Fauci says US 'rushing' to get data on new COVID-19 variant

do the flu with yearly vaccines and hope for the best.

I think it's a little wee bit worse than the sniffles?

its a strain that was not predicted and thus was not incorporated into that years flu vaccine.

We can do better than that I think.

as possible.
That is what I mean when I say hope for the best.
After all it would be foolish and futile to hope it all goes away like Trump tried to do.

i.e we need to mask, don't party, get the vax.

As long as there are large enough pockets of unvaccinated, uninfected people that the virus can exploit, there will be continued evolution of the virus to create worse and worse strains. More new cases = more mutations = greater chance of a mutation favorable to the virus and unfavorable to us.

But, at some point the virus does effectively run out of large populations to exploit. At that point continued spread of the virus begins to depend on being as non-harmful as possible. That's when it becomes like the flu or common cold, as I understand it.

while the GQP blames Biden and don't care that their cult is suffering and dying.

If they wait weeks while the scientists are studying it, by then it will be too late and it will already be here. We do not want a variant that resists immunity from the vaccines. If we get that we are back to square one.

U.S. Imposes Travel Limits on Southern Africa Over Covid Variant

(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden imposed new travel restrictions on nations in southern Africa on Friday, joining efforts by other countries to try and slow the spread of a potentially potent new Covid-19 variant that’s roiled global markets.

The administration will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other countries starting on Monday, according to senior administration officials. In addition to South Africa, they include Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi.

The policy doesn’t apply to American citizens and lawful permanent residents, though they must still test negative prior to travel to the U.S., according to administration officials.

The WHO listed the mutated virus it named Omicron as a variant of concern Friday as several nations moved to halt travel from the region. Countries across Europe halted air travel from the region earlier in the day, as did Canada, while the S&P 500 posted its biggest slide on Friday since February.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/u-s-imposes-travel-limits-on-southern-africa-over-covid-variant/ar-AARb3PD

to achieve natural immunity.

Their body, their choice.

What if Omicron kills the the anti-vaxxers first before they do their super spreader routine? How do these rocket scientists figure out who's got it? This is why face masks are now even more important.

The problem that this story illustrates is the problem lies in other countries, not necessarily the US. The US makes up 4% of the worlds 8 billion population. Undeveloped countries, half of the world's population, are unvaccinated and thats where the mutations develop. Eventually there will be a varient that is more contagious, more deadly, or resistant/immune to vaccines that enters the US.