December 26, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic began its rampage in 2020 and multiple variants have sprung up in the last several months. The most recent, Omicron, is currently decimating New York City, with over 10,000 people a day testing positive for the virus in the Big Apple.
According to the Heath Department, 126 neighborhoods across the Five Boroughs had a seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate of 10 percent or higher between December 14-20. Approximately 40 communities reported 500 or more new COVID-19 cases during that period, and four areas hit a thousand or more new infections.
But still, people can’t help but notice how similar the spelling of Omicron is to BK2 singer’s name Omarion. On Christmas Day (December 25), Get Out actor LaKeith Stanfield joked Omarion was responsible for ruining the holiday with a screenshot of a direct message someone sent to the singer that read, “You ruining Christmas for everybody smh.”
Stanfield added in the caption, “I’m weak I wonder if he’s gunna respond.”
Sorry. Every time I read omicron my mind goes “ Omarion”????????♀️
— Mariela ????????????♀️???? (@_Mariela_xo) December 23, 2021
I’ve been calling omicron “Omarion” so much I forgot that’s not the name ????
— leelee ✨ (@aleahwhitney_xo) December 25, 2021
Normal people: “omicron”
Me: “Omarion” pic.twitter.com/SasimZWIRv
— call me gillette, cause i’m the best a man can get (@realdocv) December 26, 2021
Boy black folks can’t take NOTHING serious not even Omicron/Omarion ???????????? LMAOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/jbLvyZiRXg
— Dee Holt ????????????❄️ ➏ (@D_1andOnly_) December 24, 2021
Omarion variant in full effect#Omicron #Omarion @Omarion pic.twitter.com/9IkFR9QEA5
— ARJ (@hngrypizza) December 25, 2021
Omicron, omarion, Babylon, bing bong, what are ya on .. Jesus in 4 ???? pic.twitter.com/eD1wehedUz
— Angel ???? (@therealsxmo) December 20, 2021
"Omicron isn't that a rapper"
No mother that is Omarion pic.twitter.com/X8zH5AlfjS— sam???? (@samantxha) December 23, 2021
It's been all day I've been trying to think of an Omicron / Omarion joke and this migraine medication is NOT helping, so prayers up for me tyvm pic.twitter.com/yZpRZLfSL5
— Jesse Thorn ????♂️ (@JesseThorn) December 21, 2021