Omicron Variant Means New Omnipresent Lockdowns?

The stock market plunged on the “Omicron Variant Panic” but the WSJ says “biggest danger is more government lockdowns” as President Biden learned nothing since announcing his “plan” to end the pandemic.

Explained the editors: “The Dow fell 2.5% while US crude prices tumbled 13% as the US & other countries restricted travel to southern Africa. President Biden wants lower oil prices & he may get his wish. But the frantic response by governments & markets may be overwrought given how little we still know about Omicron & how much we’ve learned during the pandemic.”

Meanwhile, No. 46 quickly joined those other governments on Friday ordering travel restrictions as a “precautionary measure” but you know where THAT precaution is headed: “Travel restrictions didn’t stop the Delta, Alpha or the original Wuhan strain from spreading around world … while … Omicron has been found in Belgium, which means it’s probably already in Europe & the US, too.” Hence, the market crash over fears the US & other countries will shut down their borders & lock them down yet again, even though the “one clear lesson from the pandemic is that lockdowns do more harm than good.” In other words, “Americans & the rest of the world need to learn to live with an ever-mutating virus. So do our politicians. Wait. Didn’t Trump say that 2 years ago?

Davd Soul