All we have so far is this press release: https://www.med.hku.hk/en/news/press/20211215-omicron-sars-cov-2-infection<p>If the numbers in the graph are total growth in 24 hours, then omicron=10000 & delta=~140.<p>Calculate log(10000)/log(10000/70) = 1.86<p>Ie, omicron grows 1.86 times as fast as delta, or 86% faster.<p>That's significant, but 1.86 is a whole lot smaller than 70.<p>(If the numbers in the graph are something else, then we actually can't tell what the ratio is.)
As the professor from John Hopkins stated, it should be omi-cold. It is substantially milder than the other variants, less likely to lead to hospitalization or death. It’s just another political stunt.