New Covid variant. Discuss how effed we are!

Harambe wrote:

This is the worst looking variant since Delta for sure. Not clear how transmissible it is. Likely fairly immune evasive — seems to be breaking thru SA’s high rate of prior infection BUT cases are still quite low. Remains to be see.

The dudes in Hong Kong who tested positive for it are asymptomatic, it seems. One of them is Pfizer vaxxed, etc. useless single data points.

This is obviously more serious than previous variant fearmongering but it’s still so early. Good to restrict travel but unlikely that will do much.

Wow, super scary.

You should definitely stay in your house for the foreseeable future & lockdown indefinitely. Also be sure to double mask even when you are by yourself, can’t be too careful.

you idiots wrote:

1. How is there a “variant” when the original has never been identified?

2. Do you understand “variant” is code for “ the vax is making you sick due to your lack of immune system”??

3. Wake up

4. Keep getting “boosters” that were manufactured before your so called “ variants”??

You guys should be imprisoned for pushing this narrative. All the unjabbed are just fine. See Africa for proof .

Read this. Truth.

I just want some pudding.

Joe Biden

energeticlotuseater wrote:

Harambe wrote:

This is the worst looking variant since Delta for sure. Not clear how transmissible it is. Likely fairly immune evasive — seems to be breaking thru SA’s high rate of prior infection BUT cases are still quite low. Remains to be see.

The dudes in Hong Kong who tested positive for it are asymptomatic, it seems. One of them is Pfizer vaxxed, etc. useless single data points.

This is obviously more serious than previous variant fearmongering but it’s still so early. Good to restrict travel but unlikely that will do much.

Wow, super scary.

You should definitely stay in your house for the foreseeable future & lockdown indefinitely. Also be sure to double mask even when you are by yourself, can’t be too careful.

Harambe might want to stay off the internet just to be safe. Like when all those world leaders wore masks for a zoom conference. Can't be too safe.

never beat it wrote:

We are never going to beat this virus. It will continue to mutate.

We just have to learn to live with it.

It will mutate over and over, thats what virus just do..

but Im sure those Dem states are all getting ready to jump right back into lock down, and double mask, shut down schools etc.. you can't be too safe ya know.

never beat it wrote:

We are never going to beat this virus. It will continue to mutate.

We just have to learn to live with it.

Dr. Fauci claims the Priests at Regis HS told him he could go blind from beating his meat.

energeticlotuseater wrote:

Harambe wrote:

This is the worst looking variant since Delta for sure. Not clear how transmissible it is. Likely fairly immune evasive — seems to be breaking thru SA’s high rate of prior infection BUT cases are still quite low. Remains to be see.

The dudes in Hong Kong who tested positive for it are asymptomatic, it seems. One of them is Pfizer vaxxed, etc. useless single data points.

This is obviously more serious than previous variant fearmongering but it’s still so early. Good to restrict travel but unlikely that will do much.

Wow, super scary.

You should definitely stay in your house for the foreseeable future & lockdown indefinitely. Also be sure to double mask even when you are by yourself, can’t be too careful.

I feel like my post was pretty measured. Have you seen the predicated antibody affinities from both vaccines and monoclonal therapies? Have you seen the mutational overlap with fully-resistant engineered spike proteins? There’s reason for concern.

Thankfully antibody affinity does not determine (nearly) everything. Look for tons more in vitro data in the coming days.

If there’s a variant that breaks thru immunity from infection or vaccines that is bad. That’s going to be a lot more death. Your flippant responses are cute but informationally vacuous. I’m disappointed.

Harambe wrote:

energeticlotuseater wrote:

Wow, super scary.

You should definitely stay in your house for the foreseeable future & lockdown indefinitely. Also be sure to double mask even when you are by yourself, can’t be too careful.

I feel like my post was pretty measured. Have you seen the predicated antibody affinities from both vaccines and monoclonal therapies? Have you seen the mutational overlap with fully-resistant engineered spike proteins? There’s reason for concern.

Thankfully antibody affinity does not determine (nearly) everything. Look for tons more in vitro data in the coming days.

If there’s a variant that breaks thru immunity from infection or vaccines that is bad. That’s going to be a lot more death. Your flippant responses are cute but informationally vacuous. I’m disappointed.

Two years in nearly and still don't know a soul who even had to go to the hospital for Covid.

Scary, scary

Two years in nearly and still don't know a soul who even had to go to the hospital for Covid.

Scary, scary

A few 40 something relatives had it and never went to the hospital. They happen to be overweight. Anyways my wife works in a rural area hospital that never was close to being “overwhelmed.”

I know of two people in their 70s/80s whom have died from it. One already had lung issues from a lifetime of smoking and one was obese.

So why are the death numbers high in Florida? Because that’s where the old people are.

My point is how long are we going to hide and destroy out economy to save mostly old fat people whom smoked much of their life? Can we just suggest they get vaxxed so they don’t die? Let them choose? And let the rest of us do whatever the he$& we want? Because it’s never gonna end with these stupid variants and overreactions.

It is my belief that of the 700k plus Americans we are told who have died from Covid, 600k would have been dead by now had Covid never existed.

Went on a 5-mile run this morning. Felt great. Had a healthy meal afterward. My immune system feels ready to naturally ward off any variant of the Wuhan flu. (Note to snowflakes: I am fully vaccinated)

Excellent dissemination of personal unfounded opinions.

How many rubles do you get paid for a nugget like that?

I'm sure we are just as effed as we have been for the Delta Variant. Which I never would have realized existed if people hadn't been screaming about how terrible the Delta Variant was.

Primo Numero Uno wrote:

I'm sure we are just as effed as we have been for the Delta Variant. Which I never would have realized existed if people hadn't been screaming about how terrible the Delta Variant was.

Bingo. The big bad world-ending sore throat virus of doom.

Primo Numero Uno wrote:

I'm sure we are just as effed as we have been for the Delta Variant. Which I never would have realized existed if people hadn't been screaming about how terrible the Delta Variant was.

I would have never known COVID existed if it wasn’t the only thing talked about on the news cycle for 16 months (that and how racist America apparently is)

We are not effed at all. There’s two types of people:

1) those who live in fear of Covid and let Covid control their lives and essentially waste their life by letting a virus that only kills the old and already dying dictate what they can and can’t do with their short life.

2) those who know life is short, and for most age brackets, there’s a better chance of dying by getting hit by a drunk driver than dying of Covid so they want to continue living their lives and enjoying what little happiness there is in this brutal world.

If you’re a type 1 person then yea the new variant is bad for you. If you’re a type 2 person, like me, then the new variant doesn’t matter.

If they bring back mask mandates, I’m going get the biggest noise cancelling headphones available with my favorite playlist and walk around with those ignoring everything and everyone. But luckily I live in a great area in southern CA. Somehow my daughter’s school isn’t abiding by the mask and vaccine mandates. Not sure how they are pulling that off, but it’s fine by me.

Yes things only exist if some rando dipwad on the internet acknowledges it.

Go away , you ain’t that important

When I see you doing that I will beat your ass

vaxxed&waxxed wrote:

When I see you doing that I will beat your ass

Bet you wouldn’t.