First detected on January 19 2022, the Omicron XE variant, which some have called the “Frankenstein” … [+]
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The name “Frankenstein” may conjure up some frightening images. For example, telling your significant other, “hey, your face has that Frankenstein look today” could end up being quite scary for you. So now that some have dubbed the relatively new Omicron XE Covid-19 coronavirus variant the “Frankenstein” variant, should you be particularly worried?
Well, first of all, the XE is not going to turn you into Frankenstein’s monster. You won’t suddenly wake up one day with bolts in your neck and a head that’s flat enough to carry a plate of hot dog franks. Something like that will not occur, assuming that you aren’t using ecstasy. XE may sound like a new version of Microsoft Windows. But before you download in your pants, don’t let the monstrous moniker mislead you. While Frankenstein’s monster may have been created by Dr. Victor Frankenstein, there’s no evidence that the XE variant was produced in a laboratory.
Instead, the XE is something that was totally expected to arise naturally, especially with so many people abandoning Covid-19 precautions as if they were leaving a theater showing the movie Morbius. With the BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron variants circulating so widely, it was only a matter of…
