cooled in mice and hamster models, it was shown that the virus of omicron proliferates very well in the upper airway and bronchi, but poorly in the lungs which actually goes along with, doesn t prove, but goes along with the concept that you have a very transmissible virus with upper airway secretion, but a virus that has less pathogens in the lungs. let s look at the bottom line of what i said and i ll get to the caveat in a moment. multiple sources of now preliminary data indicate a decreased severity with omicron. however, we need more definitive assessment of severity with longer-term followup here and in different countries. but the big caveat is we should not be complacent. since the increased