Many people take longer to die of COVID than has elapsed since the first Omicron variant was discovered. We simply don’t know at this point, and won’t for probably 2 months.
Extrapolating from hospitalization rates and limited sample sizes is mostly just guesswork. It’s probably not much worse, but beyond that is up in the air.
So far, the data are scarce and incomplete
The rest of the article consists of anecdotes that could point in either direction. If you want good news, check out the piece from WaPo from a few days ago [0]
Just keep in mind the scarce and incomplete factor. Give it another 2-3 weeks and we'll know more. Meanwhile it's probably not a good time to stop whatever precautions you have already been taking.
[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/14/south-africa...