Omicron will very soon (within weeks of mid-December 2021) become the dominant COVID-19 variant in the US.
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“if you have just a couple of percentages of the isolates being Omicron, very soon, it's going to be the dominant variant.”
- Said on
- 16 December 2021 · ABC Good Morning America interview, clip aired in CNN At This Hour transcript, December 16, 2021
- Source
- At This Hour transcript, December 16, 2021 · CNN
- Should come true
- Jan 2022
- How sure they sounded
- very soon, it's going to be
- Categories
- Health
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · Omicron's takeover drove the US winter 2021-22 surge.
Outcome
Accurate Happened 20 December 2021.
On December 20, 2021 the CDC estimated Omicron accounted for about 73% of new US cases in the prior week, making it the dominant variant within days of his December 16 remark.
- https://www.wsls.com/health/2021/12/20/omicron-sweeps-across-nation-now-73-of-us-covid-19-cases/
- https://www.contagionlive.com/view/omicron-is-now-the-dominant-variant-in-the-us-accounts-for-73-of-all-new-cases
History
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