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orleans

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26. i worry about the little kids who are completely
Sun Jan 9, 2022, 04:24 AM
Jan 2022

vulnerable.

i worry about my grandbaby. i wear a mask around her constantly--even when we go for a stroller walk outside. she's over a year old now and i've never kissed her.

and i miss kissing my daughter--we used to kiss goodbye fairly often when parting company. but not since early march 2020.

are you fucking kidding me!?!?! orleans Jan 2022 #1
even more reason to be vaccinated and have the booster. dem4decades Jan 2022 #2
Ok, so devil's advocate YP_Yooper Jan 2022 #19
I went with GOTDAMNIT. Yours is better. irisblue Jan 2022 #4
Gawdamicron? n/t royable Jan 2022 #5
+2 appalachiablue Jan 2022 #21
My words exactly JohnnyRingo Jan 2022 #38
The Covid Army has a sleepless army of researchers working on newer, better weapons. Alexander Of Assyria Jan 2022 #3
And on and on it goes. paleotn Jan 2022 #6
Hooray for Covid! PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #7
Jeezus H Christ.....welcome to the new world ashredux Jan 2022 #8
I bet the Republicans created it. LiberalFighter Jan 2022 #9
Would not Rebl2 Jan 2022 #11
and not wearing masks. orleans Jan 2022 #25
So true! Rebl2 Jan 2022 #31
This will wipe them out pandr32 Jan 2022 #39
Probably plenty of variants we don't know about IronLionZion Jan 2022 #10
+1 pandr32 Jan 2022 #40
A lovely combination. dalton99a Jan 2022 #12
It would be, if it combined the milder symptoms of omicron with the lower transmissibility of delta. LudwigPastorius Jan 2022 #48
A few things need to happen . . . Aussie105 Jan 2022 #13
Nature Is Pissed... GB_RN Jan 2022 #14
Oh, what fresh Hell is this? Talitha Jan 2022 #15
Fauci was worried about this very thing, mentioned it may happen when someone is infected yaesu Jan 2022 #16
Some research indicates that the omicron mutation Deminpenn Jan 2022 #33
That's interesting about the flu aspect, yes, the normal thing is for viruses to become less deadly yaesu Jan 2022 #42
I have heard of other such strains. I think in America too Botany Jan 2022 #17
Thanksgiving day omnicron was reported in S Africa Pas-de-Calais Jan 2022 #18
Good chance it is already here. Too much and too fast international travel. marie999 Jan 2022 #44
... appalachiablue Jan 2022 #20
Figured this was coming. C Moon Jan 2022 #22
i worry about the little kids who are completely orleans Jan 2022 #26
I'm sorry to hear that orleans. :( I hope we can get rid of this thing soon. C Moon Jan 2022 #28
More doom porn mikeypdx Jan 2022 #23
Beat me to posting that here. herding cats Jan 2022 #24
hope you're right nt orleans Jan 2022 #27
25 cases, all mistakes from contamination? NickB79 Jan 2022 #37
I don't find this hard to believe...I didn't believe Delta or Omicron would amount to anything... C Moon Jan 2022 #29
It's not a variant! Tomconroy Jan 2022 #30
Not saying you're wrong NickB79 Jan 2022 #36
They speculate all the samples were sequenced at the same time Tomconroy Jan 2022 #43
Thanks! NickB79 Jan 2022 #45
Covid is here to stay just like the "regular" flu. It'll be here from now on. oldsoftie Jan 2022 #32
Exactly Deminpenn Jan 2022 #34
Necrodomicron, perhaps? Politicub Jan 2022 #35
I remember being told stories about leper colonies in Bible school. forgotmylogin Jan 2022 #41
Waiting for all the variants to join together BubbaJoe Jan 2022 #46
Ah, for Fuck's Sake!! LudwigPastorius Jan 2022 #47
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