If you're confused about why #omicron is suddenly a crisis, it's exponential growth. Even if fewer people get seriously ill w/ this #covidvariant than priors (not clear, but hopeful data from #SouthAfrica), so many people abruptly ill with anything can grind the world to a halt.
With so many sick at once, you may lack school bus drivers, teachers, truck drivers to move supplies, grocery store shelf stockers, doctors & nurses, & so on. The world isn't set up for everyone to be sick simultaneously w/ #omicron. There's not enough redundancy in the system.
So even if NO ONE got seriously ill, but a large # of ppl were sick enough to be unable to work for a few days, it would be tough. Now add in that some % will get hospitalized, or die, of #Omicron. Even a small % of a very large # of cases is a big #. That's why we are worried.
This short video on exponential growth using M&Ms shows doubling every 2d, same as Omicron. Except instead of starting w/ 2 M&Ms, we start w/ 3% of new US cases being #Omicron. There were 120K US cases today, i.e. 3,600 cases of #Omicron so start w/ 3600.
We don't know exactly how fast #Omicron cases are growing. Some regions show doubling every 2.5 days, other show doubling as fast as daily. Either way, when you start w/ 3600, that's a🤯big number in a few wks. Now add holiday travel. That's why we're worried. /End #MedTwitter
P.S. If you're still w/ me & doom scrolling tweets, you should stop. You need to get some rest. When you wake up, buy yourself some better quality masks. Use this article to help you: scientificamerican.com/article/why-we…. @projectn95 is a non-profit w/ good masks. #GetVaxxed & #Boosted.
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