"I'm all for stopping new variants of COVID" That's very likely not even possible[1]; and, it not being realistic, would be a waste of time, effort, and money.

"I'm all for stopping new variants of COVID" That's very likely not even possible[1]; and, it not being realistic, would be a waste of time, effort, and money. There are lots of corona viruses that we have never stopped, and we live with via herd immunity, hygiene, and therapeutics[2]. [1] https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/11/05/covid-why-we-will-never-eradicate-coronavirus-15132 https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/11/05/covid-why-we-will-never... [2] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/general-information.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/general-information.html