“Cancel Holiday Plans” says a California doctor.
The CDC says that the omicron variant accounted for 73% of new infections in the United States last week. California has less than a third of New Hampshire’s rates of covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, but here is a sobering article from California, quoting multiple doctors, including this:
“Dr. Jorge Salinas, a Stanford infectious disease expert, said omicron ‘couldn’t catch us at a worse moment’ nationally, with pandemic fatigue high and Christmas just days away. He said he’d advise most people cancel their holiday plans, or severely curtail them. ‘I understand it’s Christmas in five days, but the virus doesn’t care if it’s Christmas or not,’ he said.”
Is Omicron As Contagious As The Measles
by Kellie Hwang - December 20, 2021, San Francisco Chronicle