Omicron deaths still zero despite spreading twice as fast as deadly Delta

So.

A new variant appears out of nowhere with a completely unclear evolution pathway, spreads twice as fast as Delta (despite not being related to Delta) and causes only mild symptoms - despite researchers saying that the coronavirus likely has not much evolutionary pressure to reduce lethality.

I guess "positive" conspiracy theories are less appealing, but I'm surprised there has not been any speculation yet that some "good samaritans" could have bioengineered this variant in an attempt to end the pandemic.

Could this actually be good? It’s less dangerous but spreads faster, which means more people will build natural immunity faster against past and future more agressive variants.

I’m obviously no scientist, but if my logic makes sense, this could actually be an interesting twist of events.

Cases and excess deaths are up in many countries, so it's early to say that it's mild. There is an additional wrinkle: a lineage of Omicron (BA.2) has recently been discovered that requires full genetic sequencing to be detected as "Omicron" rather than "regular COVID", because it lacks a feature that allowed PCR tests to detect BA.1. It's becoming known as "stealth Omicron", which is a delightfully rad name. It's possible this lineage has spread widely, which could explain much of the recent rise in seemingly non-Omicron COVID cases and deaths.

Germany reported it’s highest covid deaths since Feb. The variant is new and we don’t properly test for it, it’ll take a bit till we start correctly attributing the deaths it is causing.