The Guardian notes:
The first suspected cases of the Omicron Covid variant in Germany and the Czech Republic are being investigated, as Dutch authorities scramble to see if 61 passengers from South Africa who tested positive for Covid-19 have the new variant. Omicron, first identified in South Africa and known officially as B.1.1.529, has already been detected in travellers in Belgium, Hong Kong and Israel, according to reports. Australia and several other countries joined those imposing restrictions on travel from southern Africa on Saturday after the discovery of the variant – described by the World Health Organization as “of concern” – triggered a selloff on global stock markets. In Germany, a minister in the state of Hesse said on Saturday the variant had probably arrived in a traveller returning from South Africa.
And our medical wizards in Washington have delayed our restrictions until Monday, how many will get in by then, and leave the southern border wide open for massive influx and then distribute them across the country.
Two years ago if we had acted we would not be in this mess. Unfortunately we seem to have the same life time employment folks in control worsened by politics.
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