This new variant has been called "mild." I hope this proves to be true, and is not used as an excuse for another lockdown. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-diseas...
please broaden your horizons and stop reading that rag
Update on Omicron
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#12In general, respiratory viruses tend to get less severe over time. With this mass vaccination approach it may not turn out that way by some accounts I've read.
Citations? I think I've heard that too, but if you've read something recently that would help me separate a study from a rumor.
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#13This new variant has been called "mild." I hope this proves to be true, and is not used as an excuse for another lockdown. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-diseas...
Why do you say "excuse for another lockdown"? Are you implying that someone in government has alterior motives to desire a lockdown?
> https://www.ft.com/content/620e3d31-ba90-4cb6-ae27-6e2d0740d...
19% of britons are in favor of eternal curfews. It seems very likely that some percentage also desire lockdowns
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#14This new variant has been called "mild." I hope this proves to be true, and is not used as an excuse for another lockdown. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-diseas...
Why do you say "excuse for another lockdown"? Are you implying that someone in government has alterior motives to desire a lockdown?
Obviously the rich elite that owns the majority of shares and controls the world governments want to self-mutilate by cratering the market again, so they get to "control" the population with lockdowns. Thank god we have Facebook groups to clue is in to all this.
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#15TL;DR: we don't know
Which is way better than what the media has been "speculating".
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#16In general, respiratory viruses tend to get less severe over time. With this mass vaccination approach it may not turn out that way by some accounts I've read.
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#17This new variant has been called "mild." I hope this proves to be true, and is not used as an excuse for another lockdown. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-diseas...
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#18This new variant has been called "mild." I hope this proves to be true, and is not used as an excuse for another lockdown. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-diseas...
Why do you say "excuse for another lockdown"? Are you implying that someone in government has alterior motives to desire a lockdown?
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Re: Update on Omicron
#19This new variant has been called "mild." I hope this proves to be true, and is not used as an excuse for another lockdown. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-diseas...
Why do you say "excuse for another lockdown"? Are you implying that someone in government has alterior motives to desire a lockdown?
This narrative is so silly to me. Same with those who think that mandating mask wearing is some flex by the government to exert control.
It's common sense that in order to stop the spread of highly contagious respiratory viruses, having folks stay away from one another for a bit works... if people follow the lockdown, which too many don't. If anything, politicians are hesitant to invoke a lockdown due to the vocal minority's tantrums over them.
People don't like them, the same way that people don't like wearing masks. But most understand the value of both. And it's not like the local government is gaining anything from slowing down the local economy and annoying its citizens--aside from trying to save lives and put less stress on the healthcare system and its already overtaxed workers.
Re: Update on Omicron
#20This new variant has been called "mild." I hope this proves to be true, and is not used as an excuse for another lockdown. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-diseas...
I read the article and it seems like what she is saying is more nuanced than that. There is significant concern, not least for potential impacts on the elderly and those with co-morbidities.
To the point about lockdowns, nobody in govt in the UK is looking for an excuse for another. The exact opposite is true in fact.