We've got a few nice days coming up with a couple of days of bitter cold forecast for midweek next week. I hope that turns out to be a bust. They've taken wintery precipitation out of that forecast, but it changes every day. Forecasts are largely worthless, I've noticed. There are reports now of a new Omicron variant spreading in "North Texas". There are cases in Dallas and Houston, and in Denmark it is now the dominant strain. It only took a couple of weeks for infections to explode there, as the new strain appears to be significantly more infectious than the last dominant Omicron variant. Not clear how much protection vaccination provides (but surely it's better to be vaccinated), and the severity of this variant is not clear. And what does "North Texas" mean, precisely? I would say Amarillo, as a guess. And the US is now over 880,000 Covid deaths, with almost 60,000 in the last 28 days. And there are still people who won't get vaccinated. Amazing! The depth of ignorance in this country, and in the human population at large, is really stunning. Ignorance and superstition that would do a Neanderthal proud. Oh well. Nothing I can do about any of this. Just sit back and see what happens next.
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