Coronavirus, The plague has arrived

[xXshepXx]

Neither of my titles is particularly entertaining, but it is the most basic truth of the situation.  Honestly, Walter Cronkite is rolling around in his grave right now.

..and that's the way it is.

[Jed_]

Today outside the Winchester Medical Center, Winchester VA, I saw about 30-40 antivaxxers asking me among others with their signs to honk if we agreed with them.  I did not honk.  I also decided giving those dumbasses the finger benefited no one.

It was the first time I saw this stupid shit in person.

[purpleshoes]

[msslave]

[Lois]

On CBS:

Covid-19 is officially the most deadly outbreak in recent American history, surpassing the estimated U.S. fatalities from the 1918 influenza pandemic.

Reported U.S. deaths due to Covid crossed 675,000, the estimated U.S. fatalities from the 1918 flu, and are still increasing.

“This is the pandemic I will be studying and teaching to the next generation of doctors and public-health students,” said medical historian Howard Markel.

[Doubleclutching]

I’ve lived through Y2K, AIDS, several end of the world epidemics, rapture deadlines, end of the world predictions, even outlived the Mayan Calendar.  So WTF.  Here’s another one.

Funny I remember this, this feeling, but I remember feeling moved to stock up.
Ammo, vitamins, distilled water, pastas, dehydrated seasonings and jerky.
Before everyone went nuts I spent over $1700 on a whim.
And in posting pictures of my stores in jest amidst the toilet paper throngs I found myself meeting up with my current partner, I live with them in the corner of the state on a easily defenceable peninsula where the population is just a cunthair under 500.

I survived all the super flus, the swine flu I was surrounded by, fall of 2009 I lived in a house with 8 other people, ALL of them had it, I cared for them, and unvaccinated I stood uninfected.

The last year and a half has been a combination of hilarious heaven and comically unbelievable hell.

[Jed_]

I do a little reading that way myself, just not on Facebook.

[MintJulie]

Hahaha.  Really could have done without seeing that.  Funny though

[msslave]

It's a funny meme Jed... until you realize that far too many people are taking what they see on Facebook as the truth. They'd rather take the advice of someone sitting on the "throne" and ignore science.

[Shiela_M]

Have to sit on the toilet when reading pure shit

[Sweetums]

Posted this in the wrong newsgroup.

[Jed_]

Did one of our periodic pilgrimages home to put flowers on the graves of my grandparents (both sides) and father and uncle.  We had lately been avoiding seeing my one uncle who still lives there, COVID concerns.  This time I talked her into stopping by.  It was very nice, my free spirited cousin was in town from California, and I hadn’t seen her in 6 years.  Everyone is vaccinated, my family isn’t dumb even if some of them are still Republicans.  My uncle said our county out there is number one in the state now for COVID infections.  I’m not surprised.  I saw numerous Trump flags still flying on people’s houses, a sure indication of antivax stupidity.

[Jed_]

Scheduled our boosters for this week.  If you’re 6 months post fully vaccinated, please do the same.

[msslave]

Covid just keeps on mutating. As long as there are anti maskers and anti vaxxers, the disease will be around a long time and that will give it time to spin off a virus nothing can stop. 

[Lois]

I've scheduled my Booster.

I'm hoping the Omicron COVID variant will be milder than Delta of the original.  Time will tell!

[Jed_]

I've scheduled my Booster.

I'm hoping the Omicron COVID variant will be milder than Delta of the original.  Time will tell!

I got my booster last week.

[purpleshoes]

I've scheduled my Booster.

I'm hoping the Omicron COVID variant will be milder than Delta of the original.  Time will tell!

It does not bode well that the first reported victim of Omicron in the US was fully vaccinated.

Hard to believe that in just a month we'll be entering our junior year at Covid High.

I cringe every time I see how many people at a live sporting event don't even have a mask, let alone all the people who have one--but it's down around their neck.   

[xXshepXx]

Covid just keeps on mutating. As long as there are anti maskers and anti vaxxers, the disease will be around a long time and that will give it time to spin off a virus nothing can stop.

I wonder how long it will take until we run out of greek letters and future variants will sound like college fraternities. -"a new variant Kappa Kappa Phi has been reported."

[ObiDongKenobi]

Covid just keeps on mutating. As long as there are anti maskers and anti vaxxers, the disease will be around a long time and that will give it time to spin off a virus nothing can stop.

I wonder how long it will take until we run out of greek letters and future variants will sound like college fraternities. -"a new variant Kappa Kappa Phi has been reported."

I'm very disappointed that they didn't use the greek letter Xi for the new variant.  Maybe they are saving that for the doomsday variant.

[msslave]

Xi is the name of the Chinese head of state. Wonder if they were worried about offending China.