Hot on the heels of Eris, a new multiply-mutated form of Covid has shown up, nicknamed 'Pirola'. But Dr Chris Smith, writing in the Telegraph, is reaching for the paracetamol – not the panic button.
Eugyppius suspects that the media's increasing hysteria about the new Covid variant is linked to the impending release of updated vaccines from major pharmaceutical companies.
Stop the presses! There's a new Covid variant abroad. But disappointingly for the thinning ranks of Zero Covid fanatics, it's no more harmful than Omicron, its ancestor. Keep calm and carry on.
