Via Reuters:
“… 43 cases attributed to Omicron variant…”
“…the highly transmissible new variant..”
“… in about 22 states…”
That’s an average of 1.95 cases per state. One might think that if it’s so “highly transmissible” then you’d be seeing a lot more of those cases’ family members, friends, and co-workers coming down with it, too. We’ll see; early yet. (Just for comparison, the state of Georgia alone saw 55 ChinCOVID cases in the first eleven days after it appeared here.)
“Even if most cases are mild, a highly transmissible variant could result in enough infections to overwhelm health systems, the CDC cautioned.”
I suppose… a couple of cases per state could overwhelm health systems… oh.
“…one person was hospitalized for two days.”
One. Out of 43. In 22 states.
Maybe that would overwhelm Maine.
