Omicron
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HGCC
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Yeah, I did. Felt pretty bad with both at once so i would plan to be down for a day or two.
CatHedral
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Same. Not sure which did it, but the fever finally ended day 3.
Roger A. Shrubber
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yeah, but three feet of that eight feet is his mullet...and another foot of it is his mouth
chex1111
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Have you ever heard of Phylocode? Its a new taxanomic system for genetically modified plants, animals and humans. You might not want to get the shot, unless you want to be part omnirat, omnimouse, or omnichicken tm. You are not considered homosapiens anymore and have different legal stauts. You fit into a new genetic clave. Your new taxonomy is xhomosapiens xomniratx. Theres a number, something like .003% change.
hanimmal
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I would point out that as a human being you are really just 10% TO 43% actual human and a whole lot of other shit that use our meat suit symbiotically. So I am not sure if it really means anything what you said (or if you were just kidding around), but I am going to collectively enjoy the time I have left on this planet and not let a bunch of anti-science propagandists ruin it by tricking me to be unsafe during a pandemic while there is a extremely safe and highly effective vaccine available.
Roger A. Shrubber
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well, first of all, it's clade, not clave...Clade is a group in which every member shares a common ancestor (a unique common ancestor). A clade is a group for which all the descendants of the last common ancestor of the members of the group are included in the group.
so you're wrong, you still have the same ancestors, so you're still a member of the same clade.
second, Phylocode has nothing to do with genetic engineering, it's merely an alternative to the Linnean system of nomenclature...
third, almost all vaccines have some animal component in them, and just about everyone in this country has had the required vaccinations as a child, so we've all already been exposed to the partial dna of mice, or eggs, or w/e they used to get the required code for the vaccine...
so...are you craving cheese? do you want to find a place to roost and lay eggs?...
if you don't understand what you're reading, don't try to use it to prove a point...
thank you for telling me; i'm sensitive and got really sick from Shingrex #1, i couldn't go back for the 2nd.
did you get Pfizer or Moderna?; I had Pfizer with no issue on both.
we have a new pharmacy close by they were 2x delivered bad refrigerators i tried to sneak over there but no luck. I'm just gonna sign up; next available is around Christmas. the flu shot i already called the pharmacy i go to and will get that just walking down no appointment necessary; they're mom and pop and don't do Covid probably due to special refrigeration. + if i just show they may only have enough on hand for those scheduled that day.
Just because were in a pandemic doesn't mean we shouldn't have manners.
i once asked job foreman to use his dumpster and he looked at me like i had two heads 'you're the first person who's ever asked'.
i think i'm part Canadian..i know i would blend in nicely up there.
printer
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It is an easy name, "Ohmy".
First US omicron case detected in California
The U.S. has detected the nation's first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in California, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday.
The individual was a fully vaccinated traveler who returned from South Africa on November 22, the CDC said. The person had mild symptoms that are improving, and is self-quarantining.
The person has since tested negative, and all close contacts have also tested negative, the CDC added.
During a press briefing shortly after the case was disclosed, chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci urged Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and said that those who are eligible should get their booster shots, describing the vaccines as the best protection against the virus and the omicron variant.
thehill.com
First US omicron case detected in California
The U.S. has detected the nation's first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in California, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday.
The individual was a fully vaccinated traveler who returned from South Africa on November 22, the CDC said. The person had mild symptoms that are improving, and is self-quarantining.
The person has since tested negative, and all close contacts have also tested negative, the CDC added.
During a press briefing shortly after the case was disclosed, chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci urged Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and said that those who are eligible should get their booster shots, describing the vaccines as the best protection against the virus and the omicron variant.
First US omicron case detected in California
The U.S. has detected the nation’s first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in California, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday.The individual is a …
thehill.com
PJ Diaz
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Sigh of relief in South Africa as Omicron variant appears to be ‘super mild‘ mutation with Covid death rate not jumping - City AM
The WHO and Coronavirus experts are increasingly convinced the new Omicron variant is ‘super mild’ and has, so far, not led to a jump in Covid death rates anywhere in Southern Africa. The WHO is calling this morning for countries to drop travel restrictions and end the mass hysteria, and instead...
www.cityam.com
HGCC
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Moderna all around.
printer
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Really too early to say, don't you think?
printer
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Doctors hope Omicron causes milder cases of Covid — but it’s still too early to say
Physicians around the world have suggested the Omicron variant may cause milder illness than other forms of the coronavirus. But actually understanding Omicron’s severity is an open question, experts caution — one that requires more patient data and more time to answer.
There is a normal range in symptoms among people infected by the coronavirus, from none to severe, so it takes a large set of people to get the full picture.
