That's a really good explanation, actually.

"And Then Omicron" is bad news everywhere.

The previous rounds gave us a little warning. But clearly few people actually listened to that warning...

I wonder if monkeypox is unsightly enough to build a fire under the butt of the folks who BSed their way through the Covid epidemic so far?

Omicron is not actually much more mild than Delta or any previous version. It just looks that way because so many people had already been infected and/or vaccinated. If it hits a totally immunologically naive population like most of our nursing home residents, it's devastating.