CV and mad panic behaviour

[flyboy77]

And just for the record, this variant has been known since at least July:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/h...-variants/

[northernblue]

And just for the record, this variant has been known since at least July:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/h...-variants/

Are you telling me that they didn't release it yesterday... that they've been stockpiling it for months ?

[flyboy77]

Are you telling me that they didn't release it yesterday... that they've been stockpiling it for months ?

Stockpiling isn't the right word, but this one has clearly been chosen (out of how many, literally thousands of mutations/variants?) to be the next go to scare everyone thing.

Commentary out of SA suggests it causes only mild illness....though there will be outliers of course.

“So far we’ve seen very mild cases… I’m not sure why everyone is up in arms.”

Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1464678499193700352

[cookie2]

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water..........cue Jaws music!

[capcom]

We have the means to determine the nationality of every passenger on inbound operations.  That Qatar plane should have not been allowed to deboard.

[ElwoodBlues1]

https://au.yahoo.com/news/new-omicron-st...16591.html

I wouldnt be planning any overseas holidays.......Dan will be dusting off the lockdown button.

[Thryleon]

So we've alienated a whole subset of society for relatively nought?  Who would have thunk it.

[Thryleon]

Before the usual suspects chime in, have a think about the number of people who felt coerced into this vaccine and what they might think next time around.

[Mav]

Yes, we should have let it rip until the most dangerous variant emerged - no lockdowns, no masks, no social distancing . Then when we were confident Covid could get no worse, we should have waited for the scientists to come up with a vaccine or treatment for it. That's best epidemiological practice right there. 

[Macca37]

Why should they think differently next time around?  They know that at the moment they have the best available protection against the Delta strain, which is not going away any time soon.

My hope is that they have the mental capacity to understand that, just like the emergence of new strains of the flu virus every year requiring a jab of a varied vaccine, the same procedure will likely be needed every year with Covid.