Eric Feigel-Ding tweet about Omicron not being so mild:

[SunSeeker]

21. My best friend just got covid, because she believed her idiot husband who said it was mild.

They're both in their late 60s and vaccinated but never got boosters. He blamed his Pfizer shots for a flare-up of arthritis in his shoulders, so they put off having boosters. At Christmas I tried to talk some sense into them but he told me if they get Omicron, it will be like a mild cold and then they'll be fine and have great immunity. He has no degree. In anything.

But she believed him.

Then Monday of last week they went and hung out with his unvaccinated daughter who later informed them that she has tested positive. This Sunday my friend started having symptoms (sore throat, congestion) and both she and her husband got PCR tests. Yesterday both of their results came back positive.

My friend yesterday sounded congested when I spoke to her over the phone, but she insisted she was fine, and that her husband was asymptomatic.

Thank God I did not hang out with them last week.