Just turn off cnn and it will all go away. No one in their right mind cares any more. Wrong board for this garbage anyway.
Boy, do I hesitate to do this but here goes.
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So these basketball games being cancelled won’t be cancelled if I don’t watch cnn?
*Less severe than a cold.
The common cold kills a few people every year.
The worldwide Omicron death count stands at 0.
We are reordering society and destroying our standard of living over the sniffles, actually over tests that say people who feel fine should have the sniffles.
I kind of get this.
That said, people get the sniffles or feeling pretty crappy and coupled with all the fear mongering they're bum-rushing the ER.
Someone has a heart attack, needs surgery, etc....they're not going to get the most adequate care.
Again, who cares?? It's like getting a cold. Zero deaths. Zero hospitalizations. It's literally a complete nothing burger. Every single person in the country could catch it tomorrow and not one bad thing would happen. If someone is gonna die from the Omicron variant, then they would die from the flu or even a bad cold. Just stop.
Holy hell. You can’t really believe this. You think there have been zero hospitalizations and deaths in South Africa?
This is a substantial mutation for a 2 year old virus. This is not another strain, it's another virus. I have zero doubt this is the virus reacting to the vaccine.
Let's all PRAY that a virulent, therapy/tool resistant strain does NOT show up. I've been alluding to, screaming, talking constantly, SHOUTING about this possibility since the very beginning of this thing. Let's just hope that it doesn't happen.
Yikes. I believe a more accurate statement would be, "Except, that's the the way viruses USUALLY work/mutate".
Always keep in mind that this is a really weird, potentially, engineered pathogen, so all bets are off, and even in normal situations, there are no guarantees with mother nature.
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Yes. Been quote after quote saying it's just symptoms of a cold. The Dr that discovered the variant even said he doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. It's literally NOTHING.
See graph above. It should be way less severe than delta but it’s going to cause deaths and hospitalizations because it’s going to hit a lot of people.
I'm gonna help you today. Hit scroll, and skip it. DO NOT CLICK (just dat simple, unless the ENTIRE board is taken up).
Do the vaccines work, (even against the original strain), without frequent boosting???
It's also a bit premature to say that they DEFINITELY work against Omicron. We hope, and pray that they work, but the TRUTH is, we don't have solid scientific proof yet.
Hey y'all. I get it, but remember, ole Breumiacu_AU has VERY good reasons to be worried about any and every strain or really, ANY respiratory disease at all. Let's cut'em just a little slack please.
If what you're saying is solid, true and scientifically proven, why do you feel we are being advised to get boosters, and likely to enter a steady cycle of boosting?
I agree that we shouldn't flake over the things that we DON'T control, but do you agree that it's good survival instincts to manage the risks that you DO know about and CAN manage? This one clearly falls into the latter category.
Boosters will prolong the effectiveness of the T cell response. The effectiveness degrades over time and so the booster is needed.
They mutate, but typically to less severe strains. They don’t get stronger with each mutation.
What you've said does not add up. You said that the new vaccines give us long-lasting and robust T cell responses, and that despite immunological efficacy from the vaccines falling to 33%, that the T-cell response remains strong, and THAT'S what will provide protection against severe illness and death.
Then, when I asked you if what you said is true, then why would we need boosters, you are saying that the boosters will enable the T-cell response. So either what you said initially is true, and we don't need boosters, or it's false. Do you understand the logical fallacy?
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Absolutely. And that's why I modified your statement to include the all important word "USUALLY". You stated it as if it were definitive fact, and I was just providing a reminder that nothing is guaranteed with mother nature, and ESPECIALLY not with this super weird, potentially engineered pathogen. It's a weird little bug in numerous ways.
We're all on the same boat hoping and praying that it DOES indeed hold to form. Delta didn't, but all current signs point to Omicron following this pattern. HOPEFULLY, this starts the normal trend.
That's Delta, not Omicron, doofus. This idiotic thread is about Omicron. it's like German Shepherds vs Chuhuahas
That’s not quite true. Our Covid census has doubled in the last week (from 6 to 12) and 3 of those patients have confirmed Omicron. More testing pending on recent admits.
In fact, one of those hospitalized is a colleague with confirmed Omicron. But I think he was being discharged home today. None of those in the ICU however have Omicron. Those are still delta.
Again, it's not serious. People may go to the hospital, but they just need to drink fluids and stay home for a couple days. Quit clogging up the hospitals.
No, the graph has omicron on it showing excess deaths and hospitalizations.
The graph is showing excess deaths during omicron meaning they are saying it’s deaths from omicron.
Goodness gracious. He just said they were hospitalized due to omicron. Do you think they mistakenly admitted them? Do you really think people aren’t getting hospitalized due to omicron? ICU will be rare but there will be plenty of hospitalized.
So these excess deaths aren’t omicron? How did they die? And the UK guy didn’t die of omicron?
This lack of graph respect will not stand.
Do you think people who are not serious and correct, produce graphs? I would like to see the graph showing that.
COVID-19 infection rates are soaring across South Africa as a result of the highly mutated Omicron variant of the coronavirus, but fewer people have died or required hospital treatment compared with previous waves of the disease, according to health officials.
South Africa on Wednesday recorded its highest number of cases since the spread of the pandemic, driven by the rapid spread of Omicron. However, Dr Michelle Groome, of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), said on Friday that hospitalisations have not increased “at such a dramatic rate”.
“We are starting to see some increases, but relatively small increases in deaths,” she told a news conference.
South Africa sees fewer hospitalisations as Omicron cases surge
Officials say fewer coronavirus patients require hospitalisation despite a rise in the number of COVID-19 infections.
You need a hobby Stump. Waxing your eyebrows doesn’t count.COVID-19 infection rates are soaring across South Africa as a result of the highly mutated Omicron variant of the coronavirus, but fewer people have died or required hospital treatment compared with previous waves of the disease, according to health officials.
South Africa on Wednesday recorded its highest number of cases since the spread of the pandemic, driven by the rapid spread of Omicron. However, Dr Michelle Groome, of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), said on Friday that hospitalisations have not increased “at such a dramatic rate”.
“We are starting to see some increases, but relatively small increases in deaths,” she told a news conference.
South Africa sees fewer hospitalisations as Omicron cases surge
Officials say fewer coronavirus patients require hospitalisation despite a rise in the number of COVID-19 infections.www.google.com
Depends on how far you take it. I could put myself in a bubble and never leave my home if my sole goal was to mitigate risk. It’s about trade offs. The lower the risk (I.e. if I’m risking the equivalent of a cold) I’m not doing anything to avoid it because the downside is basically nil.
Can’t believe you are complaining about a hook ITT. A hook is ten times better than a slice. You should have to tell everyone that you are “blessed” for a solid month for this crap!
More importantly, do you think the Omicron patients that he mentioned, (especially his colleague), were vaccinated??? I eagerly await your answer.
I have no idea. Do you think there’s a chance in hell that the ones that suffer the most during omicron will be the unvaccinated or the vaccinated? The vaccinated that need to worry are the immunicompromised and the very elderly. The avg age of those vaccinated still dying is 81. It is 69 for unvaccinated. I expect a lot less deaths for omicron but there will be some deaths. I’m just glad that delta may be gone soon. That was a mutha fvcka.
