On the bolded bit:
IF it's more easily transmissible (which it seems to be) and
IF that Delta + Omicron effect does happen
There will be a mini lockdown by proxy because bar staff, cab drivers, cooks, footballers, stewards, railway workers, lorry drivers et al will be sick or isolating...
But Bozza said
so many people will be severely ill at the same time that hospitals will be swamped. At that point you either turn those sick with Covid away or those with all manner of other ailments, including cancer and heart attacks etc, are turned away - there's simply no resources left to...
There are no easy answers but is one of the questions "should hospitals prioritise the vaccinated"?
At what point do those of us who will wear a mask and get vaccinated say they've had enough of protecting those who won't?