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Here are a few of the early clues I got that the Omicron Wave was going to look different.

First, I'd get on Zoom for a meeting, and someone in that meeting would be phoning in from

an hour's long coronavirus testing line. Then, I'd walk out my door, and I'd run smack

into these lines, myself, at the urgent care center down the block, or at the little

tense that started popping up on the sidewalk. And then, these emails started trickling in

from school. There were one or two cases, they said. Then, there were a dozen cases.

Then, 19. Pretty soon, the teachers started calling in sick. These interruptions, you've

probably noticed them. One in ten flights were canceled this past weekend. Sure, there

was snow, but pilots were getting COVID, too.

It's funny, Mary. Right before we started doing this, I got a text message from my dad

who's trying to fly back, and not sure he'll be able to.

Dan Diamond reports on healthcare over the Washington Post.

The shutdown of basic parts of our society, because so many people are getting sick with

a homicron. This was what folks worried about some weeks ago, and I think that's come

to pass.

For Dan, the deja vu right now is real.

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