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About 15 times higher than they were before omicron started. so, number's going to come down a lot but i don't think it is going to go away quickly in terms of large numbers of cases, yet. >> on friday night, i spoke with a data cruncher who -- who is suggesting and wrote an article suggesting that once the omicron surge subsides, it may be game over. that the combination of the people who are vaccinated, people who have been infected already, as well with the development of therapeutics may mean that life did start to go back to normal. do you agree with that? and what do you think is gonna h...

Olstum. early on, you predicted the viral blizzard that the omicron variant caused. what are your expectations for when this surge will end? >> well, i think collective as a nation we have a few weeks left. as you already alluded to, there are some areas of the country that are seeing a number come down quickly now. what we're not sure is how long that tail is going to be. meaning increased cases even after we see the peak of the surge. if you look at south africa now, cases there are still about 15 times higher than before omicron started. so clearly the numbers will come down a lot, but i do...

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, yo...