1) South Africa hasn't seen an increase in hospitalization or deaths and we are 4 weeks past the start of their wave.

2) Doctors are stating that those hospitalized with Omicron are not seeing oxygen levels drop, likely because this variant is not affecting the lungs, but rather the upper respiratory system.

3) Average hospital stay is less than half as long as with Delta.

The scientists have to have irrefutable evidence before they will state what is plainly obvious.