All-time peak yesterday, 158,000 US Covid hospitalizations, represent 2 opposite geographic trends:
Hospitalizations and ICU admissions are increasing in the West and South, decreasing in the Northeast and Midwesthttps://t.co/wQo7Wp58q0 by @LaurenLeatherby @albertsun pic.twitter.com/uUSy6x0M0l

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 21, 2022

Clear & present danger that — as has happened previously in this #pandemic — a drop in new cases will lead to complacency & cavalier behavior, even as hospitals remain full and #COVID19 deaths mount. https://t.co/tdMnFH8dWR

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) January 22, 2022

Latest on global distribution of #Omicron from https://t.co/PGzJWRqfXT shows that it dominates, in terms of % of all recent #SARSCoV2 samples genetically sequenced:
Africa 98%
Asia 77%
Europe 88%
North America 91%
South America 85.5% pic.twitter.com/490nSaKVco

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) January 22, 2022

The CDC has updated their COVID data for December. They show that during the rapid spread of Omicron, vaccinated people experienced more breakthrough infections but were still much less likely to be infected than the unvaccinated. https://t.co/ctR5bRGJiA pic.twitter.com/Oppzfkr7BT

— Kevin 👐 Glass (@KevinWGlass) January 22, 2022

Covid: New Zealand PM Ardern cancels wedding amid Omicron wave https://t.co/iy8icu8uh7

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 23, 2022