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Omicron will overwhelm hospitals. I'm not sure what you mean by "allowed to spread" -- people didn't want to lock down for alpha or delta, and they're no appet
by DanBC 5y ago
Omicron will overwhelm hospitals.
I'm not sure what you mean by "allowed to spread" -- people didn't want to lock down for alpha or delta, and they're no appetite for lockdown now, especially for something like omicron which is widely (but mistakenly) perceived to be "less dangerous" than delta. Because of the increased transmissibility any lockdown would have to be pretty fierce.
- josephcsible 5y agoI assume that by "allowed", OP means whether we'll finally relax social distancing and mask mandates.
- ksaj 5y agoThat would suggest OP has forgotten that Delta and the original Alpha are still here. You can't really let one go rampant regardless of how "mild" it may be, without taking the others that are not "mild" into account. The reason we used to aim for "flatten the curve" is because the death toll in unvaccinated people wasn't expected change in the end, but the number of serious and/or deadly cases at any given time can be controlled to a higher degree, helping the hospitals avoid becoming overwhelmed. Which is to say, as long as Delta et al are making their appearances known, there won't be much relaxing of the floodgates.
- NicoJuicy 5y agoWhy do you think it's mistakingly perceived as less dangerous? All numbers seem to point in that direction ( = mild)