Drum

Pretty much a cold if that.


https://national-conservative.com/top-south-african-medical-expert-omicron-is-producing-extremely-mild-cases-of-covid-19-in-botswana/


Who cares.

Turn off ​​​the TV. Go outside, get fresh air and Vitamin D. Watch nature instead. You won't be so scared.

Press on.

MongoC5

agreed…. This overreaction seems like a final push to get those vaccinated who aren’t and those who need a booster to get a boost. While this new variant can cause harm in certain people, it’s no worse than a bad day of the flu.

Mongo

DeltaboundRedux

Let me get this straight:

Omicron is going to be everywhere, if it's not already, and apparently conveys nothing worse than mild flu symptoms. Then you presumably have natural immunity to Covid? (although "natural immunity" isn't going to help big pharma, at all)

How is this not excellent news for the entire planet?

RI830

Because is doesn’t “SHOW ME THE MONEY!”

Herkflyr

Exactly. What a joke. I was happy to go to the Braves victory parade with my family earlier this month. We rode MARTA to the parade venue and then back to the Doraville station when the parade was over. Great time, and a perfect time take MARTA. As expected we were packed in like a Tokyo subway (it was our first title in more than a quarter century after all!)...and yet we got the entertainment of listening to the canned recording of "please practice six feet social distancing." I'm still waiting for the "super spreader" events from all the 90,000+ college football stadiums that are packed full week after week. Oh wait. Being outside can actually be good for you? Say it ain't so.

Texasbound

Uhm a little late to the thread. How did we go from D to O? What happens when we run out of letters?

rickair7777

Mixed info on that. Also reports of more hospitalizations in some places. Could be local anomalies. Could also be milder but more transmissible... a lot more cases will result in an increase in severe cases even if the rate is statistically lower than other variants.

The problem that keeps circling back around is hospital capacity... that's what's causing some governments to revert to lockdowns. Politically they must be afraid they'll get thrown out of office, and unlike here, that can happen at any time in the parliamentary system so common in europe. Dying people lined up on sidewalks outside hospitals might not look good in their opponent's political attack ads.

Almost too early to speculate, need more real-world data. The mutations appear potentially problematic but that's just theory... need to see it in practice.

DeltaboundRedux

Chinese characters?

No, wait, that won't work.

Time to brush up on Sanskrit.

rickair7777

POTUS says it's not a cause for panic. So that's good.


https://www.newsnationnow.com/health...eads-globally/

Excargodog

He ought to tell that to Fauci…

That sad b@$[^£d is dragging out his 15 minutes of fame WAY too long.