Re: CV and mad panic behaviour
Reply #6111 –
How is Omricon in the country?
I think that the pertinent question is why wouldn't the Omicron variant in the country. Vaccination isn't 100% proof against infection and Omicron is apparently more infectious than previous variants. As we've seen recently, travelers to Australia from other parts of the world may have begun their journeys in southern Africa. I'm not sure why the Commonwealth isn't requiring overseas travelers to quarantine, perhaps because we don't have the quarantine facilities we should have established at the start of the pandemic.
It seems that, while the Omicron strain is highly contagious, its symptoms are relatively mild. This could be the virus mutating itself to the point where it's no longer a pandemic. Here's hoping!
By the way, the suspected Omicron case in Victoria has turned out to be a false alarm.