Wait?
No deaths ?
No Hospital stays?
Not even people aware they have it?
This wil Africa quarantined?
This with officials finding out that the virus variant HAS been here for weeks?
But nobody has sick enough for the experts to know?
Damn?
WTF is the media gonna do?
They gotta put out their ‘hair on fire’ thing?
Yes folks….
A first study , followed by more evident is showing that the Omicron visors IS more contagious, but is no more stronger that a common cold, which it seems to piggy back on….
This should be instructive…
It seems that the more people a virus is exposed to?
The weaker it becomes….
The Alpha and Delta virus’s seem to be having no different…
The Delta virus is one for concern right now….
Vaccines, mask and distancing have allowed those virus strains to travel across the world and slowly lose strength ….Case numbers may spike…But the reported data shows that the number of deaths have decreased ….
Just an observation by a non scientist….
There ARE hundreds of thousands of ‘known’ virus’s out there know to man….
There are gonna be new ones coming …
Closing borders seems to be an impossible way to stop things in the 21st Century….
We as humans ARE gonna have to learn to leave with something that has ALWAYS been around….
Seems like vaccine’s ARE working….
Masks probably even better….
But?
At this point?
Mandate’s are becoming more political and less health wise….
Closing down places also…
Rough on the economy….
In America?
Come next November?
The political dynamic could ride on finding some way to offer American’s a way to getting back to normal ….
This IS the story in Africa where the Omicron virus seems to be from …..
Dr. Abdullah, director of the Office of H.I.V./Aids and Tuberculosis Research at the South African Medical Research Council, looked at the 42 patients with coronavirus who were in the hospital last Thursday, and found that 29 of them, 70 percent, were breathing ordinary air. Of the 13 using supplemental oxygen, four had it for reasons unrelated to Covid.
Only one of the 42 was in intensive care, in line with figures released last week by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, showing that only 106 patients were in intensive care over the prior two weeks, despite the surge in infections.
Most of the patients were admitted “for diagnoses unrelated to Covid-19,” the report said, and their infection “is an incidental finding in these patients and is largely driven by hospital policy requiring testing of all patients.” It said that two other large hospitals in Gauteng Province, which includes Pretoria and Johannesburg, had even lower percentages of infected patients needing oxygen.
Dr. Abdullah said in an interview that he had walked into a Covid ward and found a scene unrecognizable from previous phases of the pandemic, when it would have been full of the humming and beeping of oxygen machines.
“Out of 17 patients, four were on oxygen,” he said. “That’s not in a Covid ward for me, that’s like a normal ward.”
Dr. Gurley, of Johns Hopkins, noted that the severity of disease reflects not just the variant but also who it is infecting. Two years into the pandemic, far more people have some level of immunity to the virus through vaccination, natural infection, or both, and that could translate to milder cases.
“We don’t know how to read the genetic sequences to say exactly how this variant will play out,” she said. “We’re getting more information now from South Africa, which is a particular population with a particular profile of pre-existing immunity.”…
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Dr. Abdullah acknowledged those drawbacks, and noted there could be a lag between Omicron first turning up and a rise in serious illness and deaths. But so far, despite the huge increase in cases, Covid deaths have not risen in South Africa…..
Dr. Fauci appears to back up reports that Omicron Ron is NOT a ‘Delta’ type covid virus as the media led the public to believe….
U.S. health officials said Sunday that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations.
President Biden’s chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told CNN’s “State of the Union” that scientists need more information before drawing conclusions about omicron’s severity.
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“Thus far, it does not look like there’s a great degree of severity to it,” Fauci said. “But we have really got to be careful before we make any determinations that it is less severe or it really doesn’t cause any severe illness, comparable to delta.”
Fauci said the Biden administration is considering lifting travel restrictions against noncitizens entering the United States from several African countries. They were imposed as the omicron variant exploded in the region, but U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has blasted such measures as “travel apartheid.”
“Hopefully we’ll be able to lift that ban in a quite reasonable period of time,” Fauci said. “We all feel very badly about the hardship that has been put on not only on South Africa but the other African countries.”…
Stock’s rallied on Fauci’s comments….
One Vaccine stock did NOT….
The more upbeat trading in stocks came as Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S.’s leading specialist in infectious diseases, offered encouraging comments on the outlook of the omicron variant over the weekend. Fauci told CNN’s “State of the Union” that early reports about the spread of the omicron variant of coronavirus suggest it might be less severe than initially feared. Shares of vaccine maker Moderna MRNA, -13.49%, meanwhile, ended down more than 13%….
Just an observation from one who saw this headline?
Way over the top.It is far too early to make such a declaration that this latest variant is no worse than the common cold.
The information so far is highly speculative as everyone ,except you ,apparently concedes.
And Fauci also, right Jack?
It was Z that pointed out no deaths….
And others who pointed out the common cold connection…
But hey?
You have your view….
Delta is the issue NOT Omicron …
Nothing you just said had anything to do with my comment.
This has nothing to do with “my view” It’s pure fact which as we all know you don’t like dealing with.
