The Omicron variant is spreading all over the world at an alarming rate, reaching even the world’s most remote islands – many of which managed to stay protected from the coronavirus for over two years before this highly contagious strain hit.  However, the situation in several countries, including previous epicenters such as South Africa and the United Kingdom, suggests that the Omicron waves are much shorter and less damaging than the Delta ones, with case numbers rising rapidly to unprecedented highs and afterwards steeply declining, and hospitalizations...