Omicron is the side effects of the vaccine combined with the push for testing with fraudulent test kits that have no ability to diagnose omicron. Add to this the propaganda fear hysteria via the media taking advantage of seasonal colds and flu.
Real scientists and doctors know that viruses mutate to become weaker.
omicron has no known genetic direct ancestor after summer 2020, and a lot more mutations to boot.
it is entirely plausible that this was something that was also worked on in a lab, possibly by another party than the original lab work.
if that prospect is scary in the ‘big picture’ (different groups releasing different variants for their own purposes), I agree.
I also am not unaware that gates specifically mentioned smallpox as a future pandemic.