I'm happy to see that, here in leftist NY-land (within 60 miles of NYC), the local media are ACTUALLY reporting that the cases are very mild. I think this will blow over in a few days. They'll still talk about "rising infection rates", but I think they realize how foolish it is to try to claim this "variant" is a significant health threat, since the South Africans who discovered it were quick to report it was nothing to worry about.