COVID-19 Megathread 6: Return of the Omicron

[emailking]

The Pluto return is an abstract concept and is not going to do a damn thing to inflation or the economy. You can officially cross that out as one of your worries.

[Trump Is A Maoist]

I am panicking about hyperinflation or a great depression. I told yall the United States should have never shut down and we had to much stimulus. I am worried about the pluto return that the United States is about to experience.

Just wait until Saturn comes back around.

[Meclazine for Israel]

Should you mix and match?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2022-01-19/covid-booster-vaccination-pfizer-moderna-astrazeneca/100763758

"UK researchers recently measured the immune response of nearly 3,000 people who received one of seven COVID-19 booster vaccines (or a control jab) two to three months after their second dose of either AstraZeneca or Pfizer.

They found that people boosted with Pfizer following two doses of AstraZeneca had antibody levels nearly 25 times higher than controls. For those who received a Moderna booster (following AstraZeneca), antibody levels increased 32-fold.

Among those who had Pfizer for their first two shots, a third Pfizer dose saw antibody levels rise more than eightfold. For those who received a Moderna booster, antibody levels increased 11-fold."

[compucomp]

I am panicking about hyperinflation or a great depression. I told yall the United States should have never shut down and we had to much stimulus. I am worried about the pluto return that the United States is about to experience.

This might be the one thing we agree about on the pandemic. I also think that the trillions of dollars of stimulus had a huge part in causing the inflation we experience now, and thus closing non-essential businesses was not sustainable at all. Despite being an popular viewpoint here, "money printer go brrrr" was not a legitimate economic/fiscal strategy.

[Can't Bear]

https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1493817658688643073

One more week of masking kids outdoors at school.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

One more week of masking kids outdoors at school.

They are just absolute ghouls.

[Raccoon]

I am panicking about hyperinflation or a great depression. I told yall the United States should have never shut down and we had to much stimulus. I am worried about the pluto return that the United States is about to experience.

This might be the one thing we agree about on the pandemic. I also think that the trillions of dollars of stimulus had a huge part in causing the inflation we experience now, and thus closing non-essential businesses was not sustainable at all. Despite being an popular viewpoint here, "money printer go brrrr" was not a legitimate economic/fiscal strategy.

Yes, not saying we should have had no stimulus, but the level of it is going to cause us problems further down in the years and leave the United States in a poor position to respond to the next national emergency.

[MT Treasurer]

One more week of masking kids outdoors at school.

They are just absolute ghouls.

The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of the Left's America

[Calthrina950]

One more week of masking kids outdoors at school.

They are just absolute ghouls.

The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of the Left's America

And that's just the outdoor mask mandate. The indoor masking mandate there probably won't be lifted this school year.

[Can't Bear]

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1493940727717392389

[ElectionsGuy]

Let me guess, all of this is to declare "victory" over covid just in time for Biden's SOTU speech? And to hope people forget about what these people did over the last 2 years?

[Migrant Crime]

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1493940727717392389

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14JNF1qWZzw

Walensky said they "will give people a break" from mask wearing and have the ability to return to mitigations "should things worsen".

I have news for everyone, Covid is going nowhere.  The cases are going to start going back up sooner or later and there are going to be more "waves" this year and in the years to come.  These people have no intention of relinquishing their power or going away quietly.  The only real solution is to remove them and the politicans who defer to them.

[Migrant Crime]

Let me guess, all of this is to declare "victory" over covid just in time for Biden's SOTU speech? And to hope people forget about what these people did over the last 2 years?

Its not even that.  The public health officials at the CDC and state-level, plus many Dem leaders have been clear over the last two weeks - The mitigations are going away for now because cases are going down, and will be brought back when they go back up.  The people are clearly tiring of the charade and pulling back now gives them a greater chance of accepting new restrictions later this year.

[emailking]

I am happy to accept any updated guidance from the CDC, which I believe is apolitical and rooted in data & science, although it seems like very few people in this thread feel the same way.

