It’s Not Too Late to Avoid Getting Covid

January 2022 is one of the worst possible times to get Covid-19. That’s not only because hospitals are dangerously full, but because after nearly two years of gradually learning more about SARS-CoV-2, the omicron variant has thrust scientists and doctors back into a state of ignorance and guessing. Tests and treatments are in short supply. But this isn’t March 2020 all over again; in fact, the situation is likely to improve dramatically in just a couple of months.

Omicron seemed to come out of left field. Scientists had predicted that any new variants would likely be offshoots of delta, since that variant accounted for most infections worldwide, but omicron is a distant cousin that nobody knew existed until it was rising at an alarming rate in South Africa.