Omicron - the end, or the beginning?

"I am hopeful and prayerful, that this variant is the beginning of the end. Most citizens of this country and others, are Covid weary. Been there, done that. We want to go back to normal, or as close to normal as we can get."

Just when you thought it might be safe to go back in the water (as was said in the movie "Jaws")! We all thought that this pandemic thing was soon going be mentioned in past tense only. Then the Omicron variant showed up - uninvited. It is going through some countries, including countries which have many people vaxxed, like a wildfire. Omicron has become the proverbial "turd in the punchbowl", at our festive Christmas party.

But hold on for a minute. Omicron might not be a huge bump in the road. It might not be the end of a new beginning. It might in fact, be the beginning of the end. Really? How so? Read an interesting article yesterday, penned by some medical experts who study this stuff. They were comparing this pandemic to the 1918 pandemic. That would be the Spanish Flu. Did you know the Spanish Flu is still around today? It has mutated itself down into being just like the common flu. Or - maybe is the common flu.

What is the glimmer of hope for some scientists, is even though Omicron is very contagious, those who get it (for the most part), become much less sick than those who got the Delta variant. The hope is (and right now, it is only hope), Omicron is taking Covid - 19 down the same path as the Spanish Flu. In other words, it will always be with us, and many will be sickened, but most will survive - just like the common flu. 

If that is the case, all these government mandates can leave - now. People will know how to take care of themselves. Some will get vaxxed, some will not. Some will get boosted every year, some will not. Some will take supplements to build up their immunity, some will not. Some, if they get sick, will take the new therapeutics made by Pfizer and Merck, some will simply let nature take its course.

I am hopeful and prayerful, that this variant is the beginning of the end. Most citizens of this country and others, are Covid weary. Been there, done that. We want to go back to normal, or as close to normal as we can get. Do people want to get this disease? Heck no. From what I have heard, even a glancing blow from this stuff is very unpleasant. 

How will Omicron affect everyone's Christmas? Unknown. Hopefully, not at all. How about January? Will that be normal or will it be like last year? Again, unknown. All we can do is live our lives, day by day. And hope and pray there is light at the end of this very dark Covid tunnel.