Just do a search for "Omicron" and you can see for yourself the fear porn propaganda that the Mainstream Media is doling out to the useful idiots. A variant can spread more, but it is usually less life-threatening.
https://nypost.com/2021/12/21/omicron-coverage-reveals-how-the-establishment-media-keep-us-scared/
Yes… This is the Marxist\Jihadi Zohran Mamdani.
“We came here to remake the state in the image of our people.”