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Omicron might spread faster but we dont know yet. The doctor in SA who first treated people infected with omicron says synptoms are far less severe for example,

• zzzeek 5y ago
  per the linked article here these were students who are young, so would not be expected to have severe symptoms: > Initial reported infections were among university students—younger individuals who tend to have more mild disease—but understanding the level of severity of the Omicron variant will take days to several weeks.