The Hot New Omicron Variant

The media hype over a new variant obscures the important clinical details

This is my least favorite topic to write about. There is a new COVID variant in the news and it needs to be addressed.

Dammit.

Let’s cover the technical basics of what is going on with a reminder that all my information comes from virologists and epidemiologists I trust, so I’m basically just parroting their information. In an age long ago, this would be …