The canary in the coal mine right now is South Africa regarding the latest more efficient variant. A future successful variant will make sense in hindsight but predicting what random mutation will or can do is "unpredictable".

"Predicting is hard especially about the future."
quote: Casey Stengle

There is still value in potentialities and likelyhoods. Go for it. I often do. :^/

The scientific method takes longer but works better. If we're guessing...
My guess is that Omicron is neither a blessing or a curse.