Denmark sees initial signs that dire omicron surge can be avoided

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Early benchmarks from Denmark on infections and hospitalizations are providing grounds for guarded optimism that highly vaccinated countries might be able to weather the omicron wave.

The developments, coupled with Denmark’s speedy rollout of booster shots, have raised hopes the country can avoid the dire coronavirus surge for which it has been bracing.

“It’s too early to relax, but it’s encouraging that we are not following the worst-case scenario,” said Tyra Grove Krause, the chief epidemiologist at Denmark’s State Serum Institute.

Denmark’s detailed, nationwide program for coronavirus testing and analysis gives its scientists a trove of real-time data about the pandemic. Because of that — and because it was one of the first countries outside of Africa to witness omicron’s explosive potential — it has turned into a European bellwether for what to expect with the omicron variant.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/24/denmark-coronavirus-omicron-variant/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. The headline is a little bit inaccurate, according to the article.

Omicrom is a complex beast and its behaviors are not well understood yet.

But the article does point out some ways that this virus may not be as dangerous as we first thought.

A good read!