Some infectious-disease experts are projecting a relatively brief surge of omicron infections with the peak coming in a matter of weeks, not months. https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1476945733324574739 From the Washington Post:
The idea of a rapid peak and swift decline has a precedent in South Africa, the country that revealed the presence of omicron in late November. Cases there spiked quickly and then dropped with unexpected speed after only a modest rise in hospitalizations.
An especially transmissible virus tends to run out of human fuel — the susceptible portion of the population — quickly.
Some forecasts suggest coronavirus infections could peak by mid-January.
“Omicron will likely be quick. It won’t be easy, but it will be quick. Come the early spring, a lot of people will have experienced covid,” William Hanage, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said in an email Thursday.
Read the full report here. https://twitter.com/n_yang/status/1476905216557686805
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