As to what you said on your last paragraph, it seems omni is a bit of a blessing in that sense. Anecdotally, delta wrecked everyone I knew that caught it, but omni was a brush off to moderate flu for all but seniors. Is that attributed to the initial rounds of vaccinations?

Could the new path be to just keep the vulnerable well boosted? We are never going to get herd immunity with covid, and most are refusing shots at this point. From what Ive heard from friends visiting stateside, nobody even covers their mouths when they cough, and booger faced kids with wet coughs are everywhere, so spread prevention seems impossible