Out of whole cloth you simply made up that headline.No one has said that this latest variant “ appears to be no worse than the common cold.”
It is way too early to make any such declaration; however, as we all know ,your posts about this pandemic have been nothing but a pack of exaggeration,inane “happy talk,” and out and out lies.
I gave ya the ‘facts ‘ Jack….
You accept what you want….
U throw away what ya don’t….
The ‘experts’ ARE no different than. us….
The ONLY data coming there way has this as ‘attached’ to the cold virus tract and has this no stronger than the common cold…
Sorry if ya can’t deal with this…
The media hysteria IS misplaced …
It’s ok by me….
Everything you posted above is a Lie.
Amusingly ,even the doctor that the article is about concedes that is too early to make any definitive conclusions .
Further , no one in the article you quoted claimed that it was no worse than the common cold.
You simply made that up.
Other studies have documented that the pandemic has had an adverse effect on the mental health of many people.Here, we have all observed you making totally unsubstantiated allegations about the pandemic ending (reality is that cases are rising in some places to the highest level yet seen) and ridiculous comments as the headline I noted.
You really need to take rest from these fantasies you are inventing concerning this pandemic.
You are no longer even rational on the subject.
He, he, he…..
Love ya Jack!…..
….’“Thus far, it does not look like there’s a great degree of severity to it,” Fauci said…’…
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Dr. Abdullah, director of the Office of H.I.V./Aids and Tuberculosis Research at the South African Medical Research Council, looked at the 42 patients with coronavirus who were in the hospital last Thursday, and found that 29 of them, 70 percent, were breathing ordinary air. Of the 13 using supplemental oxygen, four had it for reasons unrelated to Covid….
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Researchers from Nference, a Cambridge, Mass.-based firm that analyzes biomedical information, sequenced omicron and found a snippet of genetic code that is also present in a virus that can bring about a cold…
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Yea Jack….
ALL these people Do NOT know what they are saying , Right?
As I have pointed as MY view….
Delta is the issue …
NOT Omicron…
As Z pointed out…
There has been NO report of serious sickness from ANY of the omicron carriers….
Rational?
Hmmmm?
That would make me and the above experts in the same boat….
ALL except YOU…..
Nowhere is all this did anyone say that it “ is no worse than the common cold.”
Which was the subject of my original post as all can see.
You simply made that up
You are no longer rational on this subject(or much else actually) and are out and out lying.
The people quoted make a implied comparison to the host for Omicron…..
THE CONMON COLD
Everyone of them cite ‘slight’ symptoms
Jack?
They ain’t lawyers
The message IS LOUD AND CLEAR
Again
You certainly do NOT have to accept their judgment
I do……
This is not my “fight” but james, you seem to be really out in left field on this and either stubbornly refusing to admit a mistake or once again having a difficult time understanding what was actually said.
If you want to make a general point that people may be freaking out too much over this variant, that’s fine and perhaps valid, but you are going about it in a very inaccurate way.
Who has said the variant is “no worst” (or “worse”) than the “common cold.”
Nobody in anything you linked to. That is your own assertion and perhaps you lack the scientific standing to be taken seriously on matters like that.
If you are taking your assertion from the below paragraph, you are not remotely being accurate in what was said.
“Researchers from Nference, a Cambridge, Mass.-based firm that analyzes biomedical information, sequenced omicron and found a snippet of genetic code that is also present in a virus that can bring about a cold…”
The links are in the orignal omicron piece
My main compliant is about media ‘hair on fire’ coverage so far……
I DID point out several times that the Delta strain IS reportedly what the ‘experts’ are more worried about……
Yes the pandemic is NOT on the same level as the last spike in Sept…..
Check any graphic
More from the CDC on the mild effects of Omicron…
More than 40 people in the U.S. have been found to be infected with the omicron variant so far, and more than three-quarters of them had been vaccinated, the chief of the CDC said Wednesday. But she said nearly all of them were only mildly ill…
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She said “the disease is mild” in almost all of the cases seen so far, with reported symptoms mainly cough, congestion and fatigue. One person was hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported, CDC officials said….
More…
Again…
Closing border’s to stop a virus serve’s no purpose…
The amount of travel’s by humans makes it impossible…
The good thing is the symptoms being so slight is the saving grace….
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The omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in California wastewater, suggesting it is circulating, according to officials.
The state’s wastewater surveillance system found signs of the variant in Sacramento and Merced counties, state epidemiologist Erica Pan said during a Tuesday discussion hosted by the California Medical Association. The discovery was made before any cases were confirmed in those counties.
“We definitely are seeing omicron across the state for sure,” Pan said….
More…
Yes Z….
The FIRST death from Omicron ….
How many reported cases are they from around the world up to now?
Lets see if the media goes batshit crazy over this report from the British PM….
BTW Z?
I hope you haven’t forgotten ALL the other things taking human lives…
You might check this …
The media should not lose focus on the other things we face daily….
Including gun violence….
This headline? Predictable Republican BS.
I don’t these guys are doing the political thing
But ALREADY?
Yea Fauci IS getting thrown at in the roght leaning media