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It noted other factors that were also associated with Omicron: age groups 20-39, those living in urban or "deprived" areas, the previously infected and those who recently traveled abroad. "Some evidence" suggests self-identified ethnic minorities are more associated with Omicron than whites.

"These early results are based only on the first fortnight's data that have sufficient cases for analysis on the Omicron variant, so caution is advised," the ONS said. It emphasized that people who received any vaccine dose were still less likely to test positive for COVID, "regardless of variant."

Its sample only included "strong positives," defined as so-called PCR tests showing positives using a cycle threshold of 30 or lower.

Medical experts have long warned that common testing protocols were using cycle thresholds far above 30, which are prone to catch dead virus or negligible viral loads. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky recently reiterated that PCR tests can return positives up to 12 weeks after an infection clears.



The White House press office did not respond to Just the News requests to defend Biden's "pandemic of the unvaccinated" slogan in light of global data.

https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/global-research-omicron-covid-surge-casts-doubt-presidents-unvaccinated