Concerns Over Omicron Variant As Cases Surge
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The warning is really about the domino effect of Omicron spreading fast with milder symptoms, combined with Delta spread.
We've heard how the Omicron variant of COVID is causing mostly mild symptoms. With public health officials sounding the alarm about the urgent need to get vaccinated and boosted, some experts warning about COVID overloading the hospitals and schools being shut down, it can seem like confusing mixed messages.
The warning is really about the domino effect of Omicron spreading fast with milder symptoms, combined with Delta spread. It's a recipe for the perfect storm that is already causing hospital surges and school closures.
Many hospitals across the U.S. are facing a surge of COVID patients. St. Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac, Michigan, is among them.