Most of all, the fact that omicron seems to have arrived and peaked too quickly for Congress to react shouldn’t be a reason for it to do nothing. The next variant might also come quickly — and could be more rather than less severe. America needs to act as quickly as possible on improving its response rather than waiting for the threat to emerge — by which time it will likely be too late.

Source: Washington Post January 23, 2022 15:30 UTC