TODAY: We are trying to understand why the government is so afraid of Omicron, New restrictions may be on the way, A DM from a Canadian stranded in Mexico, and lots more on the variant. PLUS: Toilets, Are brain surgeons smarter, Wait times at drive-thrus, selling farts in a jar, and more. 

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