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[kingfey]

Say hello to Omicron. Your new deadly covid19, which will impact the new console production, even more than what it is now.

Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern

The Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) is an independent group of experts that periodically monitors and evaluates the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and assesses if specific mutations and combinations of mutations alter the behaviour of the virus. The TAG-VE was convened...

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Right now, this virus is in Belgium, and other European countries.

 

[thatJohann]

COVID Season 3: Omicron

HARD PASS

 

[Warnen]

just have your pre shift cocktail and all will be fine…



Gonna continue to suck at work…

 

[Lone Wolf]

How is this possible? Normally variants of viruses get weaker. It’s always how it worked, until now I guess.

 

[kingfey]

How is this possible? Normally variants of viruses get weaker. It’s always how it worked, until now I guess.

The people who got the vaccinee can now get the virus. So the virus variants doesn't get weaker. Its like PC virus. always evolves, and comes back stronger.

 

[K' Dash]

*hugs Series X*

 

[AJUMP23]

Is this like when they killed off the old transformers so they could sell new Transformers?

 

[01011001]

The people who got the vaccinee can now get the virus. So the virus variants doesn't get weaker. Its like PC virus. always evolves, and comes back stronger.

with weaker I think he meant less deadly. and I'm not sure if it is known how dangerous this variant is in terms of the symptoms and health risks

How is this possible? Normally variants of viruses get weaker. It’s always how it worked, until now I guess.

some think that because it is likely lab grown that it is not mutating like naturally grown SARS/Corona variants, and is therefore less predictable

 

[Stuart360]

Covid is never going away is it?. I wonder if it will get to the point where its costing the economy so much money that governments are like 'just deal with it and get on with your life'.

 

[Sean Mirrsen]

How is this possible? Normally variants of viruses get weaker. It’s always how it worked, until now I guess.

Unfortunately that's not how evolution works. The weak uptake of vaccines and overall resistance to anti-epidemic measures allowed people with vaccines and natural immunities to be exposed repeatedly to the virus, which created evolutionary pressure for the virus to mutate past those immunities.

 

[Barlow]

Still remember when people said that the virus is gone in 3 months.

 

[01011001]

Covid is never going away is it?. I wonder if it will get to the point where its costing the economy so much money that governments are like 'just deal with it and get on with your life'.

at some point yeah most likely. especially after every single person was infected at least once. i bet many countries will just say "Fuck it"

 

[sendit]

The people who got the vaccinee can now get the virus. So the virus variants doesn't get weaker. Its like PC virus. always evolves, and comes back stronger.

Vaccines don't prevent you from getting the virus. Also, the seasonal flu mutates 4x faster than Covid.

 

[01011001]

Vaccines don't prevent you from getting the virus. Also, the seasonal flu mutates 4x faster than Covid.

they prevent you from getting a serious illness caused by the virus*
is that better? happy now? -_-

and yes the Flu mutates like crazy because it is everywhere and noone cares about it basically because it is pretty harmless...

 

[sendit]

they prevent you from getting a serious illness caused by the virus*
is that better? happy now? -_-

and yes the Flu mutates like crazy because it is everywhere and noone cares about it basically because it is pretty harmless...

 

[kingfey]

Vaccines don't prevent you from getting the virus. Also, the seasonal flu mutates 4x faster than Covid.

This dipshit has the 2 shots. I am vaccinated. thnx for the concern.

 

[sendit]

This dipshit has the 2 shots. I am vaccinated. thnx for the concern.

There is no concern here. However, I see you have comprehension issues as well. Replied specifically to you implying/saying:

```
The people who got the vaccinee can now get the virus.
```

Could a individual not get the virus before/after getting the vaccine?

 

[BadBurger]

How is this possible? Normally variants of viruses get weaker. It’s always how it worked, until now I guess.

Variants can get weaker for some viruses, of course, or even mutate into a strain that no longer infects humans. SARS-CoV-2 is a lot like the various seasonal influenza strains in that their variants aren't always "weaker" in some way though most are generally the same (aside from the Delta thus far). It hasn't been around a full two years yet, after all. If viruses always mutated to be less of a risk then there wouldn't be annual vaccinations against various germs.

When scientists analyze a new variant they're looking at three key characteristics:

1. Is it more transmissible?
2. Does it cause more serious disease?
3. Does it exhibit one or more methods of immune escape?

Some tick off none of those boxes. Some one, two, or all three.

 

[kingfey]

There is no concern here. However, I see you have comprehension issues as well. Replied specifically to you implying/saying:

```
The people who got the vaccinee can now get the virus.
```

Could a individual not get the virus before/after getting the vaccine?

The vaccine wont stop the virus from getting to you. All it does is make your immune system strong. If the virus is strong, your immune system wont be able to handle it

This is where you are getting the new strong variants. You get virus that mutates at abnormal rate, and infects vaccinated people.

The problem with africa is other diseases, and the environment. Compared to europe, africa is hot, and perfect place for strong viruses. If those viruses join forces with covid19, you get worse virus. Like that Ebola virus.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

Time to close some borders and go back to living in walled castle towns

 

[BadBurger]

The problem with africa is other diseases, and the environment. Compared to europe, africa is hot, and perfect place for strong viruses. If those viruses join forces with covid19, you get worse virus. Like that Ebola virus.

