They have thousands of covid variants back in the fridge they can use at any time. Questions have been raised in Canada, for example, how did the new African variant manage to get here in the first place? The borders are closed, and all incoming passengers are quarantined, for many many months now. So where are these "new variants" coming from? These recent major outbreaks? Either they are faking it, or someone has a fridge full of the stuff.