That could still be all “happy talk” at this point, but that is what I’m reading and hearing in some places.
Another two weeks will tell the tale on omicron and hospitalizations. It takes about two weeks after infection for people to present at hospitals and we are another 10 days or so before we are in that window. Even if the infections from omicron are not as deadly, the sheer number of cases is going to impact more and more people who could be susceptible to getting really sick and dying.