“I don’t think right now there’s any reason to expect that this virus is less or more severe than any other circulating variants,” said vaccinologist Florian Krammer of Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine. “The base assumption that we should have is that it behaves like other SARS-CoV-2 variants and we need to figure out, over time, if it’s more severe, if it’s less severe. But to assume right now that it might be attenuated in some kind of way I think would be problematic.”
Notably, many of the Omicron cases reported in South Africa have been in younger people, so it’s not clear how the virus will behave if it infects people with health conditions or older adults. Many of the other cases have been identified in travelers, and as Natalie Dean, a biostatistician at Emory University, noted, that means those people were feeling well enough to get on a plane.
“Since there haven’t been that many cases, and they’re only now being identified, that’s going to be one thing that limits our ability to make general statements,” Dean said.
So far, the rising hospitalization count in South Africa — particularly in Gauteng province, which has had the largest Omicron outbreak — matches the proportion of people hospitalized in past waves, the Wall Street Journal reported. Joe Phaahla, South Africa’s health minister, has also said that the majority of hospital admissions continue to be among people who were not vaccinated, a hopeful sign that the shots are maintaining their protection.
There is another possible reason Omicron infections might be milder in more people: The hosts the virus is infecting — meaning people — are better equipped to fend it off and minimize its damage.
South Africa has had several massive Covid-19 waves, so, combined with vaccination, there’s lots of existing immunity in the population. If many of the people doctors are seeing now were previously infected, that remaining immunity could protect them from developing serious disease even if it couldn’t block the infection. In fact, if that winds up partially explaining why some of these infections appear milder, that would be a good sign that immune protection can stand up to this variant to at least some extent. It wouldn’t answer, however, how severe the virus is in people who remain unprotected either because they haven’t been infected previously or immunized.
www.statnews.com
Physicians around the world have suggested the Omicron variant may cause milder illness than other forms of the coronavirus. But actually understanding Omicron’s severity is an open question, experts caution — one that requires more patient data and more time to answer.
There is a normal range in symptoms among people infected by the coronavirus, from none to severe, so it takes a large set of people to get the full picture.
“I don’t think right now there’s any reason to expect that this virus is less or more severe than any other circulating variants,” said vaccinologist Florian Krammer of Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine. “The base assumption that we should have is that it behaves like other SARS-CoV-2 variants and we need to figure out, over time, if it’s more severe, if it’s less severe. But to assume right now that it might be attenuated in some kind of way I think would be problematic.”
Notably, many of the Omicron cases reported in South Africa have been in younger people, so it’s not clear how the virus will behave if it infects people with health conditions or older adults. Many of the other cases have been identified in travelers, and as Natalie Dean, a biostatistician at Emory University, noted, that means those people were feeling well enough to get on a plane.
“Since there haven’t been that many cases, and they’re only now being identified, that’s going to be one thing that limits our ability to make general statements,” Dean said.
So far, the rising hospitalization count in South Africa — particularly in Gauteng province, which has had the largest Omicron outbreak — matches the proportion of people hospitalized in past waves, the Wall Street Journal reported. Joe Phaahla, South Africa’s health minister, has also said that the majority of hospital admissions continue to be among people who were not vaccinated, a hopeful sign that the shots are maintaining their protection.
There is another possible reason Omicron infections might be milder in more people: The hosts the virus is infecting — meaning people — are better equipped to fend it off and minimize its damage.
South Africa has had several massive Covid-19 waves, so, combined with vaccination, there’s lots of existing immunity in the population. If many of the people doctors are seeing now were previously infected, that remaining immunity could protect them from developing serious disease even if it couldn’t block the infection. In fact, if that winds up partially explaining why some of these infections appear milder, that would be a good sign that immune protection can stand up to this variant to at least some extent. It wouldn’t answer, however, how severe the virus is in people who remain unprotected either because they haven’t been infected previously or immunized.
Doctors hope Omicron causes milder cases of Covid — but it’s still too early to say
Actually understanding Omicron's severity is an open question, experts caution — one that requires more patient data and more time to answer.
www.statnews.com
PJ Diaz
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Not too early to see the trends, but yes too early to say definitively. So far the signs are good. In fact, Omicron could be a blessing in disguise, IF it is highly infectious but does not produce severe symptoms, then it could potentially provide naturally acquired immunity to mass populations without the negative effects. That's all just theoretical at this point of course however, but potentially possible.
i've got my appointment for 12/21 and i'll get the flu shot when i pick up meds. Pfizer no problems at all besides the sore arm.
almost 1M dead to date, is pretty fucking scary.
PJ Diaz
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We are talking about the Omicron variant. No reported deaths associated with Omicron. Try to pay closer attention next time.
captainmorgan
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Wow you're a moron. If it turns out infections from it are rising because it evades protection from the vaccine and prior infections that's a bad thing moron. That means we starting over with a new vaccine and the people with previous infections don't have protection either. Maybe you should just shut the fuck up.