A Bay Area doctor expects the number of omicron cases to peak, but she doesn't expect deaths and hospitalizations to spike as they have in the past.
in San Francisco and Oakland. Of those patients, 31 were admitted for other ailments but tested positive, while 13 were admitted because of COVID. Dr. Noble says about half of those admitted due to COVID were unvaccinated. The other half are immunocompromised.
Once the omicron variant peaks in the United States, Dr. Noble says we need to re-think how we're handling the virus,"we are going to have to pivot to living with COVID." She also believes we should reassess our testing policies,"A lot of us are still living in this sort of 2020 panic of a positive COVID test means significant illness, it really doesn't mean that anymore," said Dr. Noble.
Dr. Noble's advice for us all:"What we really need to do is prepare for that pivot. Is to really embrace how effective our vaccines have been, how they have really saved us from the incredibly high death rates that we saw in 2020 and really focus on getting back to pre-pandemic life."
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