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Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado

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Re: Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado

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Our daughter had a fever for four days over the holidays. We literally could not even get into see a pediatrician or an urgent care. There was nothing available. If a minor cold is enough to cripple our healthcare system, you have to wonder if maybe there is some other reason our hospitals aren't able(or willing) to go back to normal. I spend thousands of dollars on health INSURANCE every year. If I go to the ER it s…

It's crippling our healthcare system because it's not a minor cold. People are filling our ICUs rooms needing ventilators and intravenous fluids just to not die. The common cold does not do that. They could not see your daughter about a fever because all hands were too busy keeping people from the literal brink of death. This is why anti-vaxxers and covid-deniers are such a big problem. They think that even if they a…

We have had over two years to prepare for this. I don’t buy it for one second.

The last time I went to the ER was prior to the pandemic… and it still cost over two thousand dollars after insurance. Insurance that I spent probably over 10k a year for.

Maybe Covid isn’t the issue. Maybe our infrastructure is.

If you think they aren’t laughing their arses to the bank over this then I dunno bud.

You really think that we can’t afford the equipment and staff to handle this? How much do you spend on health insurance every year? Your brother? Sister? Literally everyone around you? Why aren’t we pointing fingers at the hundreds of wasteful medical contractors hemorrhaging taxpayer dollars in this time of crisis? How much money do you think director level types and administrator level types deserve in times of catastrophe such as these, especially if my daughter can’t even see a doctor when she is sick?

Omicron is not the problem. We should be able to handle this.

Re: Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado

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This data from NYC has been supplanted and updated for all of NYS: https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-breakthrough-data This still shows a greater than 10x difference in outcomes. Additionally, the "unvacccinated" population includes people naturally vaccinated by virtue of having a previous case. It could very well evolve into a form that is mild enough and different enough from the vaccine spike that brings…

This virus has a global reservoir and will never run its course entirely before mutating again most likely. Just like colds and flus before it. Maybe not. A much broader vaccine is coming along well.[1] That's from the US Army's Walter Reed Medical Center, and it just passed phase I (safety) clinical testing. That one is supposed to protect against all COVID & SARS variants. There are 93 more COVID vaccines in develo…

Is the defense department going to vaccinate the reservoir of deer and cats and hippos, and do that worldwide?

This will be with us, and mutating, approximately forever.

Re: Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado

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You are the gatekeeper on feeling sick, now?

We've been under threat of lockdown, under lockdown, or under restrictions for ~2 years now. It's understandable that some are very concerned after or about getting sick but many of us, for our own sanity and psychological health, need to move on.

And the front line critical infrastructure are out doing their jobs. Change your career and get outside!

Re: Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado

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Surely this is the end of the pandemic? With an estimated 300k+ cases per day here in the UK, that is 10 million this month on top of everyone who has already had it. It’s as though nobody is ready to acknowledge the elephant in the room that Covid is nearly finished. Or am I missing something?

You're missing the fact you can catch it over and over. My wife is currently battling Omicron after we both had covid at the start of last year. Fully vaccinated and boosted three weeks ago, caught it anyway. With an infected population this massive mutations happen fast enough to cause a new wave before the old one burns out.

I would buy this on a t-shirt, 'Fully vaccinated and boosted three weeks ago, caught it anyway.'

Does anyone else still believe the shots prevent infection or transmission?

Re: Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado

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Just giving my 2 cents. Got boosted 3 weeks ago. Now I have covid. Everything is fine, feels like the least ill i ever was from anything. But I wanted to state that omnicron is a beast. I did wear a ffp2 mask with nearly every social contact and if we didnt wear mask we would test ourself. I am sure I got it from the streets from people passing by. That said I am in the french alps and it was vacation time here. And…

> Now I have covid. Everything is fine, feels like the least ill i ever was from anything. But I wanted to state that omnicron is a beast. So you’re the least ill you’ve ever been from anything but it’s also “a beast”?

The beast part was more for how contagious it is. As a malady it is fine with me but I am still having an eye on long covid…hoping for the best.

Re: Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado

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The vaccines were never purported to be 100% effective, and all the data and information was clear that they had lower effectiveness against Delta, and even lower against Omicron. If people told you that the vaccines would lower your chances of contracting every known major variant and lower your chances of a serious illness, they were right. If they told you that the vaccines were guaranteed to completely prevent ev…

Is it just me or are we getting a lot of new(ish) accounts posting blatant COVID misinformation and/or flamebait lately?

Bots I think. You can tell pretty easily. Most HN threads are pretty high quality but this one is bot infested. I wouldnt let it bother me too much.

Re: Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado

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Yeah, sure. Who knows what viruses could be spreading and mutating amongst those weasels. It's not like SARS-CoV-2 is the first, and it won't be the last. But when you say > This is a lottery that's less fun to play How exactly do you propose not playing? Lockdowns, social distancing, masking, etc. for life? We're eventually going to have to start treating Covid the same as we've always treated "the flu" and it defin…

> Lockdowns, social distancing, masking, etc. for life? Very few places did lockdowns at any point so I wouldn’t expect that to start now, butthe ones which did were successful in breaking spread. It doesn’t need to be continuous, but it’s clearly effective for preventing huge spikes. Similarly, we’d save lives and billions of dollars if we established the same social norms which some Asian countries have about weari…

The best thing to happen is people staying home when symptomatic. Wearing a mask while knowingly symptomatic is unhelpful to others, so I disagree with your belief of the alleged benefit of alleged Asian culture.

Re: Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado

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But now we’ll be able to reach herd immunity. Very mild and highly transmissible. This is the best possible outcome.

There's no reason to believe that we'll achieve herd immunity to anything beyond Omicron. There's a reason Flu vaccines are a thing you get every year, even if you've had the flu.

I don't get the flu vaccine every year.

Re: Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado

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post #433

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You are the gatekeeper on feeling sick, now?

Caught a bad flu in late 2018. Lingered for two months. Cough so bad, I dislocated a rib. Had X-rays taken, and everything. Took about a year for the the rib to stop slipping whenever I exerted myself. In the end, it was a period of discomfort that set me back a spell, but which I ultimately got over. Probably wouldn't try to shut down society over it, or use it as proof that people should fear the flu. Just that som…

i had a similarly bad flu bout winter 2017-18. the worst of it literally had me at the edge of death one night. would have stopped breathing had i not willfully forced myself to, through all the congestion and soreness (also had a rib issue like you). the flu is no joke, and yet i also wouldn’t try to shut down the world, let alone my city, for the flu.
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