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

Alice November said:
I use the BBC News every few days for about 5 minutes. I tend to do my own research if I want to dable at finding out what is really going on.
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You certainly have to do your own research in the US. Our media is a flippin' biased joke ...liberal or conservative. No in between rational, news only sources. You have to sift through each and trace the source of the information to try to get past the spin.
 
Our local university had 124 cases on the weekend, 4 omicron cases though they expect more. Exams now cancelled in person to be written online. Many students flying home to other parts of the country. VI has been faring pretty well but the numbers now seem to be rising. We are lucky to have a spokesperson who is very calm and sensible. She has seen us through covid since the beginning and we listen, at least the majority.
 
Jackie23 said:
....yes, we were told when Covid first appeared that there would be many variants....the good news is each one has been less severe.
It is frustrating, all we have to do to stay safe or what we are told is safe, but the death toll is too real not to keep at it.
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True, we were told from the start that there would be variants. I think the Delta was much more severe than the new Omicron which I understand may spread more easily but the symptoms are much less severe, for that I am thankful.

Who would have thought that at our age we'd be experiencing a deadly worldwide pandemic, but we can be grateful that vaccines have been provided which give us good protection against severe illness and dying in a hospital on a ventilator. I think since we're seniors, we should count the blessings we have with this virus.

The death toll is real, many Americans have died from COVID-19 and their families are still mourning their losses and will be for many years. If we were united in taking this pandemic seriously, we'd do much better in slowly getting back to normal in our lives. Those who throw fits over vaccines and masks work against themselves because they defeat their own goal of getting past the pandemic.

I want to thank all here who have been vaccinated and received their booster shots. I want to express my condolences to all the grieving families around the world, and may the deceased victims rest peacefully. Hopefully the new year will be better for all of us.
 
fmdog44 said:
I have not heard one single word about a booster for the J&J vaccine. Has anyone?
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I don't think there is a booster for the one shot J&J vaccine, but it's advised for those people to take a Pfizer or Moderna booster. My husband took the J&J and had a Moderna booster.
 
The omicron variant is rapidly spreading in the United States and could peak in a massive wave of infections as soon as January, according to new modeling analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The prevalence of omicron jumped sevenfold in a single week, according to the CDC, and at such a pace, the highly mutated variant of the coronavirus could ratchet up pressure on a health system already strained in many places as the delta variant continues its own surge.

The warning of an imminent surge came even as federal officials and some pharmaceutical executives signaled that they don’t currently favor creating an omicron-specific vaccine. Based on the data so far, they say that existing vaccines plus a booster shot are an effective weapon against omicron.
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Sunny said:
"Turn off the media and the virus goes away. It really does."

It does, Chic. Until you get it.
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It's true. Burying your head in the sand does not make the virus go away. I personally want to hear everything about the coronavirus, the good, bad and ugly. I like to face reality and know what's going on in the world and what we are dealing with.
 
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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I think with cable TV, the media has morphed into a 24/7 news source, as opposed to what we were used to growing up. The news reported what they had, then at night the TV channels went off air.

Now they have a lot of free time to fill, so whether it's COVID-19 coverage, a natural disaster, a crime like a mass shooting, we hear the same snippets every hour over and over again. Lots of repetition and drawing out of stories to fill the time slot. I'm aware of this, tune in to hear the news and stop when I'm just hearing the same things over and over. I'm very interested to hear new information, but don't need to sit in front of the screen for repetition. That in itself is very negative and depressing.
 
fmdog44 said:
I have not heard one single word about a booster for the J&J vaccine. Has anyone?
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Yale Medicine experts share eight things you need to know about the J&J booster.

In October, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 booster shot. The booster allows anyone who got the company’s initial one-shot to get an added dose of protection at least two months later. In addition, a new “mixand-match” strategy provided the option of choosing another company’s vaccine as a booster.

