Could Omicron actually be a good thing?

I have read on several occasions from various sources that virus mutations very often tend to become much milder.

Maybe it’s still too early to say for certain if that’s what is happening now, but reports from South Africa tend to indicate that it produces only mild symptoms.

We will probably know more in a couple of weeks or so.

The idea that this type of virus mutates to survive –doesn't want to kill too many hosts or where does it go – was talked about at the very beginning of the pandemic by people who know about viruses. So it wouldn't be surprising if what the OP suggests might be happening.

Here's hoping anyway.

Sorry to be Job’s comforter, but here’s a report from VOA for South Africa. It says that hospitalisations are increasing rapidly, and that 75-80% of hospital admissions are unvaccinated, but that the vaccination rate is only 36%.
www.voanews.com/a/south-africa-readies-hospitals-as-omicron-variant-drives-new-covid-19-wave-/6340912.html
I do think the unvaccinated in the UK are now running a very significant risk.

I saw a long thread on twitter yesterday in which it was cautiously proposed that the data seemed to be indicating Omicrom causing a milder version of covid. It was, IIRR, based on figures for ICU occupation.

However, it's too early to see if it causes long covid...

I'd rather be overcautiously safe than sorry...

I think there's a lot of mixed messages about hospitalisation, how severe it is, if it affects children worse, etc etc.

I am cautiously optimistic but could be completely wrong, I'm just a lay-person.

Glad I've got my booster.

The doctor who discovered the new variant certainly said that the other day as I listened to the interview Casdon She didn’t say there were no hospital admission but what she did say was there were no hospital admission that HAD BEEN VACCINATED

I sincerely hope you're right Monica. It would be wonderful for there to be an end in sight.
Fingers crossed.

I do hope so

I don’t know where you got the information from about there not being any hospital admissions with Omicron Monica, as that isn’t what the press are saying as far as I’ve read?
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/concerning-evidence-omicron-south-africa-22389106

That’s my thoughts too Monica

I jolly well hope so M0nica