First Test Positivity peaked, then New Cases, and now Hospitalizations.
We (USA) are clearly past the peak of Omicron.
Some places in the NorthEast Corridor where Omicron exploded first, are already way down from their peak.
NYC’s highest day for new cases was 8 January, with 42K new cases. Yesterday (24 Jan) there were only 7K. The seven day average (which smooths out any reporting delays, like weekends) peaked in NYC on 10 January at 33.6K, yesterday it was down to 12.6K.
New Jersey is already down 2/3rds from their peak, and so is Maryland. Pennsylvania and Florida are already down half from their peaks.
Some places are still on the upswing, but it should not be much longer for them to peak as well. The Upper MidWest/North Central States is the last broad region Where Omicron surged, and the last big area to peak.
The typical Omicron wave drops to half in 10-14 days after the peak, and to about 1/10th of the peak in a month, in densely populated areas (Like London or Johannesburg) Very rural areas have a bit flatter and longer curves – just a few weeks more.
When you add up the USA as a whole, the highest single day was 10 January, with 1.3 million new cases. The 7 day average peaked on 15 Jan at 798K, and was down to 692K yesterday. Over the next week or two, the National total should hit the steep drop part of the curve, that NYC is already on. The last stragglers should see their local Omicron waves pass their peaks as well.
During March, it is expected to get down to a very low rate, with very low hospitalizations or death rates, that will likely remain pretty much permanently at low levels.
Already, people over 65 who have been vaccinated, or survived a prior case of COVID, have lower hospitalization or death rates from new COVID infections, than they do from Flu.
Between vaccination and infection, well over 95% of American adults already have some level of immunity to COVID. There will be extremely little room left for any potential future variant to do much damage. Once case numbers are much lower, so also will be the development of new variants.
Politicians in many Countries, including the USA, are preparing to declare victory and lift the restrictions. The UK did it last week. Their Omicron wave was about three weeks ahead of the USA. Travel restrictions by many countries have been lifting over the last couple of weeks.
Other parts of the world, including most of Asia, are a few weeks behind the USA on their Omicron waves, but we are only talking about a few more weeks.
No they don't. When the plandemic was kicked off, the corrupt medical establishment reclassified flu cases as Covid to pad the numbers and fan panic.
Now that they need to downplay their role, they're now shifting some of the flu cases back into the flu category for the vaccinated to make it look like the vaccines are less deadly/debilitating than they actually are. How else can they fake it like the shots work?