The omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has arrived everywhere but to no surprise. There’s a significant lag between the time a mutation first infects someone, and when science identifies and isolates the new strain. In that gap, infected individuals inevitably travel or come in contact with others in such a way that the mutant virus spreads around the world before science even knows it exists. Omicron is now known to be present in over 40 countries, but that number will soon be 80 and then 120. The virus goes where it wants. Lockdowns don’t work and never will.
First data from the first 12 states in the United States in which the omicron variant was detected shows beyond doubt that vaccines do not prevent COVID infections and that this is not a pandemic of the unvaccinated. The vaccinated and unvaccinated are equally likely to become infected and to spread the virus. If the data is so clear, why are politicians persecuting the unvaccinated, imposing unneeded vaccination mandates, and ignoring natural immunity who have recovered from COVID?
The answers is simple: Some politicians are just ignorant and do what they are told by corrupt public health officials. Some politicians know better but consider it politically expedient to do something even if the something makes no sense. Most disturbing are those politicians who are using the pandemic to induce fear and intimidate the population into following orders and doing what they are told.
Until citizens stand up to these fear-inducers and intimidators, the pandemic will never be over and life will never return to normal. The choice between more intimidation and more freedom has rarely been more clear.