millions of people aren't "masked and distanced" or even vaccinated hence why the numbers keep rising

Or maybe its the new variant + seasonality

Humans can only do so much to stop a viral spread lmao a new case doesnt always have targeted blame behind it

no it's not

the south african doctors that discovered it are calling it mild

but its whatever i learned from my mistakes last time

This time last year they definitely were and yet thousands of people were dying per day. You can blame the south all you want but like Westside said it's seasonal. It hit the south last summer and the north last winter. It hit the south this summer and look where it's hitting this winter...the north.

You cannot achieve total compliance with mandates without turning the country into a dictatorship. There are always rebels, you'd have to force them to do it at gunpoint or worse. Even then, you still won't know if it works. In other words it was never going to be possible

you can get another from whoever you got your shots from

obviously you can't force everyone to get vaccinated or wear masks but the people who don't are a big factor in the virus continuing to spread

This is true but apparently the vaccine doesn't stop transmission very well. That's one of the big reasons why we don't have a chance in hell to stop this wave and just have to ride it out

Was supposed to fly to NYC in 3 weeks. Haven't cancelled yet but it's not looking good

if this damn thing does a fusion dance between omicron and delta

watched No Way Home night 1 and me and my bro were the only ones with masks on

at that point you might as well not one but I said f*** it hopefully these delta antibodies do sum for me

I can't tell if this is covid or the flu but I feel like s***

"the vaccine doesn't stop transmission well"

how did you conclude that?

Because Cornell's campus had 900 positive tests and nearly all of them were fully vaccinated. I'm vaccinated and if it's true I'm gonna be pissed but we can't ignore that

i'd bet that these were people not wearing masks/social distancing

I'm gonna try to make this simple for you. If the vaccine prevents transmission, there's no need to wear a mask or social distance. In fact, that was exactly what the CDC said earlier this year. If it spread, and very easily, amongst those people, the vaccine does not prevent transmission. Comprende?

RemindMe! 3/15/2022

the fact that masks were made mandatory for people who are vaccinated

med.hku.hk/en/news/press/20211215-omicron-sars-cov-2-infection

A study led by researchers from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) provides the first information on how the novel Variant of Concern (VOC) of SARS-CoV-2, the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 infect human respiratory tract. The researchers found that Omicron SARS-CoV-2 infects and multiplies 70 times faster than the Delta variant and original SARS-CoV-2 in human bronchus, which may explain why Omicron may transmit faster between humans than previous variants. Their study also showed that the Omicron infection in the lung is significantly lower than the original SARS-CoV-2, which may be an indicator of lower disease severity. This research is currently under peer review for publication.

We already getting another full lockdown in the Netherlands

Youd think more transmission and lower severity would be a good thing

Getting that trump infusion rn

Ama

once again: nothing can COMPLETELY prevent transmission

the vaccine, wearing a mask, social distancing, etc can only DECREASE THE LIKELIHOOD of transmission

re read that a couple of times

People can be so ignorant lmao….wearing a seatbelt doesn’t guarantee that you’ll be good after a car crash, but it gives you a better chance

I don’t get why people can’t comprehend that wearing a mask/getting a vaccine can help even if it’s not 100% a “cure”…it’s still better than nothing

It is lol

The severity of overall disease in the entire population does depend on how much more infectious it is vs how much less severe it is tbf, but i havent seen a lot of ppl mention that tbh

We're having another full lockdown in the Netherlands rn despite both infections and/or hospitalizations being on the decline, their reasoning is that the percentage of infections that are omicron variant is increasing, but why does that matter if it doesn't come with an increase in infections and/or hospitalizations?

It's like in a lot of people's minds it's "new virus name = bad"