Johns Hopkins ?

[GeoFisher]

I wonder how much faster we could put the virus behind us if we just all did every possible thing to fight it first, and saved the discussion and refinement of the metrics for in progress reviews and the after action report.

Politics has gotten in the way a whole lot. Just like it is about to start up again. Very BLUE states, understanding their voting block is pissed, is all about lifting mandates today.

Imagine that.......

We are 8 months from the mid-term elections and there are a whole lot of seats up...........and a whole lot of those are in places that are not doing very well.

Lo and behold, the mandates are no longer needed.

convenient.

These are the same states that a week ago wanted to throw you in JAIL for not wearing a mask at a freakin school board meeting.

Yep.

Lots of politics ......and more to come.

Later,

Geo

[ZoraSpook]

Politics has gotten in the way a whole lot. Just like it is about to start up again. Very BLUE states, understanding their voting block is pissed, is all about lifting mandates today.

Imagine that.......

We are 8 months from the mid-term elections and there are a whole lot of seats up...........and a whole lot of those are in places that are not doing very well.

Lo and behold, the mandates are no longer needed.

convenient.

These are the same states that a week ago wanted to throw you in JAIL for not wearing a mask at a freakin school board meeting.

Yep.

Lots of politics ......and more to come.

Later,

Geo

Amen. Since politicians like to play doctor, it’s time to elect doctors as congressman and governors.

[GeoFisher]

Amen. Since politicians like to play doctor, it’s time to elect doctors as congressman and governors.

We actually have quite a few doctors as elected officials.

Some are very **** good too........

[jcb]

We are 8 months from the mid-term elections and there are a whole lot of seats up...........and a whole lot of those are in places that are not doing very well.

Lo and behold, the mandates are no longer needed.

convenient.

The Dems are absolutely doomed except in the most blue of blueish states b/c of mandate resentment.

I'll also say, and I have absolutely nothing to back this up with, that I think it's also possible the CDC and other decision makers looked at Omicron and said "here's a highly transmissible, not as lethal variant" and thought it might be a good idea to remove the mandates, overcome the anti-vaxxers and nudge us toward herd immunity. The next variant could be much worse.

[Moveon]

The Dems are absolutely doomed except in the most blue of blueish states b/c of mandate resentment.

I'll also say, and I have absolutely nothing to back this up with, that I think it's also possible the CDC and other decision makers looked at Omicron and said "here's a highly transmissible, not as lethal variant" and thought it might be a good idea to remove the mandates, overcome the anti-vaxxers and nudge us toward herd immunity. The next variant could be much worse.

Did you ever think that since so many people are fully vaccinated these days that Omicron won't make as many people sick as before everyone got vaccinated? Maybe Omicron is as lethal as the original SARS CoV-2 virus but can't make vaccinated people as sick as before they were all vaccinated.

[jcb]

Did you ever think that since so many people are fully vaccinated these days that Omicron won't make as many people sick as before everyone got vaccinated? Maybe Omicron is as lethal as the original SARS CoV-2 virus but can't make vaccinated people as sick as before they were all vaccinated.

The CDC released a study in January that said reductions in disease severity associated with Omicron were equally clear in unvaccinated patients.

[GeoFisher]

The Dems are absolutely doomed except in the most blue of blueish states b/c of mandate resentment.

I'll also say, and I have absolutely nothing to back this up with, that I think it's also possible the CDC and other decision makers looked at Omicron and said "here's a highly transmissible, not as lethal variant" and thought it might be a good idea to remove the mandates, overcome the anti-vaxxers and nudge us toward herd immunity. The next variant could be much worse.

I have heard the herd immunity argument.......could be quite legitimate. WE will never know.

AND the next variant could be much worse. Imagine the variants where animals might "really" be involved. Of course some on this board think it came from bats, and unicorns. There is not a SINGLE bat or unicorn that has been tracked, and they have tested over 80k animals in China looking for such a unicorn.

Imagine the animal borne version that jumps from us to White Tail Deer, and then back to human. IMAGINE all the "****" that might be associated with that, and the potential hazards. THAT is what I fear.

Later,

Geo

[Moveon]

I have heard the herd immunity argument.......could be quite legitimate. WE will never know.

AND the next variant could be much worse. Imagine the variants where animals might "really" be involved. Of course some on this board think it came from bats, and unicorns. There is not a SINGLE bat or unicorn that has been tracked, and they have tested over 80k animals in China looking for such a unicorn.

Imagine the animal borne version that jumps from us to White Tail Deer, and then back to human. IMAGINE all the "****" that might be associated with that, and the potential hazards. THAT is what I fear.

Later,

Geo

Tell me where did MERS come from Geo.

I'm waiting for your answer.

You do know that the virus in bats is 98% similar to the virus in humans called SARS CoV-2?