> This is untrue, and is based on misinterpretations of the South Africa data. It's not untrue, from your iNews link: > He said: “If the peak of this is twice

> This is untrue, and is based on misinterpretations of the South Africa data. It's not untrue, from your iNews link: > He said: “If the peak of this is twice as great, then halving of the size of the hospitalisation rate, you still end up in the same place. And this peak is going very fast. So basically, he doesn't know. But he seems to agree that it is less deadly. The real question is whether it will play out as he says with hospitals becoming overwhelmed. I believe he is being overly cautious. > Vaccination and boosters look to be protective against serious harm. With >90% of the most at-risk category in the UK vaccinated, you would imagine harm would be minimized as well as it reasonably can be. > In England the vast majority of people in ICUs at the moment are unvaccinated. I am not sure there is yet evidence to back this up about the Omicron variant. > There are lots of reasons why it looks less lethal in SA, but omicron in other countries is looking about as lethal as delta, with increased transmission. Can you link me to a source proving that? The sources you linked to suggest it spreads more but is less lethal. My understanding was that the number of mutations the Omicron variant went under essentially made it way less deadly. > There's also no evidence that Omicron is replacing Delta. Eh, this is basic virology. We already saw the Alpha variant essentially die out because the Delta variant out-spread it. Survival of the fittest.