Alpha and Delta Were a Different Illness Than Omicron. Clinically, Epidemiologically, Biologically. The Institutions Won't Say It That Way. Delta was prolonged. Severe. Some of the hardest cases of the entire pandemic. Then around December 10th, the CDC announced Omicron — a new strain that uniquely shut the immunologic door on Delta, literally ending Delta replication overnight. Omicron was markedly milder. Almost a different condition. Treatments had improved. And yet the narrative never upda