Posted on 08/21/2023 1:36:27 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Health authorities say they're closely tracking the spread of three new COVID-19 variants now spreading around the country.
Levels of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths for now remain far below previous peaks seen during past summer and winter waves of the virus, but have been climbing steadily for several weeks.
Public health officials have said that they're well-equipped for the latest seasonal uptick in the virus, with COVID-19 tests and forthcoming vaccines expected to work for the variants on the rise around the country.
But the appearance of a new "highly mutated" variant has raised questions among virus trackers about what the coming months could hold.
Here's the latest about what we know about the new COVID-19 variants now on the rise.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
What’s a covid?
Be afraid, be very afraid. But you know a lot of the sheep are already starting to panic.
The “gift” that keeps on giving... conveniently.
and forthcoming vaccines expected to work...
Oh really, that doesn't sound scientific. What's the expected efficacy...1%, 5%, 20%
enough of this crap, find another hobby!
How far does a variant have to differ from the original SARS-CoV-2 before it’s considered a completely new organism that can’t, by definition, cause CoViD-19?
I have had a severe case of the variant 100.dont.care for about three years now.
Easily predictable. Just in time for another General Election. Well, the phuquers got away with this garbage in 2020. Why not go back to that well again?
SeeBS Snooze lives up to its name.
BOHICA.
Is it just me, or do others see more sheeple wearing face diapers more these days than 6-8 months ago?
So. New COVID variants.
What’s the death per infection rate?
How would doing something different change the natural history or prevent new variants?
The answers are probably really really low (mortality) and nothing is going to change. Pointless scare tactic.
New and improved!
They’ve had two years to make them more effective.
The life cycle of a virus - more contagious, less virulent. It’s going from easy to catch, and you may feel a little tired; to it’s easier to catch and you won’t even know you are sick.
Just in time for elections, what an amazing coincidence.
What’s a covid?
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A man made manufactured crisis. The only cure is to stay indoors while wearing a mask and mailing in ballots for Biden.
What will this seasons masks be like?
Ahhh, the Election-Variant, right on schedule!
Look for mask mandates, restrictions on personal freedoms, if not outright lockdowns to facilitate Biden’s 2024 re-selection efforts.
ALEXANDER TIN (”the tin man” - “if I only had a heart”) churning out the “See the b#ll sh#t fake news” for cbs.
Oh no...THREE! Count’em! THREE variants coming to getcha.
No more of this namby pamby “new variant” crap...we got 3 stalking your refusnik butts.
Plee, Missa Doctor! Gibs me dem shots!
I donwanna die!
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No...totally agree: not EVER again.
Not where I live. But well let’s just say people here never really complied to begin with.
I’m not in a blue state or urban hive. Maybe that explains it.
That said, expect many will see more “sheeple wearing face diapers.”
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