There’s still a lot we don’t know about the omicron coronavirus variant, including whether it causes more severe COVID-19 or the degree to which it evades vaccines’ defenses in real-world settings.
But early data collected in London reveals the answer to a question we’re all asking: Does omicron cause different symptoms than delta and other variants?
Not quite, according to the ZOE COVID Study — an app some U.K. residents use to self-report information about their coronavirus vaccination and infections.