Amps Considering what the world has gone through, would a vaguely cautious approach right now not be prudent?
I’m anticipating that the mildness of omicron, combined with its capacity to out-compete delta while providing antibodies to those who catch it while not falling seriously ill, will lead to the sensible approach ultimately being that it should be embraced, and that Europe’s decisions to try and shut their borders and lockdown harder to prevent its spread now (while they’re still in the middle of a Delta wave) will end up looking as foolish as their failing to open up in the summer to Delta as per the UK.
Omicron appears to have been widespread in the UK for a while now, and there are still no signs whatsoever that it’s leading to significant hospitalisations.
Omicron appears to be the virus having followed the “Russian flu” to common cold, more deadly to more mild evolutionary cycle. However, it would not surprise me if governments are unwilling to let that fact be discovered, as it will make it even more difficult to justify their continuing stranglehold on populations.
