Just when the world thought it might have COVID-19 under control, the new variant Omicron began spreading through the population faster than any variant seen before. The variant has been reported in 77 countries, though is likely in more, many European countries have re-entered lockdown, and early data suggests that Omicron is magnitudes more infectious than both the original COVID-19 strain and Delta. Now, new preliminary research, currently under peer-review, is illuminating just how much more transmissible Omicron is, and the mechanisms that allow it to outcompete delta. The study, led by researchers from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at...