>but insinuating malice is simply misplaced.

Maybe initially - but at this point?

Shall we talk about Sweden?

How about this South African doctors utter shock to Omicron by many western governments? https://twitter.com/KoenSwinkels/status/1465906474270531589

Yeah, at this point anyone overdramatizing COVID is doing so for purely political and financial purposes at this point.

If Omicron is indeed as mild as it appears then this is the path to heard immunity - not the vaccine. That would cut off the non-liable money train to big pharma though; in that context the disproportional response to omicron makes a hell of a lot more sense. The real threat it presents is to the perpetual vax/booster gravy train.