
By Tyler Durden
In late November, as the early details of the South African variant emerged (more transmissible, and “extremely mild”), we noted that this “could be a blessing in disguise as it pushes out the much more dangerous (and more stable) delta strain,” and could mark the beginning of the end of the global fearmongering over a virus that over 99% of the infected are expected to survive.
And now, a team of researchers from South Africa confirmed Friday that omicron might mark the end of the COVID pandemic (before SARS-CoV-2 simply becomes another endemic, largely seasonal sickness), shrouding the present global surge in a patina of optimism…