The idea of a rapid peak and swift decline has a precedent in South Africa, the country that revealed the presence of omicron in late November. Cases there spiked quickly and then dropped with unexpected speed after only a modest rise in hospitalizations. An especially transmissible virus tends to run out of human fuel — the susceptible portion of the population — quickly.
Some forecasts suggest coronavirus infections could peak by mid-January.
“Omicron will likely be quick. It won’t be easy, but it will be quick. Come the early spring, a lot of people will have experienced covid,” William Hanage, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said in an email Thursday.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/crazy-omicron-surge-could-peak-soon-but-the-virus-is-unpredictable-as-the-pandemic-enters-its-third-year/ar-AASi7IT?ocid=BingNews
However, it will likely peak in Europe first, then it will peak on the East Coast, then it will peak on the west Coast and last likely will be the midwest and North and South. It's possible every state will peak at a different time through Omicron.
So, watching Europe and New York City and when their peaks are and what they look like will help you when it peaks wherever you are.
With 500,000 (Wednesday) December29th yesterday testing positive mostly for Omicron it means that it is possible we could see over 1 million a day testing positive for Omicron before the virus peaks in each state one by one at different times.
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