Folks, absolutely too early to conclude that Omicron is milder or more severe on average, or that vaccine efficacy will be preserved as is, or not—or even why exactly it's spreading. Just too early, and I would not pay any attention to conclusive sounding statements. Needs time.
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Replying to @zeynep
I have a dumb question: Do all those spikes make the virus bigger and therefore N95 masks more effective? Don't laugh, I'm curious.
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Replying to @Lundemo16
Virus are indeed tiny but need to travel within larger particles/aerosols—that's what masks trap. There's a lot of science to it, and N95s are tested to very high standards. We also have information nowadays on other mask types, too. So the virus size isn't the crucial bit.
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