Monday, December 20, 2021

Day 689: Made in a Lab, Omicron Edition

Eugyppius and Igor Chudov (among others he cites in an update) independently conclude that Omicron was made in a lab through gain-of-function research, possibly for the purpose of vaccination.

On the COVID theater front, the City of Boston has announced a vaccination requirement for restaurants, theaters, and gyms starting in mid-January (with a series of later start dates for children). There is no booster requirement yet, nor any softening of the city's mask mandate. PlagueBlog recommends against congregating indoors exclusively with the vaccinated this way, as they appear to be more susceptible to Omicron than the unvaccinated.

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