The Washington Post | Grappling with an uncertain reality as omicron and covid’s third year approach →
PORTLAND, Ore. — Like most people in the United States, Michael Kerr got word of the new omicron variant on Thanksgiving Day, when the news surfaced on his wife’s cellphone.
“We looked at it, and we were just like, ‘Not now,’ ” said Kerr, director of strategy for the Portland Bureau of Transportation. “I think everyone’s just generally feeling malaise and just utter frustration. I think people are less scared than they are just tired.