Premium: World takes cue from SA – far less severe Omicron raises optimism

I'm blessed with a glass-half-full demeanour, a precondition perhaps for mental health if you're an entrepreneur and South African. So it's possible I'm seeing greenshoots in mid-winter. But there does seem to be a strong case to believe the war against Covid-19 has turned. That the worst is behind us.

The piece from our partners at The Financial Times in London is sure to nudge your thinking in that direction. As Brian Pottinger shared with us yesterday, as coronaviruses constantly mutate they lose their pathogenic intensity. Omicron is following this path. Infections among those without "antidotes" (as Pottinger describes vaccines) are in far less danger than during previous waves.

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