But they have to keep the panic going 'til mid-terms

NYT: Omicron is not just milder, its risk is akin to the flu

Lots of caveats; many more patients admitted to hospitals, people can die from COVID, just as those suffering from the non-Chineze version do, etc., but bottom line Omicron is doing what viruses do: mutate to a less lethal edition, and become, at worst, an epidemic, and no longer a pandemic.

All that said, it’s critical for the Biden Commission to keep the sheeple focused on fear, and not the economy, so look for them and their media mouthpieces to keep sheiking about COVID until, say, September, when victory will be declared, and the Democrats will have a two month afterglow of success to glide into and through the election.