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  • slimslob
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    #11311
    Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

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    The second thing you need to know about is the fact that this novel technology has not been adequately tested.
    • We need at least 5 years of testing/research before we can really understand the risks
    • Harms and risks from new medicines often become revealed many years later"


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    • SalesServiceGuy
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      Omicron is now the dominant strain of coronavirus in the US, according to the CDC


      The Omicron Covid-19 variant is now the most dominant strain in the US, accounting for over 73% of new coronavirus cases less than three weeks after the first was reported, according to estimates posted Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

      It's been just 20 days since the US detected its first case of Omicron.

      For the week ending December 18, Omicron accounted for 73.2% of cases, with Delta making up an additional 26.6%. The week prior, ending December 11, Omicron was estimated at just 12.6% of circulating virus, and in the first week of December, Omicron accounted for about 1% of new cases.

      Omicron is even more prevalent in certain parts of the country — making up over 95% of circulating virus in parts of the Northwest and Southeast, the data shows.

      As of Monday, 48 US states have reported cases of Omicron, according to public statements from hospital systems and state officials, as well as Puerto Rico and Washington, DC. The only states that have not reported cases of Omicron are Oklahoma and South Dakota.

      Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, warned that Omicron was "going to take over" soon due to its highly contagious nature. The World Health Organization says Omicron cases are doubling every 1.5 to 3 days.

      Health experts push vaccines and boosters

      With the Delta and Omicron coronavirus variants spreading across the nation as the new year approaches, health experts are urging Americans to get vaccinated or boosted to protect themselves and others before they face greater chances of infection.

      Airport travel before Christmas is up by nearly double from a year ago, according to Transportation Security Administration data, with more than 2 million people screened each day from December 16-18. And the indoor gatherings among friends and family could ultimately infect more who are at higher risk for Covid-19 complications.

      As the virus spreads, more cities are adding restrictions, including New York and Washington, DC.

      Mayor Muriel Bowser announced an indoor mask mandate for the District will be reinstated starting at 6 a.m. Tuesday through January 31.

      The announcement comes as DC has been experiencing its highest daily coronavirus case count since the start of the pandemic.

      Bowser also said she plans to reinstate the district's state of emergency and announced a six-part plan to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

      New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday the city is testing "more people than ever" for Covid-19 and city officials are working with federal officials and the private sector to get more testing supplies. Officials are also working to get more in-home test kits to offer to people as an alternative testing option.

      De Blasio also spoke about the annual New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square.

      Currently, the outdoor event is still scheduled to go on and all guests must be fully vaccinated.
      But de Blasio said city officials are reviewing plans for the event in light of Omicron and said any changes would be announced before Christmas.

      Experts discuss what's next

      Dr. Francis Collins, the outgoing director of the National Institutes of Health, told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Friday that the Omicron variant could result in as many as a million new cases a day.

      Collins suggested the impact of that level of spread on an already stressed health care system remains uncertain.

      "The big question is, are those million cases going to be sick enough to need health care and especially hospitalization?" Collins said on CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday, his last day as NIH director.

      Covid-19 hospitalizations trended upward over the past month as medical facilities in some parts of the country have been inundated with patients infected with the Delta variant. Now, the presence of Omicron -- which scientists believe to be more contagious though most cases so far appear to be mild -- may push some strained health care systems to the brink.

      "It is quite likely that we are going to see in some sections of the country, a significant stress on the hospital system as well as on the health care workers who are getting exhausted by all of this," Dr. Anthony Fauci told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, noting that a more transmissible form of Covid-19, such as Omicron, will have a greater impact on the tens of millions of Americans who have not been vaccinated.

      Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has said traveling and gathering for Christmas and New Year's can be done safely among those who are inoculated, and getting booster shots into the arms of vaccinated Americans remains paramount to increase antibody response.

      "If we're going to deal with Omicron successfully, vaccinated people need to get boosted," Fauci told NBC on Sunday.

      Recent data are demonstrating the potential dangers of remaining unvaccinated, including a 10-times greater risk of testing positive and 20-times greater risk of dying from Covid-19 than those vaccinated and boosted, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data through October.

      President Joe Biden was set to meet with his Covid-19 response team Monday. He will address the nation Tuesday regarding the latest developments with Omicron and to issue another "stark warning of what the winter will look like for Americans who choose to remain unvaccinated," the White House said.

      Omicron will lead to a spike in cases in the upcoming weeks, but those who are vaccinated and unvaccinated will have a "stark difference" in experience, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy told anchor Tony Dokoupil on "CBS Mornings" Monday.

      "In the coming weeks, Tony, we are going to see a spike in cases. And that's because Omicron is incredibly transmissible, and you know, we have to be prepared for that," Murthy said. "But there will be a stark difference between the experience of those who are vaccinated and boosted versus those who are unvaccinated."

      People who have maximum protection from vaccines and boosters either won't get an infection, or if they do, it will most likely be mild, said Murthy.

      States responding to outbreaks


      With Omicron reported in nearly every US state and Delta still present, cases in some areas are rising.

      New York -- which was among the hardest-hit states at the beginning of the pandemic -- set a new record for single-day Covid-19 cases for a fourth consecutive day Monday, reporting a threefold increase in number of Covid-19 cases in one week, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul.


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      • Copier Addict
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        #11313
        Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

        Originally posted by slimslob
        "
        The second thing you need to know about is the fact that this novel technology has not been adequately tested.
        • We need at least 5 years of testing/research before we can really understand the risks
        • Harms and risks from new medicines often become revealed many years later"


        Before Your Child is Injected, Watch Dr. Robert Malone’s Statement on Child Covid Vaccinations - Truth Press
        mRNA technology has been around for decades. It has been tested quite well. You are allowing yourself to be duped.

