President Joe Biden on Monday gave an address at the White House aimed at quelling fears over the emergence of the omicron variant of Covid-19. Omicron was first identified by scientists in South Africa last week and has been detected in at least half a dozen other countries but not yet in the United States, although Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and Biden‘s chief medical adviser has said that the strain is probably already here. Researchers fear that the numerous mutations to the pathogen’s spike proteins – of which there are at le…

Read More