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To: Maple MAGA who wrote (754245)	12/21/2021 11:09:22 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By kckip Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794011

I saw the same kind of alarm. It was proclaimed here, in Houston, the first Omicron death had been suffered (a person with pretty extreme physical problems, apparently). We went to get boosters, and people were lined up for their appointments. There was talk of hospital shortages [again], and may so -- after all, Omicron while not as likely to land you in one, is certainly spreading quickly if we are getting any truth at all. Texas is pretty wide open, at least where I live -- and even going to get boosters no one suggested we should be wearing masks, no one in the store was wearing one that I saw. Yet, Texas had 23 deaths reported on Monday vs. NY's 131. While the media is telling us we may be looking at another "hospital crisis", Texas Medical Center -- probably the largest hospital complex in the nation -- looks pretty much "normal" as of today. Overall ICU usage is almost as low as it has been in a couple years. We'll see.