Omicron is NOT DEADLY

[dan_s]

Omicron Variant definition = "The Common Cold"

Read: https://www.al.com/news/2021/12/are-my- ... -cold.html

"The Omicron variant has been detected in 38 countries but no deaths have yet been reported, the WHO said on Friday, as authorities worldwide rushed to stem the spread of the heavily mutated Covid-19 strain."

The only people that have died with Omicron actually died from another serious illness. No one has died from Omicron.

My point: Dying "with" Omicron and "from" Omicron are totally different. So far, for otherwise healthy people Omicron is much like a common cold. This is very important for us because if the FEAR of Omicron fades, demand for energy will increase SIGNIFICANTLY in the spring, like it does each year.

Fox News:
An unvaccinated man in his 50s with underlying health conditions is believed to have been the first American to die from the omicron variant of COVID-19. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo confirmed on Monday that he became the first to die from omicron in the county.

The death comes as omicron spreads rapidly throughout the United States, replacing delta as the dominant strain.

Omicron accounted for 73.2% of new cases in the week that ended Dec. 18, up from just 12.6% the prior week, according to data released by the CDC on Monday.
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JERUSALEM, Dec 21 (Reuters) - An Israeli hospital on Tuesday confirmed the first known death in the country of a patient with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, but said he had suffered from a number of serious pre-existing conditions. The Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba said the man, in his sixties, died on Monday, two weeks after he was admitted to the coronavirus ward.

A hospital statement said the patient suffered from a variety of serious illnesses. "His morbidity stemmed mainly from pre-existing sicknesses and not from respiratory infection arising from the coronavirus,” it said.

A PCR test led to suspicion that the Omicron variant was present so it was sent for DNA analysis, the statement added.

Israeli media reports from The Times of Israel and Ynet said the patient had received two vaccine doses.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said there were at least 340 known cases of Omicron in Israel.

Israel's government approved reducing office attendance by 50% for public sector employees, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's office said, to encourage more remote work.

Defence Minister Benny Gantz’s office said he ordered the military’s Homefront Command, which is tasked with anti-pandemic measures, to prepare for the eventuality of 5,000 new cases per day.