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Well that's certainly good news! Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #1
Exactly what I was thinking True Dough Nov 2021 #5
Agreed... FirstLight Nov 2021 #30
One has to be very cautious about both the positive and negative stories... Girard442 Nov 2021 #2
Others are saying it's too early to generalize from this sample, Tanuki Nov 2021 #3
Cassandras gonna hate this greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #4
There has been a group here who has consistently ridiculed those who are concerned Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #8
'tis indeed curious GusBob Nov 2021 #14
Holiday gathering... FirstLight Nov 2021 #31
I don't believe you n/t ornotna Nov 2021 #9
In the myth Cassandra was right Blues Heron Nov 2021 #33
I always identify people in the way they prefer to be identified greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #34
Good effort at a save. It almost covers up the fact that you didn't really understand Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #41
Riiiiiight greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #42
It was merely an observation about buffoons. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #43
Oh well done greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #45
Get a clue. LisaL Nov 2021 #35
Right on cue! greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #44
If this bears out, this could be the end of the pandemic! Waiting for official Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #6
Oil market thinks it's over durablend Nov 2021 #15
The virus could be moderating. roamer65 Nov 2021 #7
It's been weird how much this has resembled the course of the 1918 flu. I guess we don't Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #10
In a hundred years? former9thward Nov 2021 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #48
It will be interesting to see if those with very mild Omicron symptoms escape long haul effects. tblue37 Nov 2021 #11
That's my question! Delmette2.0 Nov 2021 #26
Interesting that they supposedly don't get loss of taste & smell womanofthehills Nov 2021 #40
Yep. This is the big question mark. nt crickets Nov 2021 #56
I think it's best to hope for the best and get vaccinated. Tomconroy Nov 2021 #12
Until most of the world is immunized there will be new "variants of concern." Hortensis Nov 2021 #13
That's exactly what happened with influenza. Initech Nov 2021 #16
Yes. Interestingly, I was surprised to learn that only a fraction Hortensis Nov 2021 #17
Well, that "every day virus" (flu) kills a lot of people every year in this country Texin Nov 2021 #22
Oh no we definitely haven't heard the last of COVID. It will be back. Initech Nov 2021 #23
But only a fraction of what we have been told it kills. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #24
Covid for the most part has been fatal to the elderly, even the Tomconroy Nov 2021 #38
+1, "We're all going to get it at some point, ..." uponit7771 Nov 2021 #54
That is what I read a few days ago, symptoms were fatigue with no loss of smell or taste. nt yaesu Nov 2021 #18
And a scratchy throat with no cough. This is great news, but I am trying to hold Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #25
Good to hear jalan48 Nov 2021 #19
Omicron Variant Drives Rise in Covid-19 Hospitalizations in South Africa speak easy Nov 2021 #20
WSJ: Omicron Variant Drives Rise in Covid-19 Hospitalizations in South Africa Hot Spot NickB79 Nov 2021 #21
Oddly that province was by a far stretch the hot spot in the Tomconroy Nov 2021 #39
Too small a sample size and too small an age range Raftergirl Nov 2021 #27
Exactly right RedArkGuy Nov 2021 #57
This is how most virus' mutate relayerbob Nov 2021 #28
Omicron has shown up in the UK, Netherlands, wnylib Nov 2021 #29
Hospitalizations are increasing in South Africa. LisaL Nov 2021 #36
But are those hospitalizations wnylib Nov 2021 #46
Delta has been present globally for many months now. Pobeka Nov 2021 #50
Delta infections spiked here too for a short time, We'll see. uponit7771 Nov 2021 #55
I was not suggesting that delta had wnylib Nov 2021 #60
I did take it that way, thanks for clearing it up. Pobeka Nov 2021 #61
That's a big jump. I am going to hope that doctor's observations bear out, but I'm going to assume Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #58
Doctor's observation only pertain to her presumably small number of patients. LisaL Nov 2021 #62
Anecdotal evidence based on a small number of patients this particular doctor had. LisaL Nov 2021 #32
Agreed...this one doctor is getting WAY too much press nt Shermann Nov 2021 #37
Deaths have spiked too n/t FreeState Nov 2021 #49
Do you have a source for that? TIA n/t Pobeka Nov 2021 #51
Worldometers data here FreeState Nov 2021 #52
Thanks! nt Pobeka Nov 2021 #53
Extremely good news! (n/t) Patton French Nov 2021 #59
I love that out very own BannonsLiver Nov 2021 #63
You keep using that term "clout chasing" and calling out posters with it GusBob Nov 2021 #64
So, basically, it's a cold? Angleae Nov 2021 #65
No. LisaL Nov 2021 #66
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