> We still don’t seem to know if this variant is more or less contagious (R0 of 2)

we already know it's far more contagious but not if it's more deadly than delta with an r0 of 2:

> The estimated reproduction number, the average number of people that an individual is likely to infect, is almost 2 in Gauteng compared with nearly 1.5 nationally. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2299194-omicron-how-dan...