Climate change is undeniable, but there is some wiggle room as far as the anthropogenic component is concered. However, let's assume for a moment that the cause of our woes is entirely the result of humanity's existence, consumption, emission and pollution. Then clearly it follows that the correlate between an increase in temperature is the size of our population. Now, let's assume that the same forces our planet has been subjected to for the entirety of its existence -and have caused extreme temperature shifts in the past- are to blame. There is no viable solution to the first hypothesis, nor the second; in both cases, most of us are properly fucked. Any 'nuance' in the middle is either peddled with a political agenda, financial motive, or delusional naivety with no scope of what the ultimate consequences of their proposed solution would be.

... but was it another COVID variant?

It's better to accept our fate and learn to deal with the reality of an increased risk factor in all of our lives than it is to continue struggling futilely against an invisible threat. The panic on display is so off-putting and I can't wait for the pendulum to swing to elegant fatalism.

Do you respect individual autonomy and people's rights to put into their bodies anything they fucking please? Irrespective of how poorly founded their beliefs are or how much damage they do to themselves? If your answer to this question is no, I'd very much like to see you weasel out of the consequences of this position, when your line of reasoning is extended to its logical conclusion. Also, spare me the greater good fallacy, because that is the first thing that dies when government violates individual liberty. I'll save you the cognitive dissonance in trying to answer my question and suggest you immediately downvote this comment instead. That's as good a demonstration of mindless authoritarianism as any.

The risk of COVID to most people is minimal and the risks associated with the vaccine are even smaller. It's probably a good move to get vaccinated, but here's my reason for not doing so: all of you vitriolic douchebags not respecting my choice to do with my body as I fucking damn well please; using whatever means of coercion you have at your disposal to nudge me -whether subtly or not so subtly- toward a particular course of action I consider to be the tyranny of the majority and will resist with every fiber in my body -- it will not succeed.