I was once attacked for stating: "no doubt people will die from the Omicron variant"

Britain Announces First Death from Omicron Variant of Coronavirus

Johnson said on Monday during a visit to a west London vaccination clinic: "Sadly, yes, Omicron is producing hospitalizations and sadly, at least one patient has been confirmed to have died with Omicron. "So I think the idea that this is somehow a milder version of the virus, I think that's something we need to set on one side and just recognize the sheer pace at which it accelerates through the population. So the best thing we can do is all get our boosters."

Scientists are trying to figure out whether the Omicron variant is more deadly, more infectious, or makes vaccines and treatments less effective. Experts are concerned over the high number of mutations that the variant has, which makes these scenarios more likely and thus make the variant more dangerous.

Scientists didn't need to figure anything out, they just needed to come here and listen to our liberal stooges argue that nobody would die from Omicron because it was always a milder version of the virus. But alas, our scientific community decided not to listen to genius level IQ of our faithful liberal followers. Good thing, too.... because they would have been shocked by this.

Frankly any virus that is this widespread has a chance to kill people who are especially vulnerable to things. Part of the issue with mitigation attempts is that it does shelter our most vulnerable, but eventually they have to come back out into the real world where the same danger lurks. 

Everyone is hoping that the death count is smaller with Omicron as it was with the first few strains.  But I think we should all take pause in terms of listening to the initial claims that Omicron wasn't something to be concerned about because of how mild it is. There seems to be more spin than substance with much of what we hear about Covid-19. It's part of the problem that so many Americans have with our medical response.