The problem with Omicron isn't the severity it's the rate of transmission, that ugly R[sub]0[/sub] value keeps popping up it's head again!
We know vaccines only protect somewhere between 85% and 90% of recipients, that means despite vaccination our hospitals can be overwhelmed in very little time at all if suitable measures are not taken to slow the spread.
Australia can't keep the effects of COVID out by closing it's borders or stopping flights, that just transfers the pain into a different form or time. People keep worrying about their morning coffee and the inability to go out for brunch at the café, when they should be worrying about what will happen in Indonesia or China if Omicron progresses unchecked, and how the desperation of nearly 2 Billion people will affect Australia.
We know vaccines only protect somewhere between 85% and 90% of recipients, that means despite vaccination our hospitals can be overwhelmed in very little time at all if suitable measures are not taken to slow the spread.
Australia can't keep the effects of COVID out by closing it's borders or stopping flights, that just transfers the pain into a different form or time. People keep worrying about their morning coffee and the inability to go out for brunch at the café, when they should be worrying about what will happen in Indonesia or China if Omicron progresses unchecked, and how the desperation of nearly 2 Billion people will affect Australia.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"