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drray23

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1. They both compete for host bodies

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Tue Dec 21, 2021, 05:26 PM

Dec 2021

Since the omicron has a higher R0, somebody infected with it will pass it to more people than somebody with delta. Pretty quickly, the majority of cases end up being omicron because the number of people carrying delta goes down since they either recover or die and new delta carriers are not produced as fast as new omicron carriers.

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I'm not sure of the dynamics of different Covid variants [View all] Stinky The Clown Dec 2021 OP

They both compete for host bodies drray23 Dec 2021 #1

Thanks! Stinky The Clown Dec 2021 #2