The immune response to Omicron is the greatest risk

Severe COVID-19 is not related to the virulence of the virus but rather how well it evades the upper airway and spreads to the lungs causing severe inflammation. Our immune response to SARS-COV2 is the cause of death in severe COVID-19.

Any virus that hits the lungs without an interferon warning can lead to moderate lung inflammation, which is characteri…