Omicron Spreading...........

Ruthanne

Ruthanne

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How much more do I have to listen to this bs. I understand there is a new variant. What difference does it make between this one and its previous ones? I've been vaccinated and boosted and God only knows how many more times we'll be told to boost again....All I'm saying is that the media keeps spreading more and more fear producing bs. Knock on wood! I have not caught any of the covids and I go shopping and a few places and most are trying to be pretty safe as far as I'm concerned. I just hope this stupid virus will get lost as fast as it came here.

Yes, that was just a rant and I needed that. Thanks for listening. :D
 

Tune out and turn off the media. There used to be a death tracker on many of the tv channels and news sites. That tracker has disappeared, not because of fear spreading, because of fact spreading. I won't say why, it would be considered political. To those who died it isn't political, it is final.

I think there is nothing more we as the public can do to not catch any variation of Covid. Masked, unmasked, vaccinated, boosted, or not, skinny, obese, young, and old- there are many people in all these categories getting the virus. Some get it mildly others much more.

Keep a stress free thought and hope you have a Merry Christmas. I appreciate you wanted a rant, sometimes it helps, me too.
 
Ruthanne said:
How much more do I have to listen to this bs. I understand there is a new variant. What difference does it make between this one and its previous ones? I've been vaccinated and boosted and God only knows how many more times we'll be told to boost again....All I'm saying is that the media keeps spreading more and more fear producing bs. Knock on wood! I have not caught any of the covids and I go shopping and a few places and most are trying to be pretty safe as far as I'm concerned. I just hope this stupid virus will get lost as fast as it came here.

Yes, that was just a rant and I needed that. Thanks for listening. :D
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The difference is that this one seems to be covid19's last stand before it drops it's weapons and really does become just another flu.

It's a good thing for us, not so good for the media.
 

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We'll get through this.
 
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Owlivia said:
Tune out and turn off the media. There used to be a death tracker on many of the tv channels and news sites. That tracker has disappeared, not because of fear spreading, because of fact spreading. I won't say why, it would be considered political. To those who died it isn't political, it is final.

I think there is nothing more we as the public can do to not catch any variation of Covid. Masked, unmasked, vaccinated, boosted, or not, skinny, obese, young, and old- there are many people in all these categories getting the virus. Some get it mildly others much more.

Keep a stress free thought and hope you have a Merry Christmas. I appreciate you wanted a rant, sometimes it helps, me too.
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Yes, I turned the news off at times and now it just seems like a bad joke to watch them. I take them with a huge grain of salt! Thanks for hearing another rant! Merry Christmas to you also!🎄🌺
 
I am getting the Pfizer booster next Monday. I am leary of what will follow. I already am not feeling very good, and I don't really care to feel worse. But, I am going to get it. That might mean literally also.
 
Paco, I had no reaction at all to the Pfizer booster. Not even a sore arm. It was nothing. I haven't heard of anyone regretting or having a bad reaction from the booster. So good luck, and don't worry about it. Probably at worst, it's like getting an annual flu shot.
 
AnnieA said:
The Omnicron variant is still mostly mild according to reports. Though that didn't stop this drama-rama CNN headline yesterday: Omnicron is spreading fast. That's alarming even if it's mild. The article is then scanty on statistics and long on speculation. Gotta milk this cow for all the "if it bleeds, it leads" headlines. :rolleyes:
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Yes, they gotto milk the cow and they do over and over and over and over...etc. That was the exact headline I saw, too. I just try and keep composed.
 
Sunny said:
Paco, I had no reaction at all to the Pfizer booster. Not even a sore arm. It was nothing. I haven't heard of anyone regretting or having a bad reaction from the booster. So good luck, and don't worry about it. Probably at worst, it's like getting an annual flu shot.
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I had no reaction to it either, the vaccines or the booster...I got the flu shot, too, with little reaction to any of them.
 
We got our Moderna boosters about a week ago. I had virtually no reaction, and my wife had a sore arm for a couple of days.

As for the media, "capturing" the attention of the viewer is their highest priority...so as to boost their commercials revenue. Nearly half of a 1/2 hour broadcast is commercials, and anything the media can do to increase their viewership is all that really matters to them.
 
Don M. said:
We got our Moderna boosters about a week ago. I had virtually no reaction, and my wife had a sore arm for a couple of days.

As for the media, "capturing" the attention of the viewer is their highest priority...so as to boost their commercials revenue. Nearly half of a 1/2 hour broadcast is commercials, and anything the media can do to increase their viewership is all that really matters to them.
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Yep, I agree about the media!
 
Ruthanne said:
I had no reaction to it either, the vaccines or the booster...I got the flu shot, too, with little reaction to any of them.
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I don't tend to get reactions to any vaccine, including tetanus which I know really makes some people's arms sore. But the pfizer booster gave me a red raised area that lasted several days. Only mild pain. It was just unusual for me.
 
Most of the spread of COVID-19 worldwide has been due to airline traffic both corporate business and personal leisure travel. That powerful industry has taken a huge losses because of the pandemic but it has not been very effective at reducing spread in part because preventing the spread by requiring greater proof of being healthy for international travel affects their bottom lines enough that politicians and their media prefer to not add more stringent measures.
 
Owlivia said:
Tune out and turn off the media. There used to be a death tracker on many of the tv channels and news sites. That tracker has disappeared, not because of fear spreading, because of fact spreading. I won't say why, it would be considered political. To those who died it isn't political, it is final.

I think there is nothing more we as the public can do to not catch any variation of Covid. Masked, unmasked, vaccinated, boosted, or not, skinny, obese, young, and old- there are many people in all these categories getting the virus. Some get it mildly others much more.

Keep a stress free thought and hope you have a Merry Christmas. I appreciate you wanted a rant, sometimes it helps, me too.
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Merry Christmas to you also. I so agree. Turn off the media and the virus goes away. It really does. Try it.
 
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