It feels like a collective déjà vu: COVID dominates the news again due to a new variant, Omicron, that was first discovered in South Africa. Many countries are reacting with travel restrictions, but yet again, it’s too late: The new virus is already here, already detected in the EU in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. Delta is already raging in Europe, the current global hotspot of the pandemic, and intensive care units are full in many places. No one needs an even more contagious, even more dangerous variant in this situation. But not enough is known about Omicron yet; it will take a few days, maybe weeks, for the analysis, according to the WHO.