The Omicron Menace

[bobabode]

"In a Tuesday briefing with the White House's COVID-19 response team, Fauci — the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — said existing pandemic measures should work against the newly detected variant.

Fauci recommended the following steps to protect against the Omicron variant:

Get vaccinated against COVID-19.
If you're already vaccinated, get a booster shot.
Use masks.
Avoid crowded places.
Gather outdoors when possible.
Socially distance from others.
Get tested.
Isolate from others if you test positive for COVID-19."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/med...edgdhp&pc=U531

Seems simple doesn't it?

[Chicks]

But… but…. That’s infringing on my liberties, dad gummit! I’m a libertarian, so I don’t give a crap about YOU, it’s all about me, me, me!!!! So long as this fake virus (the commie Dems made it all up) doesn’t kill ME, I don’t care. I’m not about to have MY liberties stomped on to protect YOU!

[bobabode]

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

― John Rogers

[Rajoo]

A close friends daughter who is married into a Trumper family refuses to have her kids wear masks, even when visiting them. Absolute insanity and how she flipped from a well bred well educated family is quite simply shocking.

[barbara]

My son and daughter in law are expecting in March and her parents have not gotten vaccinated and see no need to. I'm worried. Daughter in law says she won't let her parents see the baby unless they are vaccinated. I'm still worried.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Chicks

I’m a libertarian, so I don’t give a crap about YOU, it’s all about me, me, me!!!!

Most accurate summary of libertarianism ever!

[Rajoo]

Well, the first Omicron case is here folks in CA, traveler from South Africa who is fully vaccinated.

The patient, a traveler who returned to California from South Africa on Nov. 22, is in isolation, and aggressive contact tracing is underway, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The individual was fully vaccinated and had mild symptoms that are improving. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California said the person had received two doses of the Moderna vaccine but was within the six-month window and had thus not received a booster.

Sad part is that when news of this breaks out, the Trump Cult will chime in, "see vaccines don't work".

My niece by marriage, a Bible thumper extraordinaire said when her dad who was fully vaccinated yet contracted Covid-19 and spent a week in intensive care, "see vaaccines don't work. This is why we (husband who is a full time preacher, and two kids) are not vaccinated." She was actually thumbing her nose at us.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/u...-vaccines.html

[RickeyM]

A week in intensive care is still better than an eternity in a grave.

[Mark B]

Originally Posted by barbara

My son and daughter in law are expecting in March and her parents have not gotten vaccinated and see no need to. I'm worried. Daughter in law says she won't let her parents see the baby unless they are vaccinated. I'm still worried.

Good for her.

[bobabode]

"A Superior Court judge has denied a request by the Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters union seeking a preliminary injunction to delay enforcement of the city’s vaccine mandate.

The ruling is “a victory for public health and safety in Los Angeles,” City Atty. Mike Feuer said in a statement.

“The Court recognized the emergency we’re in, and the harm that enjoining implementation of the vaccine mandate could have caused,” Feuer said. “Beyond this case, the presence of the new, highly contagious variant here in L.A. underscores the importance of vaccinating our first responders — indeed, of vaccinating everyone.”" LA Times

https://www.latimes.com/california/s...te-enforcement

Bunch of crybabies scared of a needle.