Assuming Omicron is a reality, imagine finding a mutation of a *virus* circumventing man-made attempts to block it.
most serious people discuss features suggesting it is an engineered variant.
synonymous/asynonymous mutation ratio way off.
no direct genetic ancestor sequences for almost 18 months back.
they say it spent time in mice, but those articles usually avoid mentioning what sort of building the mice might have lived in.
don’t even have a guess as to which nation-state did the work on omicron.