Three ways this could go in 2022. As Omicron appears to foretell the ending of the plague, what happens next? I see 2022 as the year of radically diverging realities with freedom lovers creating parallel economies and vibrant new communities as woke cities and regions plunge deeper into existential emptiness and totalitarian control.
Edits: Added a couple of missing links ("this and this") here: "Plus, and here’s the divergent realities thing again, they don’t need to keep pounding us with hysterical media stories like this or this." * A couple of pieces of breathless omicron fear porn from NPR and The Atlantic. (Sorry NPR, but you've got to up your game if you think you're going to take The Atlantic's championship belt.)
Also: Although this news apparently "hasn’t" reached the governments of Austria and Germany...
Edits: Added a couple of missing links ("this and this") here: "Plus, and here’s the divergent realities thing again, they don’t need to keep pounding us with hysterical media stories like this or this." * A couple of pieces of breathless omicron fear porn from NPR and The Atlantic. (Sorry NPR, but you've got to up your game if you think you're going to take The Atlantic's championship belt.)
Also: Although this news apparently "hasn’t" reached the governments of Austria and Germany...