CV and mad panic behaviour

[Mav]

And unfortunately there's no guarantees there won't be a completely new variant coming along. Omicron has been a bit of a mystery. Scientists didn't see it coming and there are gaps in its family tree. To explain the gaps, there are 2 theories (and may be others):

1. Covid infected an HIV patient whose suppressed immune system allowed it to mutate over months rather than the usual days.
   
2. A human infected an animal with Covid and Covid mutated within that animal population to produce Omicron before animals returned the favour and infected a human with it.
   

Whatever the reason for Omicron being a surprise to epidemiologists might be, it appears that new mutations can suddenly appear like Captain Kirk transporting down from the Enterprise. Life wasn't meant to be easy, I guess ...