With Omicron cases rising globally, is India headed for a third wave of Covid? Should India take the statistics of rising Omicron cases globally more seriously and avoid the kind of spikes we had with the Delta variant? Studies are conflicting - while one suggests that there is nothing to show that the Omicron variant is milder than the Delta, another says it is less severe and needs much less hospitalisation. While the Centre asked states to prepare war rooms to fight Omicron, is it time for the booster shots?