“Omicron is very mild. So who cares it shows up?”
It may be the best thing to put COVID to bed, if it is safe (and it sure seems to be so far). It barely made a blip in hospitalizations, when it became the dominant strain in Johannesburg (in record time of under two weeks). It looks like it will sweep through much faster than earlier strains, including Delta.
Hopefully, it will impart strong immunity to COVID generally, like the earlier strains have done. If so, we will have herd immunity much, much quicker than with other variants and/or vaccines.
If a lot of Omicron folks are asymptomatic (as in the Botswana sample, where 16 out of 19 were), the main thing we might notice (besides frantic press coverage) is just a sudden drop in cases, as the remaining fuel is expended.
Well then, China will have to release a brand new bio-weapon if the Great Reset is to proceed apace!