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In reply to the discussion: Cyprus reportedly discovers a Covid variant that combines omicron and delta [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)7. Hooray for Covid!
Oh, wait.
Those who have been blithely predicting that Omicron is going to infect enough people so as to put an end to this, are sadly mistaken about how diseases work. Covid in particular. It's a crafty, savvy virus, make no mistake. It's going to be with us a long time. And it's not even going to kill all that many people, not on a percentage basis. Yeah, Long Covid is terrible, and that will impact society a lot more than deadly Covid. But we humans have lived with, coexisted with, and survived diseases that are truly a lot worse. And almost nothing slows us down. Not as a species.
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Cyprus reportedly discovers a Covid variant that combines omicron and delta [View all]
NickB79
Jan 2022
OP
The Covid Army has a sleepless army of researchers working on newer, better weapons.
Alexander Of Assyria
Jan 2022
#3
It would be, if it combined the milder symptoms of omicron with the lower transmissibility of delta.
LudwigPastorius
Jan 2022
#48
Fauci was worried about this very thing, mentioned it may happen when someone is infected
yaesu
Jan 2022
#16
That's interesting about the flu aspect, yes, the normal thing is for viruses to become less deadly
yaesu
Jan 2022
#42
I don't find this hard to believe...I didn't believe Delta or Omicron would amount to anything...
C Moon
Jan 2022
#29
Covid is here to stay just like the "regular" flu. It'll be here from now on.
oldsoftie
Jan 2022
#32