“This is the scariest it has been since the pandemic started.” I didn’t want to write this, and you probably don’t want to read it. But Omicron is here, and it is almost certainly a force unlike anything we have seen. This will be very hard. thestar.com/opinion/star-c…
It's a hurricane
https://twitter.com/ASPphysician/status/1469487075699433474?s=20
This is a question people who are responsible for hospital staff are starting to ask. N95s in hospitals is probably a good idea
https://twitter.com/DavidJuurlink/status/1469633841971494912
Some estimates say Omicron would need to be 10 times less virulent to make up for the difference in transmission. It's mind-bendingly fast.
https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1470046369167691776?s=20
And Ontario is lighting up. It's going to accelerate like an F1 car
https://twitter.com/EdTubb/status/1470048605348192264?s=20
Trying to reach the casuals with trending talk
As I wrote Friday, Omicron was predicted to eclipse Delta in about 10 days. Everyone hopes the early signals on mild cases are real, but there is real doubt there, and even then, it would have to be so much milder to make up for the speed; maybe 10 times milder. The wave’s here.
https://twitter.com/edtubb/status/1470093006439161860
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