Why we need a new approach for the omicron phase of the pandemic

In the past 10 days, almost a dozen people I know have tested positive for the coronavirus. Two of them had a rough time with it and said it was comparable to a full-blown case of flu. The others had a day of chills or nothing at all. When asked about symptoms, one of them, having been isolated, responded, “Boredom.”

I realize that this is anecdotal, but the data so far confirms this pattern. In the words of one Wall Street Journal headline, “New York’s Omicron Surge Points to a Wave of Mild Cases.” If the pattern holds up, it is crucial that we approach this phase of the pandemic differently rather than fighting the same way we did against the last variant.

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