Scientists sound alarm over new 'worst-ever' super-mutant Covid variant

[Shero]

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People should stop pressing their panic buttons!!!
This new strain is indeed weaker and only affects the unvaccinated.

Viruses mutate if people do not get vaccinated. That is what happens. The more people that get vaccinated, the less chance of the virus mutating.
Scientific fact!!!
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[Murrmurr]

That's what they're saying about all Covid - that only the unvaccinated are getting seriously ill. They also told us "Getting vaccinated will get us back to normal."
I'm not buying either one.
LOL - "Worst Ever Variant." When flu shot sales started lagging, they used that same line:
"Get your flu shot early, because this year will be the worst ever flu season."

I was sharing information directly from Dr Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association and a front-line physician in Pretoria, who has no skin in the Pharm Game or any aspirations to control the masses. What she said is what she's experiencing right now. I'm taking it at face-value.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Miss Diva, doctors in South Africa are saying that fully vaccinated patients are experiencing very mild symptoms and recover at home within a few days, and that the only patients who have required hospitalization are people who are not vaccinated or not fully vaccinated. That's how it stands so far.

Yeah...heard it all before. It's been largely ignored that Dr. Fauci also said in an interview that keeping your immune system boosted is one of the best things you can do. And thank you @Pepper for pointing out that the first part of the quoted text (first sentence) that Murr used to reply to me was Chic's words.

 

[dseag2]

I've done everything I've been advised to do according to science. Vaccinated and boosted.

But Omicron looks like a big Nothingburger (word of the day). Yes, it may be more easy to catch but it looks pretty mild. South Africa has great doctors, and so far they have said it is not a big deal. I will still take precautions, but hopefully this is something that is not worth the hype.

 

[Murrmurr]

Yeah...heard it all before. It's been largely ignored that Dr. Fauci also said in an interview that keeping your immune system boosted is one of the best things you can do. And thank you @Pepper for pointing out that the first part of the quoted text (first sentence) that Murr used to reply to me was Chic's words.

I was replying to this: "Thinking that there is a new variant that the current vaccine is not likely to be effective on makes me even more hesitant to get vaccinated now."

According to the South African doctor I named, people who contracted the new variant but were fully vaccinated had very mild symptoms that lasted only a few days. So, it seems the vaccine does offer some protection. At least it seemed so when she reported what was going on there. Also, she said that most of her hospital's patients were 30 to 40 years old, which I thought was interesting.