Omicron, trajectory and unknowns

I'm hoping the pandemic will be essentially over in a few weeks and move into an endemic phase. The question is of course, how will the next month pan out? US cases and deaths data https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailycases Colorado https://covid19.colorado.gov/data California https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/#todays-update Florida http://ww11.doh.state.fl.us/comm/_partners/covid19_report_archive/covid19-data/covid19_data_latest.pdf New York https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-data-new-york Illinois https://dph.illinois.gov/covid19/data.html https://health.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/docs/2021-12-24_health_advisory.pdf UK data https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-omicron-daily-overview https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk Zoe https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/cases-set-to-break-200k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH7ISb-ReAo&t=139s https://covid.joinzoe.com SA hospital data https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa/ UK, 30th December 2021 Omicron hospital patients, + 261 + 98 + 49 = 815 Total omicron deaths, + 10 + 4 + 1 = 54 ONS, 23 December prevalence increases https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights England – 1,202,300 people (1 in 45) Wales – 54,400 people (1 in 55) Northern Ireland – 37,800 people (1 in 50) Scotland – 76,200 people (1 in 70) Third-dose and booster vaccinations lowest among ethnic minorities As of 24th December 2021 Adults aged 50 years and over in England, three vaccinations, 74.7% Pakistani, 42.2% Black Caribbean, 44.4% Black African, 45.4% Occupations with the lowest coverage Elementary trades and related occupations, 37.0% (14.5%) Skilled construction and building trades, 39.8% (12.0%) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices