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> If Omicron is 10x more virulent I think you mean “10x more infectious” as virulence is how serious/deadly/damaging the infection is. Omicron is no more virul
by nyokodo 5y ago
> If Omicron is 10x more virulent
I think you mean “10x more infectious” as virulence is how serious/deadly/damaging the infection is. Omicron is no more virulent and maybe considerably less virulent than previous strains.
- asimpletune 5y agoSo I was a little confused about the definition myself, because when I looked it up a while back my iPhone dictionary suggested both as a definition. Is the key difference that in an infectious disease expert context, virulent means severe and infectious means contagious? I always thought virulent was ability to spread because that’s what viruses do, but that was way before the pandemic.
- sterlind 5y agocorrect. it's confusing terminology, but virulent means severe. so MERS is very virulent (30% mortality) but not very infectious (R0<1). SARS-COV-2 is the opposite.
- lettergram 5y agoYou’re correct, brain was working a bit slower late at night -_-