Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Omicron the dud Date:   12/20/2021 10:53:41 AM

So despite all the panic porn over Omicron it looks more like a common cold than the Delta variant was.  This is more in line with how viruses normally develop with becoming more transmissive and less serious. The question is whether the panic porn purveyors in the media and power hungry politicians will still try to lock us down.....my guesstimate is yes, especially as we move closer to the midterms.  Any excuse to have drop boxes for ballots that they can stuff.

As one very interesting example, the state of Florida tests wastewater in their sewage treatment plants for COVID and 100% of the results in the last round of testing was Omicron.  And the biggest outbreaks are where you would expect them, in the Northeast, upper Midwest and NW where the colder temps have sent more people inside.  These are also interestingly the areas with the highest vax rates.  In the last several weeks nearly every new infection of a friend or acquaintance has been vaccinated with many of them boosted.  The reality is that the vaccines are not terribly effective in preventing infection, something we already knew, and with Omicron dominating the numbers of hospitalized and dying will hopefully drop.