I know that if it is 5 times less likely to put people in hospitals but 10 times more transmissible then there will be 2 times more people in hospitals, but are there more arguments?
If it is more transmissible, people will be put into hospitals faster, and its not linear. Something that has an R of 1.1 will very slowly burn through part of the population then eventually die out as immunity reduces R just below 1.
Something that has R=11 will infect almost everyone, and very quickly, even if we halve transmission with drastic measures limiting contact etc.
These work to slow the spread, which given the innocuous nature of Omicron, seem more damaging than helpful. Not that any government ever considered second order effects of these policies to begin with...
Especially something like a travel/flight ban, as if that can stop an exponentially spreading virus.
It definitely has an effect, even if the virus is not "stopped".
Pro: everyone is fine, the hospitals aren't overwhelmed, the anti-vaxxers will be fine along with everyone else.
Con: can't speak with disgust and disdain anymore to those who disagree with your medical opinions, or have concerns with how quickly you're forcing your experimental medications on the entire planet.
Not going to happen. I've already seen the usual suspects talking about how we need bigger, better, stronger vaccines for Omicron.
We're pretty excited by this RNA vaccine tech, and we're going to use it, no matter what happens.
There's too much money and too much political power on the pro-vax anti-immune-system side of things.
Except the people who aren't.
> the hospitals aren't overwhelmed
Except the ones that are.
> forcing your experimental medications on the entire planet
No more experimental than any other vaccine; due to how quickly COVID spread, we were able to do the same level of testing on the vaccine as for any other medication. It's as safe as anything else you take.
you are creating more vaccine hesitancy by saying this
Do you have a time machine or something? You can't study long term effects just by having a bigger study.