COVID-19 Megathread 6: Return of the Omicron

[falling apart like the ashes of American flags]

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.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Louisiana right now might have the lowest positivity rate of any state in the past 2 years, at 0.8%.

[Doomer]

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).

[Raccoon]

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.

[Frodo]

When the COVID pandemic is officially declared over in the United States, that will likely bring its own set of challenges:

COVID pandemic's end may bring turbulence for US health care

When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for a cumbersome U.S. health care system made more generous, flexible and up-to-date technologically through a raft of temporary emergency measures.

Winding down those policies could begin as early as the summer. That could force an estimated 15 million Medicaid recipients to find new sources of coverage, require congressional action to preserve broad telehealth access for Medicare enrollees, and scramble special COVID-19 rules and payment policies for hospitals, doctors and insurers. There are also questions about how emergency use approvals for COVID-19 treatments will be handled.

The array of issues is tied to the coronavirus public health emergency first declared more than two years ago and periodically renewed since then. It's set to end April 16 and the expectation is that the Biden administration will extend it through mid-July. Some would like a longer off-ramp.

Transitions don't bode well for the complex U.S. health care system, with its mix of private and government insurance and its labyrinth of policies and procedures. Health care chaos, if it breaks out, could create midterm election headaches for Democrats and Republicans alike.

“The flexibilities granted through the public health emergency have helped people stay covered and get access to care, so moving forward the key question is how to build on what has been a success and not lose ground,” said Juliette Cubanski, a Medicare expert with the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, who has been researching potential consequences of winding down the pandemic emergency.

[emailking]

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.

Yeah no.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

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.

[Not Me, Us]

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.

[Raccoon]

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.

[Andrew Cuomo is a No Go]

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.

[Raccoon]

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

[emailking]

Some of them may not have been best given what we know now about the virus. Many were not "bull."

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Some of them may not have been best given what we know now about the virus. Many were not "bull."

Every single one of them was bull.

In hindsight, there never should have been any major restrictions.

[emailking]

No I completely disagree with that.

[Roll Roons]

Some of them may not have been best given what we know now about the virus. Many were not "bull."

Every single one of them was bull.

In hindsight, there never should have been any major restrictions.

I don't know about never, but there certainly shouldn't have been anything after May 2021, when every adult in the country had the chance to be vaccinated.

[Raccoon]

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

[Ferguson97]

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.

[Raccoon]

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

[emailking]

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

The problem isn't that there may be some validity to a 4th booster not being helpful for everyone. It's that you think there's a plot by doctors to keep Covid going.

[SnowLabrador]

In my home state of Massachusetts, cases are skyrocketing. I fully expect a BA2 surge. This is going to devastate the country, and, worst of all, it'll help the Republicans in the midterms.

[Mr.Bakari-Sellers]

These cases are clearly sparked by the immigration surge at the border I have gotten the booster shot and haven't gotten sick, many of us have gotten immune from the virus but immigrants

But, during Trump they came on cruise liners

[Roll Roons]

In my home state of Massachusetts, cases are skyrocketing. I fully expect a BA2 surge. This is going to devastate the country, and, worst of all, it'll help the Republicans in the midterms.

This is disinformation. There is no place in the country where cases are skyrocketing. I know you want the pandemic to continue forever so we can be under lockdowns like your beloved China, but there is seriously something deeply wrong with you.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I think every county in Massachusetts is green on the CDC map.

[SnowLabrador]

I think every county in Massachusetts is green on the CDC map.

Cases are creeping up again. There's going to be a surge.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

There's going to be a surge.

And how do we know this?

By now, there's very few people who don't have immunity.