First confirmed US case of Omicron coronavirus variant detected in California
One so far on Oahu in Hawaii - someone who hasn't traveled recently, so obviously got it from someone who did travel - maybe has come and gone already - over Thanksgiving. That means there is more out there, but only one so far was sick enough to get tested.
There is a great argument for requiring either being vaxed or a negative Covid test for commercial domestic air travel in the US, but no way Biden will push for it, since his poll numbers are already negative and he is afraid of the pushback from Repubs and the Trumpers over it. I'm not going to travel outside the US or fly domestically until sometime next spring at the earliest, or until the variants are under control. Until then, I would advise all people that dare to travel outside the US or fly domestically, to use an N-95 mask and probably also goggles and a face shield, even if they are fully vaxed and boosted.
All Virus mutate. We need to stop making a big deal out of each mutation. Just like we need annual shots for the flu virus, we will need annual shots (or more) for covid.
And now Minnesota who had just returned from a conference in NYC.