"The fact, however, that another Omicron-like emergence event has occurred… should warn us against giving up our genomic surveillance infrastructure." By Ann Althouse on September 4, 2023 Said Ben Murrell, a researcher at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, quoted in “‘Pirola’ BA.2.86 may not be a ‘black swan’ event like Omicron, experts say. It’s what could spawn from it that has them worried” (Fortune).