I'm skeptical of this optimism about Omicron having mild symptoms and actually providing the benefit of turning Covid-19 into a low level endemic situation. It may be mild compared to other variants, but again they're saying Omicron will "knock on the door and ask WAZZUP?" to every human on the planet by the end of January. It appears the only folks with significant immunity are those who have received the Moderna booster 3rd shot. (Yay for me!) It seems to me that mild symptoms multiplied by nearly 8 billion humans = a devastating situation! If everyone who gets it needs to quarantine for a week, isn't everything going to shut down again?
I truly hope my fears are unfounded. The UK is a few weeks ahead of the U.S. and they don't appear to be devastated. We will know in one month.
Mr. Tulip might want to watch
this episode with Dr. John Campbell from 12/22/21 where he discusses Australia in more detail. He plays a clip where someone advocates moving from mandates to a culture of personal responsibility. I hope that works down under, because personal responsibility has failed in the U.S. Anti-vaxxers arriving at the hospital with Covid attack health care workers if they don't administer the quack cures the patient prefers.