For investors, alongside the rest of us, there are still more questions than answers when it comes to the troubling Omicron variant of coronavirus. The chief uncertainty is over the epidemiological behaviour of the strand — whether it is more transmissible but less lethal, for example or has a much greater resistance to vaccines. The response of consumers and politicians is also not yet obvious: it could, in extremis, prompt a repeat of lockdown policies or lead to a resumption of voluntary social distancing.
對(duì)于投資者和我們其他人來說,在談到令人不安的新冠病毒Omicron變種時(shí),有待回答的問題仍多過答案。主要的不確定性在于該變種的流行病學(xué)行為——例如,它是更具傳染性但不那么致命,還是具有更強(qiáng)的疫苗抗性。消費(fèi)者和政界人士的反應(yīng)也尚不明確:在極端情況下,它可能會(huì)導(dǎo)致各國(guó)再次實(shí)施封鎖政策,或?qū)е禄謴?fù)自愿社交隔離。