I don’t know if this is a relevant point of data right now. Omicron went from ~3% of cases to ~75% of the cases last week in the US. It’s impact won’t be fully realized until at least a month if not two or three. It does seem less dangerous than Delta but not enough to outweigh its higher transmissibility and vaccine resistance.
Sounds like all my data is irrelevant, then.
Just trying to avoid you sounding like all the people at the beginning of Covid who said, “it’s only 200 cases” “it’s only 4 deaths” “this will come and go, someday it will be like it never happened”Sounds like all my data is irrelevant, then.
Pretty sure nobody in the US dies from covid anymore, at least according to the news. I haven’t seen a death ticker since February.
All I know is it’s not number of deaths right now. At least when its less than a week and a half from when the new variant only made up 3% of cases and it can take a week for serious symptoms to present themselves.
I did GET your point...I merely tried to point out that the data you posted seemed off. Not trying to butthurt anyone. I will bow out now.
No butthurt here. I definitely understand how my correct data may have seemed off at first glance. Cheers.
Having relevant data might help. What’s relevant? That’s the question. I would expect that for something this deadly, this world altering, this severe of a pandemic, that a person wouldn’t have to go far or deep to find data that’s unquestionable. But that’s not how it works. People are told to wear masks - but anything is a mask? Almost two years into this and there’s not a standard that’s enforced? Almost two years into this and there’s still confusion?
The CDC is also pretty straight forward on this topic as well. Your Guide to Masks.
See this is what starting to bother me. When Omicron was first noticed experts said that it would be two weeks before we would know if it was mild because the more serious cases take a while to present themselves. It’s been well over two weeks and they keep moving the goalposts and saying “oh it’s only young people” or “it’s only vaccinated people. So we don’t really know the effect”.
There is a plan. It has worked for polio, mumps, rubella, smallpox and others.
& @JScott Or it will be an endemic like the flu but either way at this stage I agree, it’s the same plan. I think the government could have done more aka more readily available/affordable/free at home testing but that’s still not getting us out of the current situation and will only be as effect as people are willing to participate in stopping the spread.
Feel like most people will disagree with you on this so it’s moot but.. that’s a huge leap and I’ll use a term the right uses all the time and I personally hate… that’s a slippery fucking slope.
I’m going to assume “keep moving the goalposts” and “constantly lied to” are just your frustrations creeping through?
Lol, “how can we convince people there aren’t nanobots in the vaccine?”
I ALMOST went to the card room tonight (I am boosted as well), but laid off for protection of my extended family and my vacation week. If I were not seeing everyone over Christmas and spending a few days at the beach with them, I would have gone. I am sure there will be a huge upswell for the two weeks after Christmas, I will be back to live after that.
Not to argue, but just a different perspective. I went to the card rooms over the summer, a bunch of times. As soon as I was fully vaxxed, I was there, with a mask first, and then without. I’m not living in fear. But then they started talking about delta and I took a break, to see how that would pan out. And now it’s omicron and almost certainly a huge surge, so I’ll hang back for a while. Just trying to be sensible.
Ugh I remember that month post vaccine/pre-delta. Those were the (few) days man…
Aright, maybe I’m living in a little fear.
not at all. Keep in mind when I’m talking about “they” I mean politicians and the media. The experts often try and talk sense but it’s ignored. Most infectious disease specialists are saying to approach omicron with a healthy dose of caution. Not anything like what we’ve seen happening.
I had CNN on earlier and the news talker lady was interviewing a Dr./nurse lady and when she leaned into the medical professional and got her to admit people were saying they wished they’d been vaxxed, with their final words before intubation, I wanted to puke. That’s not journalism.
I’m 100% pro vaccine. But for some reason when I argue some of these things people think I’m anti everything.
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