Like Swallowing Razor Blades: The Mystery of the Omicron Sore Throat

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As we approached the third year of the pandemic, a new type of COVID emerged. While the gradual reopening of public events and relaxing of mask mandates certainly didn’t help matters, it was also highly contagious and capable of stealthily evading protections offered by the most recent vaccine boosters. As it became the dominant variant in the US, epidemiologists predicted…