"There’s a mystery here that someone has to figure out." Thirteen of Omicron’s mutations should have hurt the variant’s chances of survival. Instead, they worked together to make it thrive. Scientists are still trying to understand why.
[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/science/omicron-mutations-evolution.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/science/omicron-mutations-evolution.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur)