Omicron: Fauci lays the foundations for the new wave of panic …
Dr Anthony Fauci on Thursday predicted that the Omicron variant will likely be the dominant strain in the US within "a few weeks" and that hospitals could be overwhelmed this winter.
Fauci's warning was that the number of vaccinated individuals – "especially those on booster doses" will leave them "relatively well protected, at least against serious illness" and that he is more concerned about the unvaccinated.
"With the omicron coming up behind us, things could be really bad, particularly for the unvaccinated," he said at an event hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation. "The vaccinated and those who are enhanced I believe will be relatively well protected, at least against serious diseases."
Too bad that in this regard …
South Africa does not appear to have any problems despite only 23% of the population having been vaccinated.
"In addition to the toll of suffering and death that will inevitably increase if we indeed have that convergence in the winter months of influenza and omicron and delta, we could overload our hospital systems," Fauci said.
The Biden administration has pointed out that boosters are the best response to the new variant and has rejected the idea of further business closures.
When asked about business closures, Fauci said it "will really depend on how well we do the interventions," such as wearing masks in indoor public settings and getting booster shots.
“If we do that, I don't think we will have to do any kind of closure regarding businesses in your community,” he said, according to The Hill website .
For anyone who pays attention, the new omicron variant has been described by officials around the world as "much more transmissible, but mild" than other Covid-19 strains.
This means that while fewer people are likely to die of omicron as a percentage of those infected, its hyper-transmissibility means that far more people will contract the new strain – and despite a lower percentage of severe cases, the actual number of hospitalizations could increase dramatically. .
In other words, the nuance here is in the denominator of the infected figure, that is, the percentage that actually ends up in hospital, and aside from that, Fauci is intentionally alarmist.
Can anyone give a coherent explanation for why "boosters" are being mandated to curb "Omicron," which is purportedly spreading at exponential rates because existing vaccines do not prevent infection / transmission? Hence the spread on> 99% vaccinated college campuses?
… Anyone? https://t.co/pO3EC8BXQ5
– Michael Tracey (@mtracey) December 16, 2021
Anyway everyone is talking, but still without an idea of what will happen. Meanwhile, fear is being sown, something that governments have learned to do well in the last two years.
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