Once you read that Omicron hasn't peaked in Europe yet it seems to me that the U.S. in New York might not peak until February

 And this also might mean that the West Coast won't peak until March. It's hard to say because Europe hasn't peaked with Omicron yet and they got it next after South Africa. South Africa is over Omicron peaking there. So, the timing should be off of South Africa because they peaked already.

This is a quote about this from another article:

The cautious optimism was underpinned by signals from South Africa, where Omicron was first detected in November, that the variant has now peaked. Data from the U.K. indicated the disease caused by Omicron is less severe than that from the Delta strain, which was until recently most prevalent.

Scientists, however, have cautioned that the impact of the variant in Europe might differ from that in South Africa, which has a young population and likely some degree of immunity to severe disease owing to high levels of prior infection. It is also summer in the Southern Hemisphere, and the virus often tends to spread more easily in winter, when people gather indoors.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/europe-fights-record-covid-19-cases-looks-to-reopenings/ar-AASkXLU?ocid=BingNews