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What Did We Expect?

Omicron is the inevitable consequence of rich countries hoarding vaccines and letting everyone else go to hell.

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Jack Mirkinson
Nov 29, 2021
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Well, here we are. Goodbye Delta world, hello Omicron world. It makes sense that these names are getting more cartoon villain-ish every time. In a nicer universe, Omicron would merely be the name of the shadowy company that a movie baddie runs, where they talk about bringing "progress" to the world but guess what, they're just working on alterin…

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