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        • bsm2
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          #11314
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          8.47 Billion shots pretty good amount of testing
          don't you think

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          • bsm2
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            #11315
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            Originally posted by copier addict
            mRNA technology has been around for decades. It has been tested quite well. You are allowing yourself to be duped.
            Yet he got the Free Vaccine

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            • slimslob
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              #11316
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              What is he going to do, send out jackbooted Gestapo type hit squads to hunt everyone down?

              WH Promises 'Winter of Severe Illness and Death' for Unvaccinated' and Their Families' - Truth Press

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              • BillyCarpenter
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                #11317
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                Originally posted by copier addict
                The only ones who have to be worried are the ones who have chosen not to get vaccinated. I have stopped worrying about them. If they are idiotic enough to shun something that is for their own protection on political grounds it's their own issue.
                Even if I do contract covid it is very unlikely I will get sick or die. The unvaccinated? Not so much. Their problem, not mine!

                I don't think this is a moment to talk about fault. It is no one's fault that this virus hit our shores or hit the world. It is more about individual power and responsibility and the decisions that everyone has the choice to make
                Adversity temporarily visits a strong man but stays with the weak for a lifetime.

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                • SalesServiceGuy
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                  #11318
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                  Originally posted by Phil B.
                  You stupid mutherfucker... I understand MORE than you can state, since you are feeding off of the MSM TEAT.
                  YOU being from liberal assed Canada don't understand shit about America, therefore you shouldn't even be allowed to comment on what goes on here.
                  And as far as me trying to suggest to Slim to OR anyone that you see things clearly... that is not my place, everyone here sans BSM2 are grownups ( well that includes you in the BSM GROUP ) and that is not my job.

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                  .. reported for rude, offensive language

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                  • Copier Addict
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                    #11319
                    Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

                    Originally posted by BillyCarpenter
                    I don't think this is a moment to talk about fault. It is no one's fault that this virus hit our shores or hit the world. It is more about individual power and responsibility and the decisions that everyone has the choice to make
                    I absolutely agree. That's why I have decided that it's not my problem if someone who chooses to be unvaccinated contracts it from me if I'm asymptomatic.

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                    • slimslob
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                      #11320
                      Re: Latest on the Corona Virus

                      Originally posted by copier addict
                      mRNA technology has been around for decades. It has been tested quite well. You are allowing yourself to be duped.
                      I take it that you did not take the time to read any of the article that I posted. Otherwise you are calling Doctor Robert Malone a liar.

                      And yes I realize that mRNA technology is decades old. In fact using it to produce proteins in a lab was first done in late 1987 by the above mentioned Dr. Malone. So I would say that he knows a hell of a lot more about it than your confused brain does.

                      The following article contains additional information if you think your limited brain can handle it. 303 See Other

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                      • slimslob
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                        Originally posted by copier addict
                        The only ones who have to be worried are the ones who have chosen not to get vaccinated. I have stopped worrying about them. If they are idiotic enough to shun something that is for their own protection on political grounds it's their own issue.
                        Even if I do contract covid it is very unlikely I will get sick or die. The unvaccinated? Not so much. Their problem, not mine!
                        Well as for the unvaxed, the likely hood of survival is over 99%. That means that the likely hood of dying is less than 1%. That is similar to the likely hood of having a life threatening adverse reaction to the vaccine. And that likely hood increases with each booster you get.

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                        • Copier Addict
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                          Originally posted by slimslob
                          Well as for the unvaxed, the likely hood of survival is over 99%. That means that the likely hood of dying is less than 1%. That is similar to the likely hood of having a life threatening adverse reaction to the vaccine. And that likely hood increases with each booster you get.
                          You are quoting stats based on the entire population. As people age they become more likely to get sick and die.
                          Have you read this?

                          One out of every 800 people entering early middle age at 45 will die from their COVID infection, 55-year-olds have a 1 in 240 risk of dying if they contract the coronavirus, and 65-year-olds have a 1 in 70 chance, said lead researcher Andrew Levin, a professor of economics at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.

                          So you can see that you are spreading false information for someone in your age group.

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                          • bsm2
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                            #11323
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                            Originally posted by slimslob
                            Well as for the unvaxed, the likely hood of survival is over 99%. That means that the likely hood of dying is less than 1%. That is similar to the likely hood of having a life threatening adverse reaction to the vaccine. And that likely hood increases with each booster you get.
                            Why did you take the Free Vaccine by the BIDEN Administration? You keep promoting fake cures and very Very False information on getting Vaccinated.

                            Please get YOUR information from the CDC or your Doctor

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                            • bsm2
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                              #11324
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                              Johnson and Johnson vaccine recipients should get Pfizer, Moderna booster shot

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                              • bsm2
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                                UF COVID model: 40K a day

                                Miami Herald

                                University of Florida researchers are projecting the highly contagious omicron variant will lead to about 40,000 new COVID cases a day in Florida by its February apex, around 75 percent higher than what the state witnessed during the peak of the delta variant.

                                But the new COVID wave will be less lethal for Floridians than delta, according to the University of Florida model published Friday.

                                The report, produced by three UF researchers at the Emerging Pathogens Institute at UF, projects four different scenarios about how the COVID situation may play out in Florida, considering transmission, the ability for the virus to evade natural or vaccine immunity, and the severity of the disease.

                                “We may see an awful lot of infection,” said Glenn Morris, the director of the institute and professor of medicine specializing in infectious diseases. “What contributes to that is that it is highly contagious and you really need to have a strong immune response to avoid getting infected.”

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