Forbes: 7 Deaths From Omicron Covid-19 Coronavirus Variant In UK, Showing It’s Not The ‘Omicold’ Well, so much for those “Omicold” claims about the Omicron variant. The Omicron variant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is certainly not the same as the common cold. While the jury’s still out on how virulent the Omicron variant may be, this new variant is proving that it can hospitalize and kill people, which is not what the common cold does. Today, the U.K. Health Security Agency reported that there have already been seven deaths and 85 hospitalizations related to the Omicron variant in the U.K. as of December 16. xThere’s more than one way to die from Covid. If hospitals are full or understaffed, your treatable illness or emergency may not get care in time. That’s just as much a Covid-related death as the poor souls dying of misinformation in the ICU. #Covid_19 #Omicron— Emily Landon (@emilymicheleL) December 19, 2021 Read more