Four waves into this pandemic, too many decision makers still have not learned this lesson and struggle to understand the exponential harm of inaction. People want to believe omicron is like a common cold, and feel reassured when Dr. Anthony Fauci says omicron is not more severe than delta. The current average age of hospitalizations is far lower in omicron's South African epicentre of Gauteng than in the previous delta wave there. In the last few days, several studies have been released indicating that omicron is good at reinfecting vaccinated or previously infected people. Delta already poses a grave risk on its own, and now we face both delta and omicron.

Source: CBC News December 15, 2021 01:56 UTC