@ydeigin
8) and not just any SARS2 varian, no the had sampled their viruses in JUNE 2020, when the closest omicron relative was last seen out there.
And not any variant, no, e.g. a B.1.1.117, B.1.1.1 and a B.1.1.56 virus.
Omicron is B.1.1.529, sounds somewhat similar, right?