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https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/johnson-and-johnson-covid-booster
 
SeaBreeze said:
It's true. Burying your head in the sand does not make the virus go away. I personally want to hear everything about the coronavirus, the good, bad and ugly. I like to face reality and know what's going on in the world and what we are dealing with.
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It's almost impossible to bury one's head in the sand with the media tactics to make everyone know what's new and next at many's expense of people's capacity to cope. Some experience PTSD and a much harsher form of reality. The mental anguish from being almost brow-beaten about COVID variants is real for a lot of us. And a smart person would want to choose feeling better via limiting the time spent watching harsh news stories. I know you are one who gathers facts and runs with that so I congratulate you for that.
 
Ruthanne said:
It's almost impossible to bury one's head in the sand with the media tactics to make everyone know what's new and next at many's expense of people's capacity to cope. Some experience PTSD and a much harsher form of reality. The mental anguish from being almost brow-beaten about COVID variants is real for a lot of us. And a smart person would want to choose feeling better via limiting the time spent watching harsh news stories. I know you are one who gathers facts and runs with that so I congratulate you for that.
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We all have to do what is best for us Ruthanne. I was just trying so suggest limiting the viewing of the news when it becomes repetitive and depressing. I do think we can control being 'brow-beaten' when it comes to news reports. When I hear each and every year a repeat of a tragedy that happened in years past, I turn it off. I already heard it when it was happening. I can appreciate acknowledging tragic events like 9/11 or the Columbine school shooting, but to dramatize it by going on and on about it every year does nobody any good, even the victim's families, IMO. Acknowledge these sad events, never forget, but don't use it to fill news hours all the time.

I know you don't bury your head in the sand, but you have to agree that some Americans do. That's when they can't differentiate fact from fiction anymore. This has been tough on all of us, I lost an extended family member to Covid. I never thought at first that this would last so long, and am disappointed it has.

We're all in this together, and I just think it's better to try and fight the virus and keep a positive attitude, to do otherwise is not healthy for the individual or the country. Just my opinion and thoughts, I know you have been doing your best, like all of us, to deal with this. Always have you in my thoughts, I don't know how I'd be handling this if I didn't have my husband at my side. Hugs.
 
Shero said:
I have been having a " booster " shot for decades each year.

It is called a flu booster.

Like millions I have survived.

This is for anyone who thinks a booster is a new thing
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A booster is a follow-up of the same vaccine. Flu vaccines are formulated each year based on the prediction of what strain might circulate that year; it isn't the same vaccine year to year so is not a booster.
 
AnnieA said:
A booster is a follow-up of the same vaccine. Flu vaccines are formulated each year based on the prediction of what strain might circulate that year; it isn't the same vaccine year to year so is not a booster.
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Incorrect - flu vaccine is reviewed each year. It is not a new vaccine but if there is a different strain of the virus then it is tweaked. If not, no need to tweak.
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Canadians have been advised to avoid unnecessary international travel. DSS & his family are booked for Disneyland right after Christmas so these plans are in question. They had to cancel this same trip in March, 2020.
 
I will be traveling to the Caribbean in February. I have no idea what the status of the virus will be at that point, but I've been vaccinated and boosted, so I'm willing to take my chances.
 
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I would love to ignore the media for whom it will be mission accomplished if the UK has more lockdowns, but as I have plans for every week,all of which involve me being in crowds,I have to stay abreast of of what is going on.
As I have said several times I only got vaccinated because I feared being banned from things if I didn’t.
That was a prudent move.
But having been triple jabbed I will apoplectic if my life becomes one of merely existing again.
I had 15 months of that.Enough is enough.
We just have to get on with things.And anyone who wants to stay in their own personal lockdown can do so.
 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new prediction about the omicron variant of the coronavirus, saying it could cause a wave of cases in January 2022.

Per The Washington Post, the CDC said the omicron variant is already spreading quickly throughout the United States. Cases related to omicron could peak in January, according to a new CDC modeling projection.

The omicron variant will put a strain on areas already impacted by the delta variant.

Now more that ever it is imperative to get boosters, continue wearing mask.
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