It's similar here in the UK. 1 in 13 people in the UK had covid last week. And deaths are up, but not more than previous waves where we had far fewer cases. Wh

It's similar here in the UK. 1 in 13 people in the UK had covid last week. And deaths are up, but not more than previous waves where we had far fewer cases. What seems to be somewhat different in China is that between an up-til-now successful zero-covid policy (facilitated by lockdowns) and the less effective Sinovac vaccine, immunity levels are much lower. And I've seen a lot of people suggesting that the milder cases from Omicron are mostly down to existing immunity (either from vaccines or past infection) rather than Omicron being inherently milder (tentative consensus seems to be that it is a bit milder, but not so much as the reduced severity of infections would suggest in absence of other factors).