primary schools are closing early for the holidays. christmas there will once again roll out with less sparkle as a night time lockdown is extended, limiting house guests to four over christmas and new year s eve. translation: there s a lot we don t know - about omicron yet. more information will be revealed in the coming days and weeks. for example, we do not know yet how sickening this variant is, but what we do know by now is enough to worry us. early data had suggested omicron may be resistant to vaccines, with many countries fearful of hospitals being overwhelmed, but some experts are more optimistic. we re so thankful we re not seeing the same kind of rate of mortality that we did with delta or even the high numbers of overall viral load, which tells us that omicron, fortunately, should be less pathogenic, but that doesn t mean if you re unvaccinated that you should be unworried about it, we still would encourage you certainly to get the vaccine, get your booster.
reporting omicron cases with manyjolting into action. the uk has rolled out its plan b measures. and, in the netherlands, primary schools are closing early for the holidays. christmas there will once again roll out with less sparkle as a night time lockdown is extended, limiting house guests to four over christmas and new year s eve. translation: there s a lot we don t know - about omicron yet. more information will be revealed in the coming days and weeks. for example, we do not know yet how sickening this variant is, but what we do know by now is enough to worry us. early data had suggested omicron may be resistant to vaccines, with many countries fearful of hospitals being overwhelmed, but some experts are more optimistic. we re so thankful we re not seeing the same kind of rate of mortality that we did with delta or even the high numbers of overall viral load, which tells us that omicron, fortunately, should be less pathogenic, but that doesn t mean if you re unvaccinated
primary schools are closing early for the holidays. christmas there will once again roll out with less sparkle. as a night time lockdown is extended, limiting house guests to four over christmas and new year s eve. translation: there s a lot we don t know - about omicron yet. more information will be revealed in the coming days and weeks. for example, we do not know yet how sickening this variant is, but what we do know by now is enough to worry us. early data had suggested omicron may be resistant to vaccines, with many countries fearful of hospitals being overwhelmed, but some experts are more optimistic. we re so thankful we re not seeing the same kind of rate of mortality as we did with delta or even the high numbers of overall viral load, which tells us that omicron, fortunately, should be less pathogenic,
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