No. I am getting my information by web searches of reports that give actual hard data then I follow the references back to the scientific studies that produced and examined the data. I posted one such article just above. They aren't going to make CNN's broadcasts but you don't have to go too many pages deep after searching "Omicron South Africa" to find that it is a very contagious variant but typically has very mild symptoms. It appears to contribute to natural immunity against other more dangerous variants. It also appears to have a very steep but short outbreak curve. South African officials believe it will be gone from that country in a matter of a few weeks.
You are very obviously getting yours through media hype promoting the worst possible outcome as the inevitable outcome. The best sources of information are those that report lots of facts and not much opinion and who actually let the science and scientists speak for themselves... in context and completely
You probably believe that the vaccines are superior to natural immunity following recovery from Covid. You've probably seen reports claiming that studies show just that. But we've reached a point where we have actual data that either confirms or refutes the studies. Below is a link to the MO Dept of Health Dashboard. I use it quite a bit because they mainly present straight data. They did try to confuse people some with the comparison of breakthrough vax cases and unvaxed cases... and they didn't do an apples to apples between vaxed and naturally immune... but there's still a lot here. Notice that 2.55% of fully vaxed in MO have been infected. The vaccines have only been available since March or so. That number has increased by over .5% in just the last month. Reinfections on the other hand just topped 1% SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. So for almost 2 years now... reinfections are almost non-existent while breakthroughs are becoming more common.
Also note that the CFR for vaxed people is up to .03% while among the reinfected that number is only .01%. In raw numbers the difference is even more stark. Just over 100 reinfected people have died in MO. Over 6700 fully vaxed people have died.
Make sure on the breakthrough page to scroll down to the bottom and notice that the % of cases among the fully vaxed has steadily increased all year. From other sources I am privy to reinfections seem to be pretty consistent and likely occur among those who had Covid but did not develop antibody memory. In severe cases, it is believed that Covid actually interferes with the development of immunity in a small %.
Health Metrics - Breakthrough Cases | COVID-19 Outbreak | Health & Senior Services (mo.gov)
