but supposedly over 99% of the new cases are omicron, not covid- omicron doesn’t cause deaths, so why are we still seeing over 2000 deaths a day in the us?
I wonder what the tolls from past flu seasons would look like, if they also included co-morbidities as they are doing with WuFlu. For example, the 2017-18 season had about 86,000 flu deaths.
Just because omicron is milder does not mean it is mild.
omicron doesn’t cause death
Incorrect, and, SA's experience is unlikely, for a whole host of reasons, to necessarily predict ours exactly. About the best that can be said is Omicron is considerably less lethal per case than Delta. But, Omicron is considerably more infectious, and people in the US are mitigating much less, rather insuring they'll be exposed heavily. Also as discussed here on previous threads, our current case numbers are probably quite understated. Basically the two factors, higher cases x lower CFR, are cancelling out.