Posted just over two years ago and still applies today

More media headline scares:

Notice the word “Kraken”. Sounds much more scary than XBB.1.5!

December 21, 2020 post: Mutant SARS-CoV-2 Viruses, Perceived Risk, Actual Risk

Here’s your Kraken virus! Run for the hills!

Many, many times in history people believe that they can control what is inherently the uncontrollable – whether it be conditions conducive to agriculture, or the spread of disease. Things have not changed, except now the ways of transmitting such information has reached a near-universal scale instead of localized sects.