Winter of Discontent

There's a brand new COVID vaccine specifically aimed at Omicron and is effective against that family of strains, which are about as endless as variations of Vitamin B. It can help improve the quality of life in this country and do a lot to fight harmful pathogens in the air.

In that sense, it's like a compact EV.  It also has something else in common with a compact EV - not too many Americans want it. 😮 

Many Americans aren't aware that this new vaccine exists, and many of those that are don't want it.  They consider the benefits of getting this Omicron booster and they're like, "Enh!"  The only problem (and it's a big one) is that if not enough Americans get the new Omicron booster, we could have another big bad wave of COVID infections this winter.

"Could"? More like "will."

Dr. Anthony Fauci (remember him?) is afraid that the failure to vaccinate enough Americans could make it possible for a more contagious and more dangerous new strain to emerge this winter - maybe another Omicron strain but maybe this time a strain distinctive enough to warrant its own Greek letter . . . and the next one is Pi.

No, Alice, Pi! 

And if too few of us get the Omicron booster, America could very well get hit with a Pi in the face.

Well, O.K., Alice, I guess that makes the point . . . 

And this would indeed be funny if it weren't so serious . . . 

We could be in for a heap of trouble.  President Biden should never have said that the pandemic is over.  I wish he hadn't said that.  I'm sure he wishes he hadn't said that.