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I've seen several outlets walking back the panic porn the last two days. They've hyped every variant, but this one was way over the top considering there is not any evidence supporting their armageddon claims.

Even panic-pusher CNN is backpedaling

"There are definitely hotspots where this virus likes to mutate now," he said. But just because there are many mutations doesn't necessarily mean they'll add up to a meaner virus.
"The ones that might affect transmissibility, I mean, I'm just not seeing a whole lot that would give it a real strong advantage over Delta," he said.
"Given that Omicron lacks so many of the non-spike mutations that have seemed to contribute to Delta's increased fitness I wouldn't be surprised if its intrinsic transmissibility is similar to Gamma,"