“There hasn’t even been a SINGLE post about the ‘Delta Plus’ variant here at FR.”
Yes, there has. I read a few posts about it yesterday and I’m pretty sure on Sunday.
Here’s one example from 6-25: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3970871/posts
Funny: I haven’t seen one and a search for ‘plus’ in the title revealed absolutely nothing.
Ironically, after I posted that comment there was an article about it which had been posted mere minutes prior.
But your focus is hardly the point: The media overwhelmingly ignored the ‘plus’ development because they don’t want to draw attention to India’s successes (conflicts with the narrative).