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You can look at a ratio of how many cases could turn into hospitalisations. we don't know if it would be 1% or 0.5%, and we have to wait and get the data to raise the concern any further. the key unknown is how serious an illness 0micron causes. the evidence from south africa is unclear. they have a much younger population who are much less vaccinated. we won't know for several weeks what proportion of cases here will need hospital treatment. the government is not ruling out further measures beyond plan b to control 0micron. but no ones yet is using the l word — lockdown. we absolutely do ne...

Immunised population. the growth rate is higher than last christmas, when very few had been vaccinated and the alpha variant hit. new data shows that if you have had two doses of vaccine more than three months ago, it is unlikely to prevent you getting infected with 0micron or stop you from passing it on. but if you had a booster, it is likely to give 75% protection against a mild infection with 0micron. that booster should give even greater immunity against severe disease. but it is the sheer growth rate of 0micron which is worrying scientists. it may produce the biggest wave of infections so...