At this point, stories that make a big deal about how rapidly omicron is spreading without also pointing out how much less lethal it is -- especially for vaccinated people -- are being irresponsible.
In fact, having a variant like this crowd out the more virulent forms and become endemic is a good outcome. We can live with a disease that is generally no worse than the flu and, with a vaccine, no worse than a bad cold.
Btw, that we'd see such a variant is not a surprise. As a species that needs a host to propagate evolves, the most optimal mutation is one that doesn't kill or seriously harm the host.
So, yeah, case numbers are going up. Okay. The important numbers are hospitalizations and deaths as a percentage of total cases.
(And, yes, you can still test positive even if you're vaccinated. To suggest that this is a failure of the vaccine is willful misinformation. Vaccinated people are clearly protected from bad outcomes compared to unvaccinated people, including for omicron.)
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