The new COVID variant is an excuse for control—the little frisson that comes with the exercise of power and lording it over other people.
Oh, Oh, Omicron! › American Greatness (amgreatness.com)
"So why the panic? Partly, it is because panic is an antidote to boredom. People are heavily bored. Panic also licenses the people who want to run your life to, well, run your life. “Most Omicron cases so far have been mild,” runs one headline, “but experts say it will take weeks to understand how severe the variant can be.” Ah, “experts”! What would we do without them?"
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