That's not how any of this works. Sorry for the pithy reply, truly, but you're so far off base I am not even sure where to start.

For example, the most glaring incorrect claim there is that viruses enjoy hot weather. When rather, they thrive in cold weather - when the humidity is lower, UV from the sun is weakened, and people are clustered about indoors close to one another breathing the same air. The origins of the name "influenza" come from its Italian roots "influenza di freddo", or "influence of the cold".

If you're really interested in some quick, non-heavy (academically) ways to learn about this particular virus and viruses in general, there have been several very well-made and informed documentaries from PBS and others this past year-and-some change.

 

[kiphalfton]

How is this possible? Normally variants of viruses get weaker. It’s always how it worked, until now I guess.

Have you never played Resident Evil bro?

 

[Fare thee well]

It's okay, just continue to not vaccinate, wear masks, and care for the weak and elderly. Act as if nothing bad will happen. That plan has really worked well.

Don't forget to hoard more toilet paper and drown yourself in ivermectin.

 

[ReBurn]

Still remember when people said that the virus is gone in 3 months.

 

[kingfey]

That's not how any of this works. Sorry for the pithy reply, truly, but you're so far off base I am not even sure where to start.

For example, the most glaring incorrect claim there is that viruses enjoy hot weather. When rather, they thrive in cold weather - when the humidity is lower, UV from the sun is weakened, and people are clustered about indoors close to one another breathing the same air. The origins of the name "influenza" come from its Italian roots "influenza di freddo", or "influence of the cold".

If you're really interested in some quick, non-heavy (academically) ways to learn about this particular virus and viruses in general, there have been several very well-made and informed documentaries from PBS and others this past year-and-some change.

I wasnt talking about influenza viruses. It was about Ebola, and other deadly viruses that are on africa. if Covid19 is able to get dna of these viruses, it would be very dangerous virus. Ebola itself was highly kill virus, only able to transmit through fluid. If a such virus can move freely through Air, you are seeing something that is worse than black death.

 

[Saint Boot]

Is this like when they killed off the old transformers so they could sell new Transformers?

That and it's also like us going before the Quintesson court, being judged as innocent, but then feeding us to the Sharkticons anyway. We still don't have the Kup and Hotrod vaccine demolition derby boosters yet.

Old timer!? That's something you'll never be if you don't get back to the city and get that booster that Ratchet was supposed to be working on. Oh wait. Damn.... It was being brought on that last shuttle. Fuck.

 

[j0hnnix]

Will Optimus Prime save us from Omicron.

 

[Saint Boot]

Time to close some borders and go back to living in walled castle towns

I have been trying to do that in Dragon Quest builders, but no matter how high I build the walls They still spawn inside my city. I extended that first one way beyond what could be considered normal, and built the walls high and thick. I really hate how they keep getting in just because the game says so.

 

[BadBurger]

I wasnt talking about influenza viruses. It was about Ebola, and other deadly viruses that are on africa. if Covid19 is able to get dna of these viruses, it would be very dangerous virus. Ebola itself was highly kill virus, only able to transmit through fluid. If a such virus can move freely through Air, you are seeing something that is worse than black death.

Viruses don't absorb the DNA of other viruses. They're merely small packages of DNA or RNA themselves that hijack the systems of cells in organisms - even organisms as simple as bacteria (they're called bacteriophages). If ebola, going by your example, ever mutated in some way that made it similar to a coronavirus, it wouldn't be because it gobbled up another virus or whatever you're suggesting. It would merely be a coincidental mutation. Again, viruses don't do that.

In any event, the longest standing virus and its strains to plague humankind is influenza, which did not originate in Africa. In fact the Spanish Flu most likely originated in the USA going by all of the data and hindsight. SARS-CoV-2 also did not originate there. I guess the stigma regarding Africa and viruses comes from the fact both Polio and Ebola originated there. But such environmental conditions are far from unique to Africa. There's regions of South America and Southeast Asia, for example, that are extremely similar.

 

[kingfey]

Viruses don't absorb the DNA of other viruses. They're merely small packages of DNA or RNA themselves that hijack the systems of cells in organisms - even organisms as simple as bacteria (they're called bacteriophages). If ebola, going by your example, ever mutated in some way that made it similar to a coronavirus, it wouldn't be because it gobbled up another virus or whatever you're suggesting. It would merely be a coincidental mutation. Again, viruses don't do that.

In any event, the longest standing virus and its strains to plague humankind is influenza, which did not originate in Africa. In fact the Spanish Flu most likely originated in the USA going by all of the data and hindsight. SARS-CoV-2 also did not originate there. I guess the stigma regarding Africa and viruses comes from the fact both Polio and Ebola originated there. But such environmental conditions are far from unique to Africa. There's regions of South America and Southeast Asia, for example, that are extremely similar.

I was born in somalia. and we have cold flu here. Because of the rain, and the temperature change, we get cold easily, and our immune system isnt that strong.
With our low medical advances, Viruses like Covid19 is heaven here.