[compucomp]

I am happy to accept any updated guidance from the CDC, which I believe is apolitical and rooted in data & science, although it seems like very few people in this thread feel the same way.

I'm a COVID hawk and I believe the CDC has strayed far from being apolitical and scientific, a rare point of agreement between me and the majority of doves on this forum. Whatever the CDC has been doing, it's clear they need to overhaul public relations and messaging because it has managed to discredit itself to both sides.

[Zohranism is OUR future]

U.S. COVID Deaths See a Peak As Cases Take Significant Dive
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As of Monday's update (which it's worth noting seems to have a couple of gaps, albeit not huge ones), our weekly national case load is now back below peak-Delta levels in early September.

When our death rate eventually falls to a similar level, I will be joining Camp 4.

Deaths lag too much, you should use hospitalizations since those lag a bit less.

[Trump Is A Maoist]

The public health officials at the CDC and state-level, plus many Dem leaders have been clear over the last two weeks - The mitigations are going away for now because cases are going down, and will be brought back when they go back up.

Sounds... reasonable?

[GeneralMacArthur]

I am happy to accept any updated guidance from the CDC, which I believe is apolitical and rooted in data & science, although it seems like very few people in this thread feel the same way.

This thread is basically just the same six people jerking each other off about how awful the Dems are for trying to keep people from getting COVID.

A week ago they were insisting the Dems wanted to keep restrictions in place forever so they could "keep their power over us", even on this page they're saying Dems are evil for a school mask mandate.  But of course when the CDC lifts some restrictions they turn around and say, oh it's all political, they're only doing it to help Biden's approval numbers.  They just want to hate Biden and the Dems, that's all there is to it.  It's a purely bad-faith conversation just like 80% of the conversations on this forum.

[Can't Bear]

Here is how a real leader acts


https://twitter.com/iandprior/status/1494039809119170569

While Biden keeps being "indecisive".

[Wrong about 2024 Ghost]

One more week of masking kids outdoors at school.

They are just absolute ghouls.

The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of the Left's America

Quite the bleak joke, coming from the party that wants education to be nothing but right-wing propaganda interspersed with active shooter drills.

[Frodo]

More virus rules fall as CDC hints at better times ahead

The title of this article reminds of this Civil War-era song:

[Zohranism is OUR future]

I am happy to accept any updated guidance from the CDC, which I believe is apolitical and rooted in data & science, although it seems like very few people in this thread feel the same way.

This thread is basically just the same six people jerking each other off about how awful the Dems are for trying to keep people from getting COVID.

A week ago they were insisting the Dems wanted to keep restrictions in place forever so they could "keep their power over us", even on this page they're saying Dems are evil for a school mask mandate.  But of course when the CDC lifts some restrictions they turn around and say, oh it's all political, they're only doing it to help Biden's approval numbers.  They just want to hate Biden and the Dems, that's all there is to it.  It's a purely bad-faith conversation just like 80% of the conversations on this forum.

So…all American political discourse these days?

[DaleCooper]

One more week of masking kids outdoors at school.

They are just absolute ghouls.

The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of the Left's America

And that's just the outdoor mask mandate. The indoor masking mandate there probably won't be lifted this school year.

I wouldn't be surprised if the left starts considering mandatory masking year-round regardless of COVID case rates or vaccination rates, with the justification being to prevent the spread of all contagious diseases. I expect this wing of the left to do that before they back off mask mandates for COVID.

[Frodo]

Hybrid immunity offers increased protection that is longer-lasting against Covid-19 reinfection, studies show

[Zohranism is OUR future]

One more week of masking kids outdoors at school.

They are just absolute ghouls.

The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of the Left's America

And that's just the outdoor mask mandate. The indoor masking mandate there probably won't be lifted this school year.

I wouldn't be surprised if the left starts considering mandatory masking year-round regardless of COVID case rates or vaccination rates, with the justification being to prevent the spread of all contagious diseases. I expect this wing of the left to do that before they back off mask mandates for COVID.

Are you referring to the voice in the left side of your head?