[NicoJuicy]

First of all. Not thousands, but 571 as i checked on a population of 320.000.000 in the US and with a reasonable amount of people unvaccinated ( and they chose for this, other people aren't responsible for other people's decisions)

And as mentioned in my above comment.

Can you show me how many are dying because of Omicron specific and how many are related to previous Delta infection that were already admitted in the hospital?

I'm not saying people aren't dying. Lockdowns aren't in place for the flu and that has also 52 k. deaths per year ( = 145 per year) and is much less contagious as Omicron. Also, Delta is not gone yet.

You have to compare numbers with reality. Otherwise I can ask you at how many deaths per year you would reduce restrictions or at what death/severity rate.

0 is definitely impossible as some people will remain unvaccinated. You could have the same argument that 10 people are dying per year...

PS. Compare it with December 2020/January 2021 which would be comparable with visiting family/friends multiple times. We aren't anywhere near that peak with *7 infections.

[eli]

Most states don't report deaths on the weekend, which is why you should look at the 7-day average. It was 3,866 deaths on Friday.

[NicoJuicy]

Sure. Compare cases vs deaths over a 7 day average with a comparable timing ( eg. January 2021)

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/worldwide-graphs/#...

Lots of more new cases, less severe ones.

It works both ways to have a fair comparison.