Somewhat optimistic takes on Omicron out of South Africa bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 
Omicron is spreading fast, but no confirmed deaths globally so far. Depending on how long it’s been spreading, that could be a *really* good sign google.com/amp/s/www.alja…
From the beginning we’ve seen COVID hospitalizations lag behind cases and deaths lag behind hospitalizations, so I’m cautiously optimistic, but so far everything still looks like a potential best case scenario
What we’ve seen so far with COVID is that a highly transmissible variant can out-compete the others and basically push them off the board. WHO reports that 99% of new cases are currently Delta. Could Omicron eradicate Delta and replace it with a largely tolerable disease? Maybe!
The flip side is that we’ve already bought our ticket for this ride, one way or another. This is the first variant I’m pretty confident I’ll be catching within the next year regardless of which precautions I take
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