Omicron: fewer adverse outcomes come with new dangers

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¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Buehler Center for Health Policy & Economics, Institute for Global Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: lori.post@northwestern.edu.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Center for Pathogen Genomic and Microbial Evolution, Institute for Global Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.

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Lori Ann Post et al. Lancet. 2022.

. 2022 Apr 2;399(10332):1280-1281.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00514-1. Epub 2022 Mar 16.

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Buehler Center for Health Policy & Economics, Institute for Global Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: lori.post@northwestern.edu.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Center for Pathogen Genomic and Microbial Evolution, Institute for Global Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.

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Comparative analysis of the risks of hospitalisation and death associated with SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B.1.1.529) and delta (B.1.617.2) variants in England: a cohort study.
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