COVID-19 Megathread 6: Return of the Omicron

[jamestroll]

Look at the situation in Hong Kong right now. Trying to eradicate covid was always going to back fire.

https://twitter.com/hkfp/status/1502229722884804610

[jamestroll]

Two years ago WHO declared Covid a pandemic...

I am proud I have been skeptical and fighting against Covid measures since that time!

So you're the one responsible for the million deaths in the US?

I can not be held responsible for that. And many deaths were not entirely related to covid.

[jamestroll]

Two years ago WHO declared Covid a pandemic...

I am proud I have been skeptical and fighting against Covid measures since that time!

So you're the one responsible for the million deaths in the US?

I can not be held responsible for that. And many deaths were not entirely related to covid.

So, your just another covidiot who can't explain why there are so many dead people?

I found most covid measures to be too much of a security theater to have any meaningful impact.

It is a devastating situation, but there was not much that could have been done.

Please do not call me a covidiot as I am generally very cordial to people here.

[jamestroll]

Two years ago WHO declared Covid a pandemic...

I am proud I have been skeptical and fighting against Covid measures since that time!

So you're the one responsible for the million deaths in the US?

I can not be held responsible for that. And many deaths were not entirely related to covid.

So, your just another covidiot who can't explain why there are so many dead people?

I found most covid measures to be too much of a security theater to have any meaningful impact.

It is a devastating situation, but there was not much that could have been done.

Please do not call me a covidiot as I am generally very cordial to people here.

What's a devestation situation Jimmy?  You just said that there really weren't that many who died of Covid, I challenge you to back that up.   Last week, you said "Trump was right, it'll just go away"  I challenged you to explain  how or when it went away. 

Look at the numbers Jimmy

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm

January 2022 was the third worst month of the whole pandemic.  It's already recorded 80,000 more deaths than in Jan 2020 and they're not done counting. 

Just say you don't care that those people died but don't say that it went away or it wasn't Covid because those are both lies unsupported by reality.   Quit trying to assuage your conscious about it and quit acting like your a hero because you can't cope with a mask. 

What were we supposed to do? I am not dismissing the deaths. That is sick and heartless. There is just no realistic government policy that could have stopped those deaths. Specifically not in the United States.

The coalition for mitigation measures, which included quite a few Republicans, all fell apart last Mayish when vaccines went into wide distribution.

And honestly all the people arguing with me about covid policy online is useless. I do not hold any political office and have no authority to change any covid policy. If anything, I have been slightly more caution than many politicians.

I was encouraging masks until very late in the game when it was clear that cloth masks do little to nothing to stop omicron, and we can not expect everyone to wear a n95 mask.

[jamestroll]

Two years ago WHO declared Covid a pandemic...

I am proud I have been skeptical and fighting against Covid measures since that time!

So you're the one responsible for the million deaths in the US?

I can not be held responsible for that. And many deaths were not entirely related to covid.

It's more likely that Covid deaths were undercounted because not every death would have been tested for Covid and excess deaths were a bit higher. Anyway, the US failed because it didn't stop enough people getting infected before they could get vaccinated and protected, and then failed to get enough of their population vaccinated. The next pandemic, hopefully a century away but plausibly sooner, the government needs to step up more and people themselves also need to be more responsible.

Well.. if  a pandemic happened in 100 years, I would assume the technology will be available to do all the mitigation measures and lock people up in their homes that the online left has demanded over the past two years.

[jamestroll]

Before we all get into arguments about the BA2 variant,

I want to make it very clear that I do not care about it.

Thank you

[jamestroll]

Most of the covid fear mongering is a political agenda.

We are several decades ahead of a need for a universal basic income.

And to the people who talk about how much of the developed world hunkered down during covid and the United States had looser restrictions? Well, our economy is very different from theirs.

[jamestroll]

I remember many liberals said a year ago, "we did all this stuff to stop covid and it stopped the flu but not covid"

Okay.. what was your point ? No one can control it.

It was 2021 not 2121...

[jamestroll]

https://twitter.com/ReubenR80027912/status/1504777326969696280

[jamestroll]

I was actually glad to see the photo of the crowded high school in Georgia, which looked almost like any ordinary school year. I thought Georgia had one of the worse rates of COVID right now.

If Georgia can get this close to normal, most other places can.

Did you see the article I posted earlier that Cherokee County, the first district to open yesterday, has already had to send home a second-grade class and teacher to quarantine for 14 days because one of the students has tested positive?  

This is nothing more than an illusion of normality.

they should not have EVER been quarantined.

[jamestroll]

This is fantastic news! Covid workplace safety standards are a thing of the past in Virginia.

"Virginia to abandon COVID-19 workplace safety standards following Worker Safety Board vote | WRIC ABC 8News" https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/virginia-to-abandon-covid-19-workplace-safety-standards-following-worker-safety-board-vote/amp/

I am sick and tired of covid safety standards.

[jamestroll]

I was in DC yesterday and saw some people OUTSIDE wearing MASKS.

It took all my self control to not run up to them to and rip their MASKS off.

Outdoor masking is absolutely unacceptable.

[jamestroll]

I was in DC yesterday and saw some people OUTSIDE wearing MASKS.

It took all my self control to not run up to them to and rip their MASKS off.

