>he wanted to achieve herd immunity without having enough vaccines or not having them at all Instead he managed to brew an exciting new variant, which is what

>he wanted to achieve herd immunity without having enough vaccines or not having them at all Instead he managed to brew an exciting new variant, which is what every health official was warning against. And I'm guessing that unless the majority of the population are rapidly inoculated then exciting new strains could constantly evolve until we have something truly nasty.