The Investment Thread

What do you mean ? I cant see how Omicron would help Covid restrictions .. i could see how it could hurt them, but if Omicron is shown to not be very harmful or intense then it could be a non factor .. but how exactly can it help ? Maybe I haven’t had enough coffee yet this morning to get it .
Because once the world starts to figure out the combination of vaccines and prior infection combined with Omicrons greatly reduced severity that all restrictions are going to away and everything is going to be pegged at full steam ahead. I'm convinced that Omicron is a whole lot closer to the common cold than any of us realize and the data is going to start showing this very soon. The combination of multiple data points points really hard at Omicron cases being at least 5 times, probably 10 times higher than what is being tested without a much of an increase in hospitalizations. I know hospitalizations tends to lag but given Omicron's much shorter incubation period it shouldn't lag by weeks so I'm highly confident. So while there may be a rapid spike in cases it will be followed by a rapid fall and hit very low background numbers for a long time as omicron serves as a vaccine of sorts. I feel like it's the absolute best possible outcome. This doesn't mean Delta can't still circulate at low numbers and come roaring back next fall and lots of uncertainties still exist but Omicron is kicking that can at least 6 months down the road.