The Omicron Menace

[barbara]

I'm beginning to think nothing will convince the deniers that they should get vaccinated.

[donquixote99]

Great article in the Altantic. Makes it very clear where the denial comes from.
Rural America's False Sense of Security

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by barbara

are we supposed to be getting a fourth shot? I'm so confused.... information overload.

There is no official guidance saying to get a 4th shot. Bob was talking about doing it as his own idea.

[mpholland]

Helen Keller said it best.

"Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings"

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Great article in the Atlantic. Makes it very clear where the denial comes from.

The perfect audience for misinformation.

Originally Posted by barbara

I'm beginning to think nothing will convince the deniers that they should get vaccinated.

Death, it will either convince them... or eliminate them. Unfortunately collateral damage accompanies that and the rest of will us suffer for it.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

If you're looking for an omicron booster, the Johnson and Johnson one turns out to be special good for it

Originally Posted by donquixote99

There is no official guidance saying to get a 4th shot. Bob was talking about doing it as his own idea.

Yep, I'll be waiting until the good doctor Fauci gives the nod. I had the Pfizer booster back in August so I'm wondering if it's still up to snuff. I've read that Pfizer is working on an Omicron specific booster.

[Chicks]

Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for spreading COVID-19 misinformation

https://www.businessinsider.com/twit...rmation-2022-1


Awwwww

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Chicks

Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for spreading COVID-19 misinformation

https://www.businessinsider.com/twit...rmation-2022-1


Awwwww

About time, what took them so long?

[Rajoo]

But she retains her Congressional Twitter account. Would be interesting to see what she will do with it now. On WaPo some one posted her name as Marjorie Termite Greene.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Yep, I'll be waiting until the good doctor Fauci gives the nod. I had the Pfizer booster back in August so I'm wondering if it's still up to snuff. I've read that Pfizer is working on an Omicron specific booster.

Israel, the first country to latch on to the Pfizer vaccine is now making a fourth shot available to its citizens 60 and older. I am sure we will follow this soon. Interestingly though, Omicron variant is reported to be able to break through those with who are immunized, but they typically do not wind up on ventilators. We are still in the very early stages so remains to be seen how different this variant is. We got out booster shots in September and if offered another booster, we will certainly get it. Some immunity is better than no immunity.