Submitted by Hardscrabble Farmer
From the people who brought you the smash hit Two Weeks To Flatten the Curve, it’s not the same old flu, it’s Brand Nu!
Welcome back my friends the bullshit never ends…
New COVID variant dubbed ‘omicron’ by WHO; vaccine makers already have contingency plans: Latest updates
A COVID-19 variant first discovered in South Africa was dubbed “omicron” and classified a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization on Friday, as the U.S. and other nations reacted to the newly discovered variant with travel restrictions.
Experts with the World Health Organization met Friday to assess the variant, which appears to have a high number of mutations in the virus’ spike protein, prompting worries about how easily it will spread. While good data on the risks of omicron is likely weeks away, the organization cited early evidence suggesting an increased risk of reinfection.
The U.S. said it will restrict travel from South Africa, as well as Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi, according to a statement from senior officials from the Biden administration.
The policy will take effect Monday, and President Joe Biden said the new rules mean “no travel” to or from the designated countries, except for returning U.S. citizens and permanent residents who test negative.
Travel restrictions:US to restrict travel from South Africa, seven other countries due to new COVID-19 variant omicron
Infection rates in South Africa have “increased steeply,” coinciding with the detection of the variant, according to a Friday statement from the WHO. The first omicron case was reported to the agency from South Africa on Nov. 24, and the number of cases of the variant are increasing in almost all South African provinces, the WHO said.
While omicron is now in the same category as the delta variant, the extent of the public health threat the new variant will pose is unclear. The beta variant was classified a variant of concern but did not spread as far as initially expected.
The WHO urged countries to increase surveillance of omicron cases and genome sequencing efforts to better understand its potential impact.
Biden said the emergence of omicron emphasizes the importance of vaccinations and urged Americans to get their booster shots as soon as possible.
The new variant has also been found in Botswana and Hong Kong in travelers from South Africa, according to Joe Phaahla, the nation’s health minister. Phaahla said the variant has seen rapid spread in Gauteng, the country’s most populous province.
Several nations, including Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Japan, have responded to news of the variant by moving Friday to restrict air travel from several southern African countries. The European Union, which is made up of 27 nations, is also recommending a ban on flights from southern African countries, despite WHO officials warning against rash decisions.
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I thought t’was “Oh! Macron!”….. my bad!
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Fool me once shame on me; fool me twice shame on me; fool me three times and I am a full fledged Covidiot.
more bullshit and bafflegab. do nothing and it will vanish. no tests, no computer models, means no whu who flu.
I bet, when the time comes, they will skip over Upsilon, too.
I bet, when the time comes, they will skip over Upsilon, too. Too much like oops-ilon.
JC talked about this in his “rant” last night. The video was EDITED.
By someone at the WHO. This is just nuts.
If you thought it would end… then you haven’t been paying attention.
I’m so not worried about Omicron that even if a super hot girl had Omicron, I would still bang her.
The new Omicron varient. Do deadly and horrifying that they closed the southern border to keep it out. Oh wait………..never mind.
Emerson Lake and Palmer power cover fanfare for the common man in empty snowy arena!
Remember the gnus slaking round the croc-filled creek? Water, well that’s second only to air; gotta have it, whatever the risk.
But to gnu world man, just as it was for old world man, approval (conformity) is uisage beatha. “Water of life.”
The crocs, which are scaly-fractal, do the bathtub ginning up of all the various, but one goal-eyed, “thou shalt conforms.”
And Gnu man’s just a croc that hasn’t merged, yet; but he can’t wait to get back to where he once belonged, in the belly of that beast.
This biological defect has just been waiting for tech to catch up, overhaul, keelhaul – croc-style (that spin cycle thing they do). Now we see if all that tech is gonna be robust enough to pull it off.
But even if not, it’s just a matter of time, since gnu man has not, & will not, ever change.
Posting again… not sure how long this will last.