[color="DarkRed"]Never let a good crisis go to waste, even if you have to keep manufacturing them in labs!:rolleyes:

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/public-health-experts-have-new-covid-boogeyman-called-stealth-omicron

Public Health 'Experts' Have A New COVID Boogeyman Called "Stealth" Omicron
Jan 28, 2022

Deaths involving patients infected with COVID have risen in the US recently, even as case numbers have continued to decline. But what's even more concerning is that a growing percentage of overall deaths are being attributed to 'breakthrough' infections involving vaxxed & booster patients). It's just the latest example of how narratives pushed by the government change as they are confronted with contradictory evidence (this time, it's the notion that the vaccinated would escape death, something we now know to be untrue).

Despite this, it seems like people across the US and around the world are growing more bold as the longing to return to "normal" intensifies. In northern Europe, Denmark and the Netherlands are abandoning COVID restrictions even as the outbreak has persisted.

At the same time, scientists around the world have found something new with which to prime the public for Booster No. 4 (now that both Pfizer and Moderna have started human trials for their omicron-focused jabs): A new sub-variant called "stealth omicron", also known as BA.2.

According to NBC News, "stealth omicron" isn't a new COVID variant, and has not yet been classified as a variant of interest or concern by the WHO. "It's still omicron," said Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady on Tuesday. "It's just...sort of certain letters point one versus certain letters point two. It's a slight variation in terms of what is being picked up, but I want to be really clear it has not even been classified as a variant of interest yet... this isn't even a new variant." Instead, it's "a slightly different flavor of omicron."

"Stealth omicron" has been detected in 40 countries so far. It got its nickname because of its particular genetic traits, which make it more difficult to detect. Some scientists worry it could also be more contagious.

To be sure, there's still plenty that we don't know about the new variant, including whether it evades vaccines better or causes more severe disease. Right now, its ability to evade detection has led to its nickname. There's also some evidence that it's more contagious than the original omicron variant..........