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Is there even a single confirmed death from Omicron yet? I've heard of a couple but they turned out to be fake.

This is a highly dynamic situation. Omicron is not alpha or even delta.

There are yes. On another note "28-day average case fatality rate in South Africa, the likely origin of the Omicron variant, tumbled in the past six weeks from 8% to 0.2%" from WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/omicron-variant-may-end-up-savi...

An unvaccinated man with underlying health conditions died in Texas mid December after testing positive for the COVID-19 omicron variant, officials in Houston said, marking what is believed to be the first death linked to the strain in the U.S.

https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/2021122...

Your article perfectly illustrates my point. It says Omicron is 3/4 of the cases and that this one person MIGHT have died from it, but it's unclear and may be due to his other health conditions.

Let's just assume it was Omicron that killed this guy. All signs point to Omicron being less deadly than the common cold.

I can’t find the article, but I believe that hospital modified their statement to specify that he died *with* Omicron, not *from* Omicron.

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