Omicron is the weakest of all the variants and has killed one 86 year old who had underlying heart conditions so yeah at the moment with omicron its pure scaremongering. Even south Africa who had it first can't believe uk hysteria I can cos we are the most gullable people in Europe.
Think it’s more to do with the people who work in hospitals firefighters police with how easier you can catch the new variant they won’t have enough people to work if they are all isolating.