but they are now going down.

US omicron variants

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-da....ta-tracker/#variant-

BA.2, 39%
BA.2.12.1, 58%
Less common omicron derivatives
Others, 0.1%
Delta, 0%

UK, covid symptom Zoe study

ONS

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplep....opulationandcommunit

Risk of re-infection

Risk of re-infection, eight times higher in Omicron times (20 December 2021 onwards),

compared with Delta times, (17 May to 19 December 2021)

Deaths

COVID-19 is mentioned on fewer death certificates than flu and pneumonia

But, more likely to be listed as the underlying cause of death

Number of deaths due to COVID-19, and flu and pneumonia, England and Wales, 1901 to 2021

COVID-19, 2020

Underlying cause of 73,766 deaths

COVID-19, 2021

Underlying cause of 67,258 deaths

Deaths due to flu and pneumonia, 1929

Underlying cause of 73,212 deaths