Outdoor masking is absolutely unacceptable.

Committing assault, getting hauled off by the police, and getting a permanent stain on your record to own the libs? They could be wearing a Z shirt along with their mask and it's still dumb to even think about it.

Oh my...

it is literally a joke.. I would not rip someone's mask off..

But don't think I can not see their arrogant, evil grins behind their MASKS.

[jamestroll]

I find masks acceptable to wear around Halloween outside. Not otherwise.

[jamestroll]

I find masks acceptable to wear around Halloween outside. Not otherwise.

I wear a mask indoors because I have severe anxiety and my mother has respiratory issues so I don't want to risk taking the virus home, do you find that unacceptable?

No, there can be valid reasoning to wearing masks indoors but I doubt the effectiveness of cloth masks against newer variants.

[jamestroll]

Masks aren’t even that effective to begin with unless you’re already sick. The virus is mild now and transmission is relatively low (although likely to oscillate over the next several months) anyway. Masking is mostly a false sense of security at this point yet a few people here and in other places I know online continue to do it because they’ve become germaphobes thanks to the Democrats fear mongering (even if it was justified pre-vaccine) of the virus. They should be allowed to do it yes but I should also be allowed to think it’s dumb.

We can not exactly expect people to all wear kn95 masks. It is not realistic nor practical and imagine the intense culture wars if that is what was required!

My policy is simple:

1) Wear a mask if you choose to and have a history of respiratory problems. Especially in winter.. especially in crowded places.. and if you choose to.

2) Get a booster each fall. None of this stupid.. every 6 months geta booster.. that may be counter productive if anything.

I know life is 95% of normal but governmental agencies need to operate as they did prior to the pandemic and we must stop trying to protect children and college aged individuals from covid. You know, the people least likely to face fatalities from COVID.

[jamestroll]

https://www.popdust.com/online-leftist-language-2650803862.html

Much of covid-discourse online had this problem.

[jamestroll]

DO NOT GET A BOOSTER EVERY SIX MONTHS!!!!!! ONCE A ING YEAR IN THE FALL IS SUFFICIENT.

Biden got his 2nd booster today. Great! I hope they extend to under 50 soon so I can get one. I've decided I'll try to do it on a Friday and tough it out. I don't want Omicron or BA.2.

LabourJersey, I was kind of wondering that too lol.

If extended to under 50s I'll be eligible as of April 19. Not in a hurry though as there's not really much risk at this point, there's a much bigger risk from the flu.

I got my booster in November.

I'm willing to get a second booster, but also concerned about the studies showing too many of these boosters could actually be a bad thing. So I'm going to wait and see how cases go before I decide what to do (assuming they eventually drop it to under 50).

I honestly think there is some working between Fauci and other arrogant scientists that are pushing boosters every few months to weaken immune systems. Because they want covid to continue so they do not lose their power.

[jamestroll]

DO NOT GET A BOOSTER EVERY SIX MONTHS!!!!!! ONCE A ING YEAR IN THE FALL IS SUFFICIENT.

How can you possibly know this?  I’d be happy to get a booster every month if it means we don’t have to wear masks on planes anymore.

As per usual, he's just talking out of his ass, he knows just as much as we do. I'll be eligible for a second booster as soon as they're approved for under 50 and plan on getting one asap.

I was always right that Covid measures were BULL.

[jamestroll]

DO NOT GET A BOOSTER EVERY SIX MONTHS!!!!!! ONCE A ING YEAR IN THE FALL IS SUFFICIENT.

How can you possibly know this?  I’d be happy to get a booster every month if it means we don’t have to wear masks on planes anymore.

As per usual, he's just talking out of his ass, he knows just as much as we do. I'll be eligible for a second booster as soon as they're approved for under 50 and plan on getting one asap.

I was always right that Covid measures were BULL.

And Alex Jones was right about the government spying on us; that doesn't mean I'm going to buy fluoride shield or start believing that there are child sex slave colonies on the moon.

Touche I guess

[jamestroll]

I regret being so tolerant of masks so late in the game. I regret that.

[jamestroll]

I honestly think there is some working between Fauci and other arrogant scientists that are pushing boosters every few months to weaken immune systems. Because they want covid to continue so they do not lose their power.

I see you ditched your mask for a tinfoil hat.

not necessarily.

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-a-4th-covid-19-shot-likely-wont-provide-more-protection

[jamestroll]

https://twitter.com/PhillyInquirer/status/1511810001681227780
Nice work, guys. Enjoy having Governor Mastriano.

this is horrifying !! And Pennsylvania is one of the few dem pick up opportunities for the senate ! Now it's ruined !!!!!

[jamestroll]

It's now been two months since I was warned about mass deaths in Nova schools since Youngkin signed a bill banning mask mandates.

I am so glad I do not have kids. I couldn't imagine my anger during covid if I did.

[jamestroll]

It's now been two months since I was warned about mass deaths in Nova schools since Youngkin signed a bill banning mask mandates.

I am so glad I do not have kids. I couldn't imagine my anger during covid if I did.

Mass deaths?

Healthy & non-obese kids are at an infinitely higher risk of getting leukemia or lymphoma than dying to Covid.

My point is those mass deaths were never gonna happen. It was all about control .