It still doesn’t quite answer the question of what the exact physical characteristics are that allow it to be this transmissible (smaller? Stickier? More likely to linger in the air or fill up a space uniformly?)
Which makes me suggest another “side bet”—what’s the probability that Omicron is so transmissible that any attempt to contain it is an exercise in futility?
Some insight into the transmissibility—Omicron made its way from one hotel room to another. The occupants had no contact.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-05/omicron-s-spread-across-hotel-hall-highlights-transmission-worry
It still doesn’t quite answer the question of what the exact physical characteristics are that allow it to be this transmissible (smaller? Stickier? More likely to linger in the air or fill up a space uniformly?)
Which makes me suggest another “side bet”—what’s the probability that Omicron is so transmissible that any attempt to contain it is an exercise in futility?