The new strain, known as Omicron, sparked widespread panic when scientists discovered it had a total of 50 mutations from the original COVID-19identified in Wuhan, with 30 of those on the spike protein.... Preliminary data suggests this variant is far more transmissible than the Beta or Delta variants and has the potential to evade immunity.... So people who are still infectious will be missed.“ And too many false positives which means people who do need to get urgent medical attention will be