Okay, maybe that’s going a mite too far. It would certainly be nice if we had enough tests and therapeutics available to help us to protect the most vulnerable of our family members and neighbors. But we’ve been aiming for and falling short of this goal for a long time now. If the latest wave motivates the government to get its act together, great.
Then there’s some uncertainty around the subvariant itself. It appears to spread quite a bit faster even than the already highly contagious original Omicron strain (.BA1). But will it lead to more hospitalizations and deaths? There’s no sign of that yet, but because of the lag time between positive test results and the worst consequences of infection, we probably won’t be sure for a few more weeks.
But if .BA2 proves to be no more deadly than .BA1, our path forward is clear: We should go right on living without imposing or having to endure restrictions on behavior.
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