Germany has been running at 500 deaths per day from Delta for several weeks (https://covid19.who.int/region/euro/country/de). The evidence from the UK is that Omicron overtakes Delta in just a few days (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...). As the most recent research in the UK suggests (https://www.politico.eu/article/omicron-variant-coronavirus-...), and the data in the parent comment demonstrates in the case of South Africa, Omicron is significantly less harmful. My conclusion is that we should really welcome Omicron as the variant that will vaccinate those holding out against the man-made vaccine without killing and hospitalising too many of them.