BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
Obviously, but they also weren’t vaccinated against alpha, beta or delta, yet this strain seems to be causing greater hospitalization for children than previous variants - that was my point. My question is whether there are any theories (biochemically) as to why that might be. Like, say, something about the highly mutated nature of the spike protein in Omicron which allows it to better overcome children’s super robust general immunity.
It's more transmissible for everyone, with traits of immune escape, while the young cannot be vaccinated yet, so case loads in that demo have increased relative to the original strains and Delta. There's really nothing special about it in regards to children.