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Re:Omicron variant was 73% of U.S. covid cases last week by CryptoPunk on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @02:13AM (#29634843)
If it's milder, it can cause fewer hospitalizations while infecting a larger proportion of the population. It depends on how much milder, and how much more transmissive.
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Re:Omicron variant was 73% of U.S. covid cases last week by ImaCake on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @05:50PM (#29643067)
It would need to be less serious than the flu to not be a complete disaster - Omicron COVID spreads multiple times more efficiently than any strain of the flu does.
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