Omicron was just determined by the CDC to be the dominant strain in the US. This is good news. While Omicron appears to be spreading faster, it is much less severe than its previous cousins. Dr. Peter McCullagh says that Omicron is less transmissible. However, others say that Omicron is more transmissible. Either way, cases and especially Omicron cases are rising in numbers. Seasonable colder temperatures are a large factor in the rise in cases. Another very distinctly possible factor is that Omicron evades whatever protection these vaccines provide. Assuming the vaccines had some temporary effect on the previous dominant strain (Delta), this would make Delta less transmissible overall as many people would have a slight temporary protection while the only people that would have protection are those that were previously infected.
With the rising numbers our governments are still pushing the vaccines and boosters even though most data shows the Omicron is vaccine evading. The headline of the article I just linked to is “Omicron evades many vaccine antibodies. (But that doesn't mean vaccines won't work.)” They are telling you the vaccines don’t work, but don’t worry, that doesn’t mean the vaccines don’t work. It reminds me of the annual flu vaccine stories we see just about every year. The flu vaccines try to “predict” the flu strains that will be widespread during the upcoming flu season. Every year in about January, they tell us that the prediction was not correct, but get your flu shot anyway. The white house’s official message is “For unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death — if you’re unvaccinated — for themselves, their families, and the hospitals they’ll soon overwhelm.”
Look at all of the people you know personally and lawmakers that are boosted and now positive with Covid. I don’t know anyone that had Covid previously that is positive, but I know many that are vaxxed and boosted. These lawmakers that recently tested positive are Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Jason Crow, Governor Larry Hogan, and Dr. Mary Bassett (NY Health Commissioner). Below are some of their tweets. They are all “thankful or grateful” to be boosted and experiencing “mild” symptoms.
Notice how all of the tweets have the same messaging. This reminds me of the twitter campaign where several influencers had the same exact tweet. At least these three put the words together differently.
I know many unvaccinated people that have had mild symptoms from Covid. Many friends and family. I also know many vaccinated that have had severe cases of Covid. Who should the unvaccinated thank for their mild cases? I even know vaccinated people that were very near death, that credit the vaccine for not dying. There was even a story of man that died from Covid fully vaccinated and the article said it could have been worse. The last recent example is Rock Icon, Brian May. May went to a lunch with all people triple vaccinated. Afterwards, he came down with Covid and said it was “truly horrible” and “horrendous”. Then urges people to get the vaccine though he triple vaccinated had a horrendous time with his infection.
Do you see how the hyperbole is ripe with our governments. If you are not vaccinated you will die. The vaccines gave me a mild case. Notice how they are all on message as they tweet about their Covid cases.