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 hours-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 tents 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 for my dad who's

trying to fly back and not sure he'll be able to. Dan Diamond reports on health care over at the Washington Post.

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

Amicron, 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.

It is Groundhog Day.

I mean, it's been Groundhog Day for nearly two years.

There have been moments of joy, but we just can't get to them consistently.

I mean, I think it's easy to look at these disruptions and think we're careening into a fresh COVID crisis.

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