early data are based largely on reports from South Africa—a country with a relatively young population and high level of prior infection—and on reports involving international travelers, who tend to be younger and healthier.
If Omicron does cause less severe disease than previous variants, the sheer number of infections could still result in a similar or greater number of severe cases.
They desperately want to get through the holiday season with people spending money on treats. Like the death of the Queen of TERF Island - gotta get to January before admitting anything.
They gotta get through January before we see the devastating effects on people and hospitals. Regular covid had a six week lag. We are looking at End of Year and January absolutely being a disaster.
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Well I know the situation in the ground is serious - but you still have fucking NPR running stories about how it's no big deal. I think they'll continue that media narrative as far as they can to get through to January.