Beware anyone who rushes to declare a new variant mild. Many did this for Omicron and got it badly wrong. Omicron turned out to be one of the most deadly waves for many countries At very least people should wait until a wave is well over before making any assessment. We also need to include the impact of Long COVID.
@luckytran We barely know the long-term effects of the original #COVID for patients who survived it, we can't know how "mild" any new variant may be.