Yup, it is definitely too soon to be sure of anything like this headline, and that's the word of the leading epidemiologists I follow. Plus, this combination c

Yup, it is definitely too soon to be sure of anything like this headline, and that's the word of the leading epidemiologists I follow. Plus, this combination could be a lot WORSE for the hospital capacity situation. Even if the virulence/severity is only a fraction, the severe consequences will still grow exponentially, just further to the right on the curve. Meanwhile, the curve will grow a lot faster to the top of the graph because the greater exponential growth among both the unvaxed and the vaccinated. So, higher percentage of severe cases and lower transmisability would be less bad — fewer sever cases and much greater trensmissability is almost the worst case.