with the new strain.
 
He observed: โ€œThe hope is it will protect against reinfection and stop severe disease.
 
“Eventually, there will be no point in counting cases, because itโ€™s so widespread – the number of cases isnโ€™t so informative in that situation.โ€
While transmission continues at a high level, Professor O’Neill says evidence has also “grown and grown” that Omicron is causing milder illness in individuals than previous strains.
 
He observed: โ€œAll over the world, everybody is reporting the same thing – you get infected and itโ€™s a mild disease, and you donโ€™t end up in the ICU.
 
Credit to : Newstalk

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