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Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron... by mabbo on Saturday January 22, 2022 @09:11AM (#30036742)
It's not causing as many hospitalizations per infection. But it's causing far more overall hospitalizations because the increase in infections vastly outweighs the decrease in seriousness.

The problem is and always has been "what if the health care system is overwhelmed".

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Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron... by jseban on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:01AM (#30037234)
What if the health care isn't overwhelmed? Which it isn't.

With that reasoning you can never remove the restrictions, because you never know if that would overwhelm the health care system.

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