82% effective at preventing visits to the er or urgent care center. in comparison, two shots were only 38% effective at preventing those visits if it s been at least six months since the second shot. and no surprise here, all three studies found unvaccinated people faced the highest risk of getting covid. so with all that, as well as indications that the omicron surge could have peaked at least in the hard-hit northeast, we wanted to know about how much closer are we to finally getting control of the virus, once and for all? joining us now for his take is thomas who is by his own admission, not a epidemiologist but he is a data cruncher who analyzes data and covid online posts have had millions of views and have prompted serious discussions over the course of the entire pandemic. his latest blog posting is titled coronavirus game over it s time to start living again. thomas, you write that after the omicron surge, it will be quote game over because, quote, after
getting covid. so with all that, as well as indications that the omicron surge could have peaked at least in the hard-hit northeast, we wanted to know about how much closer are we to finally getting control of the virus, once and for all? joining us now for his take is thomas who is by his own admission, not a epidemiologist but he is a data cruncher who analyzes data and covid online posts have had millions of views and have prompted serious discussions over the course of the entire pandemic. his latest blog posting is titled coronavirus game over it s time to start living again. thomas, you write that after the omicron surge, it will be quote game over because, quote, after the omicron wave, we will be in a world where most people will have some sort of immunity, either through natural infections, vaccines, or both. we now know how how to get vaccines fast. we should approve them faster for new variants and we have treatments, too. the value of time for learning has dropped. we k