other point since the beginning of the pandemic. initial reports seem to suggest out of south africa that omicron was not as aggressive as the delta variant, but the imperial college here, which analyzes infection data says that there s no evidence to suggest that it s any milder than the delta variant, and that s dampened the spirits of many medical experts who were hoping a change in the veer ewe lens of the variant would reduce hospitalizations. now medical experts are saying record numbers of this variant are going to put a large number of people in hospital and that s going to put a lot of strain on the medical health system. and that s also set alarm bells off amongst governments who are taking measures across europe. in austria, they ve already imposed travel restrictions, france has banned all travelers from the uk. they ve canceled new year s eve