Coronavirus

[CLOUD 500]

A traveler from Canada to Hong Kong who is fully vaccinated with Pfizer has contracted the Omicron variant. This whole thing stinks bad.

Traveller from Canada to Hong Kong confirmed with Omicron variant

A fully vaccinated 62-year-old male who travelled from Canada to Hong Kong is confirmed to be the second case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant identified by authorities there, according to Hong Kong’s Department of Health.

www.ctvnews.ca

The WHO knew about Omicron since September. But not much was done. Seems the government always waits till it spreads everywhere before starting with restrictions.

Will there be a fourth wave in South Africa?

The more people that get vaccinated before December in South Africa, the less likely it is that the country will experience a devastating fourth wave over the holiday period, says president Cyril Ramaphosa.

businesstech.co.za

Like I said this stinks and is very fishy. They need to keep the fear going so government maintains their emergency powers. Once you get a taste of power you will never want to let it go. Omicron in time for when the government is pushing 3rd booster shots and vaccinating kids. Like I said all of it is very fishy.

 

[gaby]

DUBÉ...ce jour,

-1er cas du variant OMICRON au Québec...115 voyageurs testés et en isolement....les experts devraient nous revenir d'ici 15 jours à ce sujet.

-plus de 6,000 cas positifs dans la dernière semaine et MAJORITAIREMENT des non vaccinés dont des enfants de 5-11ans....dont heureusement le tiers est déjà en processus....

-hospitalisations en légère hausse MAIS rien d'inquiétant.....encore là MAJORITAIREMENT des non vaccinés

-appel pressant aux 70 ans et plus d'aller pour leur 3ème dose...surtout au moment ou les regroupements intérieurs s'accentuent ...plus les partys des fêtes à venir.

 

[gallantca]

Seems the government always waits till it spreads everywhere before starting with restrictions.

Hold on here : you are complaining the government didn't impose restrictions ?

 

[CLOUD 500]

Hold on here : you are complaining the government didn't impose restrictions ?

I was being sarcastic. They allow it to spread (without acting: borders should have been shut down completely to all travelers) then they get a reason to impose lockdowns and continue their emergency powers. Why not shut down all borders before the cases spread and leave the country all open? The the media is sensationalizing this variant to create hype and fear just as they did with Delta.

 

[gaby]

Sûrement une bonne explication à l'arrivée/développement des variants.....l'Afrique du Sud est vacciné à moins de 25 % et dans sa globalité le continent africain est vacciné à un taux de moins de 10%.

Pas une question de production de médicaments MAIS de logistique/distribution.....et aussi ont d'autres priorités telles les guerres dévastatrices et autres maladies telle la malaria...etc...whithout counting the clash with beliefs.

Bref....encore beaucoup de travail sur la planche et bien loin de gagner cette bataille.

 

[gaby]

..et sans compter HAITI--pays très présent chez nous---avec 1% de vaccinés....toutes ces données doivent nous faire sérieusement réfléchir.

 

[wetnose]

Here's an introduction to wet markets, done by an American currently living in China. FYI, in China there're 2 types of markets. There's the "dry" part of the market - because it sells non-perishables and preserved goods. Canned goods, dried fruit/pickles, spices & sauces, sausages, etc. The wet market sells vegetables, meats and seafoods. The wet market has existed for 100s if not 1000s of years. And refrigeration did not exist until very recently. So vendors would buy live chickens/pigs/livestock and sell them in the market. Sometimes sold as live, sometimes slaughtered on the spot. This would provide the guarantee the meat was fresh.

Very, very few of them sell the exotic stuff like bats, turtles and wild game. It's like trying to find caribou at the IGA or Provigo. Just not a common craving among mainland Chinese.

 

[wetnose]

Omicron update from John Hopkins

https://imgur.com/a/Ngavgg9

 

[IamNY]

COVID’s new blue wave:

Despite Rebukes, Florida Has Lowest New COVID-19 Case Rate in Nation

Despite harsh criticism of Gov. Ron DeSantis' handling of the coronavirus by Democrats, including President Joe Biden, Florida reported the lowest new COVID-19 case rate in the nation this week...

www.newsmax.com

 

[gaby]

OMICRON.....1er cas détecté aux Etas-Unis--California......quelqu'un de surpris .....un voyageur en provenance de l'Afrique du Sud.

 

[gaby]

MONTRÉAL....ce jour...Mylène Drouin....Santé publique,

-depuis deux semaines environ 250 cas/jour......majorité en provenance de secteurs moins vaccinés de la Métropole et beaucoup en service de garde et milieux scolaires.

-hospitalisations...très stable et même réduction.

-OMICRON....1 cas/voyageur isolé....rien d'autre sur le radar mais prudence et rehaussement dans les prochaines semaines du ciblage.

-vaccination....le tiers des 5-11 ans en processus et devrait s'améliorer avec la tournée mobile des écoles. Bonne nouvelle presque toutes les clientèles âgées /cible en CHLSD et autres sont vaccinées.....appel aux 70 ans et plus de s'inscrire dès maintenant pour la
3ème dose.....will do it soon.

 

[Nutsinho]

So let me get this straight, it is the vaccinated people that are spreading this new variant since the pure bloods are not allowed entry into Canada or the USA.

 

[Nutsinho]

WHO doctor became a whistleblower - media suppressing her

https://twitter.com/x/status/1465882923945447429

 

[gallantca]

WHO doctor became a whistleblower - media suppressing her

https://twitter.com/x/status/1465882923945447429

She is not a medical doctor. She has a PHD in education and psychology.
She was a consultant for WHO almost 10 years ago

She is a well known right wing nutcake in Europe, known for presenting false data.

 

[sene5hos]

WHO doctor became a whistleblower - media suppressing her

https://twitter.com/x/status/1465882923945447429

News is easy to find and manipulate, it's FAKES NEWS.

When we analyze all your posts, we see that the information comes from conspirators, because it changes the information in their favor, this is called disinformation.

 

[sene5hos]

This morning, OMICRON is in 38 countries.

 

[IamNY]

Over 99% of new COVID cases are still from the Delta variant. All this fear mongering by the fake news, xenophobic travel bans, and threats of lockdowns do nothing except to cause premature panic. We need to wait for the real science in a couple of weeks to determine what the testing results show us. Right now, all that I've been hearing is that the Omicron variant is milder than the Delta and MIGHT be easier to transmit. We will all know soon enough just how bad this new variant is or if the current vaccines are ineffective.

 

[wetnose]

Personally I`ve made a choice to not take certain vaccines like the common flu or against Shingles.

One of my friends (ex-roommate from university days) got Shingles and he said it's utterly brutal. We both had chickenpox together and he said shingles was much worse than chickenpox.

So he advised me to get the vaxx asap. The older shingles vaxx was barely 50% effective but the latest one (Shingrix) is 90%+ effective. I highly recommend you get it. I got mine despite not meeting the age cutoff.

 

[sene5hos]

In December I will have my third dose of Pfizer's anti-covid vaccine, because another variant has just appeared.

My mother, a few years before she died, had shingles.

She suffered a lot, she had a lot of pimples and pain in her back.

She told all these children that it would be better to take the vaccine. And all of us got vaccinated.
Luckily the new 2-dose vaccine had just been released.

 

[wetnose]

Do you have a backyard? Well some Americans think it's lovely for warding off COVID, among other things. Hey our COVID deathrate is 1/3 of America's so maybe our secret is in the dirt. Make some money, help an American, everybody is happy!