Every single official communication and report on the Omicron virus has been advising us not to panic. This is sound advice as panic in any situation usually means knee-jerk reactions, reading too much into what may not be the whole truth and a general frenzied state of mind, where the strong point is not logic.

The Omicron virus, several reports say, is highly transmissible but has not caused severe disease as yet. It will still take at least two weeks for scientists to gauge the severity of the disease, but, as of now, they claim that the upside is that it is less severe than the previous variant, which is Delta. While the race to tackle variants and research are on, we must pay attention to the important point: do not panic, but we must use precautions, that is what every single credible report is saying.