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DragonClaw01 posted...

now no one cares, especially with Omicron strain being pretty weak.

As much as people want to believe this, the most optimistic data so far suggests a 29% lower hospitalization rate than other variants, and those are very preliminary studies with a lot of caveats attached to them because of the methodological limitations. Some other studies are suggesting little to no difference, and others still suggesting the rate might even be higher for Omicron (though with similar limitations). If that optimistic data proves accurate, that's a significant reduction, but it's not like the disease has become harmless, and that reduction could very easily be nullified by an increase in case numbers (specifically, a ~40% increase).

People have really latched on to "It's a milder illness!" because it's so nice to have a glimmer of hope after so long, but things are going to get quite a bit worse if that hope isn't tempered with an appropriate degree of caution.