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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1069157" data-attributes="member: 74121">It&#039;s a fair enough article, but I think it is creating a bit of a false argument. I&#039;ve not read anyone coherent say it is guaranteed any future strains will be milder. What people like me are saying is that Omicron represents a superb opportunity to get almost the whole world to acquire some degree of immunity / resistance to Covid-19 with a mortality rate comparable to flu (and likely lower than a really bad flu). Ergo, why not respond to it like flu, with vaccination in the winter and no action in spring, summer and autumn where we let it spread and effectively help innoculate the population before the next winter. If society is happy with no restrictions with a flu, why would it clamour for restrictions around a disease with comparable mortality rates?Clearly this was not an option with more lethal earlier strains, so even those who are pessimistic and think a worse strain might arrive should be sympathetic of trying to &#039;make hay while the sun shines&#039; with Omicron when we are out of the depths of winter? This action will likely assist on a global scale against any hypothetical more dangerous future strain.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1069157, member: 74121"] It's a fair enough article, but I think it is creating a bit of a false argument. I've not read anyone coherent say it is guaranteed any future strains will be milder. What people like me are saying is that Omicron represents a superb opportunity to get almost the whole world to acquire some degree of immunity / resistance to Covid-19 with a mortality rate comparable to flu (and likely lower than a really bad flu). Ergo, why not respond to it like flu, with vaccination in the winter and no action in spring, summer and autumn where we let it spread and effectively help innoculate the population before the next winter. If society is happy with no restrictions with a flu, why would it clamour for restrictions around a disease with comparable mortality rates? Clearly this was not an option with more lethal earlier strains, so even those who are pessimistic and think a worse strain might arrive should be sympathetic of trying to 'make hay while the sun shines' with Omicron when we are out of the depths of winter? This action will likely assist on a global scale against any hypothetical more dangerous future strain. [/QUOTE]

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