Has the omicron variant changed the COVID pandemic?
DETROIT – Omicron has changed so many things about the pandemic that it’s almost like dealing with a different virus. It was first identified in South Africa.
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Previous variants have taken several weeks to reach a peak, creating more of a hump on a graph of new cases. Omicron, because it spreads so quickly. is causing the steepest spike in cases of all the variants.
If you look at a graph of new cases in South Africa, the omicron variant peak has already occurred about three weeks from the point it took off. Cases there are already decreasing.
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