Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
I'm not certain of this, so correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Delta a more virulent and deadly strain than Alpha which preceded it? If that's true, then it rather gives the lie to the line that variants get progressively milder.
Delta was supposed to be more of a problem than Alpha or Beta...but Omicron was reportedly supposed to be the most dangerous of the series.

In practice we are in an evolving situation. Those who unfortunately got alpha had no natural resistance, no vaccines, no antivirals, a NHS learning on the hoof. Today Omicron, which the experts said was nasty, is well managed and most of us now have antibodies, vaccines etc.