Ok. this is from wsj.com "Omicron mortality is likely around 0.2%, roughly in line with seasonal flu."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/omicron-variant-may-end-up-savi...
Pretty close to my back of the napkin calculations.
Pretty close to my back of the napkin calculations.
Like Constable Bob, people underestimate influenza at their own peril.
More to the point, if the numbers indicate lethality comparable to a bad strain of influenza and transmissibility comparable to measles, we’re in a very bad situation.
Even before all the data is in, the number of hospitalizations we’re seeing alone signifies a bad situation.
Your article is in the opinion section, not written by any sort of doctor but some sort sort of investor (and incidentally substantial republican donor), that's not a source I would take seriously... Author's wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_D._Arnott