00:00This is not the time to declare that this is a welcome virus. No virus is welcome that kills people,
00:10and especially when that's, to a great extent, that mortality and that suffering is preventable through the appropriate use of
00:19vaccinations.
00:19Now, I'm not aware of any such statements, but I think the Director General was clear in his remarks that
00:28while Omicron may be less severe as an individual virus infection in an individual, that this does not mean this
00:34is a mild disease.
00:35There are many, many people around the world, as we speak, in hospital, in ICUs, on ventilators, gasping for their
00:46breath on oxygen, who would obviously be very clear that this is not a mild disease.
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