No Cases of Omicron Virus Variant Identified in the US Yet: CDC

No cases of the new Omicron virus variant have been identified in the United States as of yet, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus variant was first seen in southern Africa earlier this month and has been designated a variant of concern by the World Health Organization, which says it may be more transmissible than the Delta and Alpha strains.

“No cases of this variant have been identified in the U.S. to date,” the CDC said in a statement Friday.

“CDC is continuously monitoring variants and the U.S. variant surveillance system has reliably detected new variants in this country. We expect Omicron to be identified quickly, if it emerges in the U.S.,” the agency added.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top U.S. public health official, said on the “Today” show Saturday that he “would not be surprised” if the Omicron variant was already in the United States.

“When you have a virus like this, it almost invariably is ultimately going to go essentially all over,” he said.

Fauci also said the genetic mutations indicate the strain will likely be more transmissible and may evade protection bestowed by vaccines.

The strain has been detected in a number of other countries. Officials in the Netherlands said they identified 61 cases among people whose travel originated in South Africa.

In other nations, officials said they had not confirmed the presence of Omicron but suspected it had already arrived.

Kai Klose, a top official in Germany, said on social media that it was “very likely” the variant was already in the country.

Several mutations “typical of Omicron” were detected in a person who was returning from South Africa, with complete sequencing not yet finished, he added.

Even if such a grand conspiratorial plan were underway, what sense would it make, having it deploy in the US, creating more lockdowns and shut downs and masking, and pissing off people even more, so that they would revolt and vote against the people in power, in other words how does spread of omicron variant strengthen the Democrats at the ballot box next year? Did all the SARS-CoV-2 protein spikes (peplomers) get together on Facebook Messenger secretly and conspire and say “ let’s stick it to the Americans! OK, I will volunteer to mutate!” ?

I'm not only referring to the United States. Having variants, real or fake, will be used as reasons for continued lockdowns and/or mandates in countries such as Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.

I wrote the above for anyone else who might read your posts. You, by are sarcastic wording, are clearly happy to have Coronavirus/Covid-19 be used as a way to abrogate republican forms of government and individual rights.

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Fauci: Omicron Probably Already In The US