"A more transmissible variant is not likely but we have been surprised a lot during this pandemic. Omicron will create a lot of immunity at least for the next year," he stated.
A country should record “far fewer” cases of Covid-19 throughout the rest of the year after omicron “goes through” it, in which case Covid can be “treated more like seasonal flu,” he said.
"Sadly, the virus itself, particularly, the variant called omicron, is a type of vaccine, that is, it creates both B-cell and T-cell immunity, and it's done a better job getting out to the world population than we have with vaccines," the Microsoft co-founder
said. "That means the chance of severe disease, which is mainly associated with being elderly and having obesity or diabetes, those risks are now dramatically reduced because of that infection, exposure."
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