Omicron Up Close: South Africa's Experts Tell Their Stories.

The panicked reaction across much of the world to the omicron variant comes with a scramble for information. "We monitored reinfections for the beta and the delta waves and we didn't see an increase in reinfections over and above what we expect when the force of infection changes, when a wave starts. "Vaccine or past transmission create T-cell immunity, which are good at protecting against severe disease and death. [Extracted from the article]