> The omicron outbreak at an Oslo Christmas party seen as "the biggest in the world outside of South Africa", is so far only causing mild disease, with Norway's state epidemiologist expressing hope it might mark the beginning of the end for the pandemic ... They have symptoms like fever, cough, headache, muscle pain, fatigue, but for now, none of them has become severely ill, and none of them have been treated in hospital ... one of his agency's three scenarios for omicron was that it would be both very mild and very transmissible. "That is the hope. That is the best scenario we can have," he said. "That it's getting minder, most people will get it, and they will get a natural immunity."
Dec 16, https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/wireStory/omicron-dominant...
> wastewater samples show that the new omicron variant is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the Florida county that is home to the nation's largest theme park resorts ... It's a different story when it comes to people seeking treatment for COVID-19, officials said. “Those who are hospitalized are being primarily infected by the Delta variant,” Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said Wednesday.