… severe outcomes; however, there is biological plausibility for some reduction in the intrinsic
severity of omicron … omicron variant epidemics will have such a low health effect elsewhere. …

… COVID-19 severity in Hong Kong… Omicron BA.2 was the first strain of COVID-19 to circulate
widely in Hong Kong, we also aimed to estimate the intrinsic severity of SARS-CoV-2 variants …

… in intrinsic disease severity after … the Omicron variants BA.1 and BA.2 that may provide a
biological explanation for the substantial drop in severity associated with this variant 7 ; Omicron …

… intrinsic severity for Omicron variant and enhancing our confidence in the results of the
primary analysis. Our findings are supported by additional independent analyses from South …

… Therefore, the conclusions regarding the intrinsic virulence and severity of coronavirus …
Omicron variant is associated with a milder course of COVID-19, compared with the Delta variant. …

… an intrinsically lower risk of severe COVID-19 or the high vaccine coverage, this Omicron VOC
… protection against severe forms of Omicron infection by assessing severity among people …

… Our results are consistent with previous studies addressing the intrinsic severity of the different
SARS-CoV-2 variants. Previous studies have estimated a risk of hospitalisation between …

… The higher intrinsic severity of the preceding SARS-CoV-2 variants with enhanced … infected
with the Delta variant and with the Omicron variant looking at COVID-19 severity and short-…

… an intrinsic severity that is … variant’s intrinsic severity needs to be recalibrated over time as
immunity accrues — especially with a variant with the immune-evasion capabilities of omicron. …

… To reduce confounding biases for understanding the intrinsic severity of the Omicron BA.2
subvariant compared with the Delta variant and the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant, we leveraged …