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Omicron variant: Move over, Delta

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    LuFins Dad
    wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 02:57 last edited by
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    @george-k said in Move over, Delta:

    Dr Tom Peacock

    Off topic, but you have to feel a little bad for a guy with that name.

    The Brad

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      LuFins Dad
      wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 03:02 last edited by
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      @george-k said in Move over, Delta:

      The variant was first spotted in Botswana, where three cases have now been sequenced. Six more have been confirmed in South Africa, and one in Hong Kong in a traveller returning from South Africa.

      Impossible. I have it on good authority that the mutations were going to be driven the 75,000,000 unvaccinated in the US, not the 4,000,000,000 others around the world.

      WHO has been very much against the boosters for exactly this reason…

      The Brad

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        George K
        wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 13:03 last edited by
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        Just got off the plane from Malawi to Israel:

        https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-south-africa-middle-east-14b1419135057aaf96bfb495742e4ab1

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          George K
          wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 14:38 last edited by
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          Markets WAY down today over concerns.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • G George K
            26 Nov 2021, 14:38

            Markets WAY down today over concerns.

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            Copper
            wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 14:51 last edited by
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            @george-k said in Move over, Delta:

            Markets WAY down today over concerns.

            They expect over-reaction?

            Or the virus is scary?

            Or just unknown?

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            • G George K
              26 Nov 2021, 13:03

              Just got off the plane from Malawi to Israel:

              https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-south-africa-middle-east-14b1419135057aaf96bfb495742e4ab1

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              bachophile
              wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 14:57 last edited by
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              @george-k yea it’s been on news all day

              Government going into potential war footing.

              But I have a feeling it’s going to nothingburger away, at least not as a game changer. Just a hunch. I may be wrong.

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                LuFins Dad
                wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 14:59 last edited by
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                More lockdowns won’t fly.

                The Brad

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                  George K
                  wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 15:00 last edited by
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                  Belgium: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/26/belgium-confirms-case-of-new-heavily-mutated-covid-variant.html

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    George K
                    wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 20:04 last edited by
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                    Yeah. Tell us, Lyin' Joe.

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                    Campaignin's easy.

                    Governin's hard.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      LuFins Dad
                      wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 20:24 last edited by
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                      Effin Racist!

                      The Brad

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                        Mik
                        wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 20:28 last edited by
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                        He's evolving, dontcha know.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                          Copper
                          wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 20:37 last edited by
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                          I think he mutated

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                            jon-nyc
                            wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 20:39 last edited by jon-nyc
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                            Trump was massively inconsistent on travel bans for sure. Very quickly imposed them on China. Didn't impose them on Europe until well after the airlines stopped flights. And the airlines only stopped flights after the flight crews walked out.

                            Maybe in the grand scheme of things, with two years hindsight, the travel bans didn't make much of a difference. But lets not give him too much credit. He was very willing to stop flights to China and had no balls to stop them to Europe. His attitude to travel bans poorly correlated to infection risk.

                            Yes, the Dems showed their asses early treating Asian travel bans as racist. But that doesn't mean Trump shined.

                            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                            -Cormac McCarthy

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                              Mik
                              wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 20:45 last edited by
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                              You completely miss the point in true Axian manner. No one said Trump's bans were great or effective. But Biden slammed them as racist and now imposes his own.

                              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 20:54 last edited by
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                                Nope. The early February African travel bans were unrelated to Covid. They were an extension of even earlier travel bans entirely inspired by desired immigration restrictions.

                                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                -Cormac McCarthy

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                                  jon-nyc
                                  wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 20:59 last edited by
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                                  Totally pre-Covid. Or at least pre-Covid concern.

                                  https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-expands-travel-ban-to-include-six-more-countries

                                  "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                  -Cormac McCarthy

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                                  • J jon-nyc
                                    26 Nov 2021, 20:59

                                    Totally pre-Covid. Or at least pre-Covid concern.

                                    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-expands-travel-ban-to-include-six-more-countries

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 21:04 last edited by
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                                    @jon-nyc said in Move over, Delta:

                                    Totally pre-Covid. Or at least pre-Covid concern.

                                    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-expands-travel-ban-to-include-six-more-countries

                                    Good point. Lyin' Joe's tweet was a day after the Fox story.

                                    But as you pointed out, I believe he and certainly others called the China ban racist, even though it was COVID-related.

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      George K
                                      wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 22:20 last edited by
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                                      The W.H.O. wouldn’t want to offend China, now, would they?

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                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        26 Nov 2021, 22:20

                                        The W.H.O. wouldn’t want to offend China, now, would they?

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                                        Renauda
                                        wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 23:05 last edited by
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                                        @george-k

                                        What goes around, comes around. It’s been the Xi virus since day one.

                                        Elbows up!

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                                          26 Nov 2021, 23:05

                                          @george-k

                                          What goes around, comes around. It’s been the Xi virus since day one.

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                                          George K
                                          wrote on 26 Nov 2021, 23:07 last edited by
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                                          @renauda said in Move over, Delta:

                                          @george-k

                                          What goes around, comes around. It’s been the Xi virus since day one.

                                          Post of the week.

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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