I don’t see the reasoning for this. Why would the damage be low, rather than simply lower than it would have been with less herd immunity (in the world where people hadn’t first gotten omicron)?
My guess is that it’s because previous infection seems to provide significant (rather than weak or moderate) protection, and there will be a lot more people who have been previously infected next time a new variant roles around.
I don’t see the reasoning for this. Why would the damage be low, rather than simply lower than it would have been with less herd immunity (in the world where people hadn’t first gotten omicron)?
My guess is that it’s because previous infection seems to provide significant (rather than weak or moderate) protection, and there will be a lot more people who have been previously infected next time a new variant roles around.