by:Alix Martichoux,Nexstar Media WirePosted:Dec 4, 2021 / 07:57 AM CST/Updated:Dec 4, 2021 / 07:57 AM CST
(NEXSTAR) — There’s a lot we don’t yet know about the omicron variant of COVID-19, which is starting to spread around the world and has been detected multiple times here in the U.S. There are signs out of South Africa itmay cause different symptoms– but it’s too early to draw broad conclusions. It’s also not yet clear if it’s better at evading vaccine protection than previous variants.
But there’s one thing we keep hearing from the scientists who’ve gotten a close look at the omicron version of the virus: It’s really mutated.
“This is probably the most mutated virus we’d ever seen,” Alex Sigal toldCBS News. Sigal leads a team of researchers working to learn more about omicron.
Lawrence Young, a virologist at the University of…
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