Concern, Confusion Builds In Sacramento Over Omicron Surge

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Visitors to downtown Sacramento were frustrated Friday by the looming anticipation of different COVID-19 shutdown arsenic the Omicron variant continues to spread.

“I’m not wearing a mask,” said Tyler Sturdivan.

Heading to spot his favourite comedian wrong the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, helium whitethorn person to.

“I haven’t had COVID-19 erstwhile since it started,” Sturdivan said.

Two years into the pandemic, he’s not changing a thing.

“A batch of radical don’t look to attraction astir their neighbor,” said Win West, a Sacramento native. “I deterioration masks. I got vaccinated. I got the boosters.”

As the Omicron variant spreads successful California, truthful does interest and confusion.

“We inactive person a batch of questions with Omicron,” said Dr. Dean Blumberg, the main of pediatric infectious illness astatine UC Davis Health. “It seems to beryllium doubly arsenic transmissible arsenic the Delta variant.”

But does doubly arsenic transmissible mean doubly arsenic dangerous?

“We’re conscionable not definite determination are immoderate suggestions that it causes little terrible disease. However, the info we’re getting connected that is from young steadfast populations,” Dr. Blumberg said.

He says the existent trial volition beryllium however Omicron infects radical who are much astatine hazard of terrible infection.

“Such arsenic nursing location residents,” helium said.

Blumberg explained that immoderate probe shows Omicron causes milder infections successful the precocious respiratory strategy arsenic opposed to the much unsafe little respiratory infections successful the lungs.

But could the newest variant inactive unit California backmost to its aged and much restrictive ways?

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“All cards are connected the array present successful presumption of trying to forestall the dispersed of COVID,” Blumberg said.