Omicron

 NY Times: Omicron Variant Might Help Defend Against Delta, Lab Study Suggests - In the lab, antibodies produced during an Omicron infection protected against Delta. If Omicron dominates in the real world, that could lead to a less dire future. By Carl Zimmer

“Maybe pushing Delta out is actually a good thing, and we’re looking at something we can live with more easily and that will disrupt us less than the previous variants.”