InfoGrenades / Weird, how was Omicron not a genetic mutation from the circulating virus?

It was most genetically similar to the EARLY strains. Did someone in South Africa splash cold water on the pandemic by mass-innoculating with a much weaker version?

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2021-12-12 14:21:07 +0000 UTC