One thing to consider... I believe it is the middle of the summer right now in South Africa. That doesn’t mean this omicron variant is much to worry about but summertime tends to go easier on the infecctions.
Plus I saw a doctor who said, the area of South Africa that was most affected by Omicron was mostly a younger population and had already had a lot of exposure to other variants.
So it’s a little hard to say it’s really mild. UK came out just a couple of days ago and said they weren’t seeing evidence that Omicron was any milder than Delta.
I hope it is mild.
I was really hoping we’d be past Omicron and would have Pi for Christmas.