Financial Times perspective: South Africa providing clues to life after Omicron
Returning after a fortnight's break from the news cycle, it struck me how there's now overwhelming evidence the Covid-19 pandemic is over. Witness the tweet republished above from Prof Shabir Madhi, Dean of the Health Sciences faculty at Wits University. Also in the piece below from our partners at the Financial Times of London. This comes as no surprise to our tribe, having been telegraphed in pre-Christmas interviews with the likes of Netcare CEO Dr Richard Friedland (Dec 13) and pandemic-book author Brian Pottinger (Dec 24). Similarly, it's logical that vested interests will continue beating their drum long after dancers-to-their-tune have departed. As we recently published on BizNews, vaccine maker Pfizer admits this is a "once in an epoch" windfall for the multinational. Given there's billions still to be harvested while the official narrative continues, don't expect armies of propagandists to leave the battlefield. So, expect Big Pharma and those it funds to continue fuelling doubt about another deadly outbreak around the corner. For the rational mind, however, the conclusions are obvious. History tells us Covid-19 would evolve into a more transmissible but far less dangerous infection. Just like Spanish Flu more than 100 years ago. The now dominant Omicron's mortality rate is under 10% of previous strains. The pandemic is over. Normality will return. What great news to start the new year. – Alec Hogg
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