Really horrible incentives being created for a region that can not afford more bad incentives. If you're South Africa right now, you're definitely thinking, "Why the hell should I try to help in the future when all I get is shit on in response." The scare headlines from NYT and elsewhere are less than helpful right now. Immune evasion by the virus is sort of predictable, and not doesn't have to be a death sentence for the economy all over again. I'll bet if anyone looked, they'd find more variants. My step brother and his wife just got covid for the second time, and they were vaccinated in between. That's some immune evasion right there, but who the fuck is going to sequence their viral genomes? We all need to cool it right about now. I really hope to never become a person who uses phrases such as "main stream" or "liberal" media, but they're really pissing me off right now.