Omicron spreading twice as quickly as Delta in South Africa

[Bradley 60,115]

Gaga didn't announce the Chromatica Ball because she had insider info of this.

Her mind amazes me.

[alsemanche 97,796]

Do we know when the data on severity and vaccine resistance will be out? So far, I don't think we're heard of any death related to this variant I think no? 

[YUJIfushiguro 224]

47 minutes ago, Oriane said:

That's why he said cured, vaccinated, or dead, basically everyone is going to get it.

yeh im an idiot I somehow specifically missed "cured" when reading it

[Taylucifer 5,249]

is it more deadly tho? do we have any stats on the impact which it will have on ppl?

[LoveMeRight 34]

This is exhausting. My country has has had a full lockdown at night times since March last year and it looks like it won't be lifted anytime soon even though numbers have dropped.Let's hope its not as deadly but huge infection rate means more deaths even if its not as deadly.

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[Concertaholic 6,578]

4 hours ago, YUJIfushiguro said:

Vaccinated or dead is a severe overstatement. A big majority of healthy ppl would be fine without the vaccine. Yes a lot could  die and it would be more disastrous without it but acting like itd be the end of the world without it is just a stoking fear to push for more to ppl get it. So far this strain has shown to have milder symptoms then other strains there's no reason to freak out about it yet. If governments begin to freak out and push for more regulations on ppl its gonna end up causing more damage then good. The world needs to start carrying on and accepting this virus as a natural phenomenon. 

I’m sorry but I disagree with everything you’ve just said. There’s no excuse for “healthy people” to not get vaccinated because older people and those who are autoimmune compromised and get it don’t have that luxury. Had healthy people just gotten it and not been either selfish or lazy then millions of lives could have already been saved at this point. This virus kills far more people than a normal virus like the flu and leaves many with debilitating effects for months so it’s not something to accept and just carry on. We must work together to eradicate this disease and stop being so selfish/lazy. We did it before with smallpox and if our world leaders wanted to they could do it again now.

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3 hours ago, Taylucifer said:

is it more deadly tho? do we have any stats on the impact which it will have on ppl?

They don't know yet, but my understanding from what I've read is that the more likely outcome is that it will prove to be less deadly rather than more deadly .... but they don't KNOW yet. Fingers crossed.

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4 hours ago, LilyLark said:

Remember when we all though this sh*t would be over in 6 months? Ugh. I'm vaccinated and am scheduled to get a booster, so I feel fairly safe, but still...scary

We're basically at the 2-year mark. Less than that if we count the "lockdown era" (kicked off in March 2020). But still super scary.