Unvaxxed Texas Man Becomes First US Omicron Death

The Washington Post reports:

An unvaccinated Houston-area man in his 50s is the first recorded fatality associated with the omicron variant in the Texas county — and may be the first U.S. death publicly attributed to it.

The man, who tested positive for the omicron variant before his death, according to Harris County Public Health (HCPC), had previously been infected with the coronavirus and had underlying health conditions that made him particularly vulnerable.

State and county officials renewed calls for people to get fully vaccinated and boosted as the best protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death, including illness caused by omicron.

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The first American to die of the Omicron variant was an unvaccinated Texas man who had previously caught COVID-19 https://t.co/xeI1WmYrWE

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