# US omicron spike now

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Podcast: [Dr. John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784)
Published: 2026-07-12T19:30:00+00:00
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Omicron in the US is rip roaring away SA data https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/ Omicron variant, Houston Methodist patients https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2021/12/17/415844/omicron-variant-is-now-responsible-for-nearly-half-of-houston-methodists-covid-19-cases/ https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2021/12/15/415577/houston-hospitals-see-a-covid-19-uptick-as-omicron-and-delta-continue-to-spread/ Omicron variant, doubling every two to three days At least 45% of Methodist’s COVID-19 patients were omicron as of Friday Wednesday, 32% COVID-19 tests on symptomatic patients Saturday, (4 days before) 13% Half of the hospital’s omicron patients have been vaccinated with either two or three doses Four times as many positive COVID-19 test results since last week Fueled by the continued spread of the omicron variant Dr. Marc Boom, Methodist president and CEO If this spreads so rapidly that there are massive numbers of infected people, even if on average they’re very mild, if that hits the vulnerable in our population and they end up hospitalized, that can still be an incredibly challenging time S. Wesley Long, medical director of diagnostic microbiology Very likely reach 100% of all COVID-19 cases within the hospital by January That would be a faster sweep than even the delta variant, which took about a three-month span to sweep prior variants and achieve 100%, It is also possible that delta remains in some equilibrium with omicron over time US Cases https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailycases Hospitalizations https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#hospitalizations Rip roaring away Could bring the highest leve…

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