So far the variant is very rare (unless there are newer numbers than I found yesterday). There’s a lag of months, I think, between these numbers and where it becomes a phenomenon you’re likely to interact with at the local store.

Further, the world should be reacting to Covid at the global level. So far it’s like we’re not even addressing the beast on the turf it’s attacking us. And the price to do so, say 70 billion USD at a cost of 10$/dose (which it probably isn’t), is nothing compared to the reacting we’re seeing here today and will continue to see.