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PSA: Omicron

PSA: Omicron

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@no1marauder said
You ignored the gist of my post to spew out your usual COVID minimization propaganda.

There's certainly not enough known about omicron to make the definitive statements you make and besides there's still plenty of Delta and other variants around.

Are the hospitalized children "a function of media sensationalism"? How about the 1000+ dead on an average day?
In the US over 7000+ die per day, from all causes, why does only 1000+ die per day "with" covid. seems small to me.
Why do you insist on your covid maximization propaganda.

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@jimmac said
In the US over 7000+ die per day, from all causes, why does only 1000+ die per day "with" covid. seems small to me.
Why do you insist on your covid maximization propaganda.
You think an increase in a country's death rate of somewhere between 15 to 20% because of one disease is no big deal?

I already debunked the silly "with" v. "from" claim. It's on page 6 of this thread.


Even if the premature claims regarding omicron's supposed "mildness" prove accurate, the CDC presently estimates that 41% of US COVID cases are the Delta variant. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/28/cdc-drops-omicron-prevalence-estimate-526210


I think ag this point we can all agree that covid is not killing people, stupidity is killing people.

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@eladar said
I think ag this point we can all agree that covid is not killing people
More people died from COVID this year than last year.


@vivify said
More people died from COVID this year than last year.
Top notch vaccines.


@eladar said
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/death-rate

Numbers look pretty unchanged for death rate in the USA through 2021 according to the table.
LMAO! From your link:

"NOTE: All 2020 and later data are UN projections and DO NOT include any impacts of the COVID-19 virus."


@eladar said
I think ag this point we can all agree that covid is not killing people, stupidity is killing people.
And yet you still live? Stupidity must not be that deadly.

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@trev33 said
Top notch vaccines.
The vaccines were no match for rabid anti-vaxxers.


@trev33 said
And yet you still live? Stupidity must not be that deadly.
Just goes to show how stupid those people who are dying now really are.

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@no1marauder said
LMAO! From your link:

"NOTE: All 2020 and later data are UN projections and DO NOT include any impacts of the COVID-19 virus."
I was not telling you to look at the chart into the future.
Perhaps you can provide an accurate chart?


@eladar said
I was not telling you to look at the chart into the future.
Perhaps you can provide an accurate chart?
2020 isn't "the future" for us though it was for those who originally made your chart.

From my post on page 6 of this thread:

"In 2019, there were 2,854,838 resident deaths in the US, an increase of only 15,633 from 2018. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db395.htm

In 2020, there were 3,358,814 resident deaths in the US, an increase of about 500,000 from 2019. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7014e1.htm"

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@no1marauder said
2020 isn't "the future" for us though it was for those who originally made your chart.

From my post on page 6 of this thread:

"In 2019, there were 2,854,838 resident deaths in the US, an increase of only 15,633 from 2018. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db395.htm

In 2020, there were 3,358,814 resident deaths in the US, an increase of about 500,000 from 2019. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7014e1.htm"
So, do you have an official chart or not? You would think someone would have official numbers put in context by now.

But I guess getting a chart is really asking too much of you.


@eladar said
Just goes to show how stupid those people who are dying now really are.
Trev, do we all agree on what I wrote?


@no1marauder said
Even if the premature claims regarding omicron's supposed "mildness" prove accurate, the CDC presently estimates that 41% of US COVID cases are the Delta variant. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/28/cdc-drops-omicron-prevalence-estimate-526210
That number seems to falling by more than 10% per week. It was 87% a few weeks ago. Omicron will swallow Delta whole soon just as Delta swallowed Wuhan original.

Assuming Omicron is mild and that Omicron generates antibodies that protect against other variants (both seem likely), Omicron may be the Deus ex machina that ends this pandemic once and for all.

(Confession: phraseology of last sentence borrowed from some guy on Twitter)