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For most of 2021, the world has been fighting

with various COVID variants, which are all more efficient

than the OG from Wuhan.

We had Alpha, we had Lambda, we had Delta, you know,

COVID basically turned the planet into the shittiest

Fred House of all time.

But just when we thought we had it all figured out,

last week, scientists in South Africa announced

that they discovered a new variant,

and what they saw is freaking people out.

Scientists are racing to learn more

about a new COVID variant already setting up

the alarm bells around the world.

According to South African scientists,

the Omicron variant has more than 50 mutations

and is likely to be more transmissible.

It has a bunch of mutations, a disturbingly large number

of mutations in the spike protein,

which is the business end of the virus.

The COVID-19 vaccines target the spike protein.

If the spike changes too much and in the wrong way,

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