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    So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by A.J. View Post
    Have there been any deaths from this so-called omicron "variant?"

    The MSM uses words like "raging" and "tearing through" ... so frustrating.
    They use words like that to keep people in fear and off balance. This would typically be referred to as "a cold going around". I figure it will be burnt out in a few weeks and then it will be on to the next "crisis".

    A bright spot perhaps is that many people now know how to cure the common cold and most viruses (which lead to cancer) without visiting a doctor! I think that's why they suppressed the remedies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by krystian View Post
    Covid's omicron variant is currently tearing through the U.S. and the rest of the world at a record-breaking pace — but Bill Gates sees hope on the horizon.

    Once the current surge abates, countries can expect to see "far fewer cases" through the rest of 2022, Gates wrote on Tuesday during a Twitter Q&A with Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh. Once that happens, Gates continued, Covid can most likely "be treated more like seasonal flu."

    The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist — an outspoken public health advocate who regularly weighs in on the Covid pandemic response — isn't the first to make similar predictions. Some experts say omicron's rapid spread, while certainly dangerous, could imbue enough people with so-called "natural immunity" to help steer the Covid pandemic into a much less severe "endemic" phase.

    Gates touched on that scenario in his Twitter Q&A, predicting that "omicron will create a lot of immunity, at least for the next year." The timing matters: If enough of the country can maintain some level of simultaneous immunity against Covid, whether vaccine-induced or otherwise, the virus' circulation could slow down long enough to transition the pandemic into that endemic phase.

    Once Covid eventually becomes endemic, Gates added, "we may have to take yearly shots for Covid for some time" — much like annual flu shots...

    Bill Gates: Once omicron passes, Covid will be more like seasonal flu
    Why does a man, who, out of HIS mouth said we need to de-populate the planet, matter?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Susan View Post
    Have you noticed though, at least in American media, that they are every so slightly starting to play down the pandemic, just in time for the mid term election cycle? Hmmmmmm.....
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    Count on it.
    Oh for sure. A lot will change before the next elections. And probably most will fall for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Susan View Post
    Have you noticed though, at least in American media, that they are every so slightly starting to play down the pandemic, just in time for the mid term election cycle? Hmmmmmm.....
    And claim all the credit

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    Quote Originally Posted by tschau View Post
    well, Omicron spreads faster and the incubation time is shorter than in earlier Corona virus,
    but science based researches show that it is less "dangerous", means a lower percentage die or get severe sick.
    This is the positiv side.
    But it also causes Covid-19 for vaccinated people. Worldwide statistics show, that these have a milder form and are seldom in Intensive Care, most not even n the hospital.
    Also for people without a vaccination it is less severe, but can be deadly are cause long time effects.

    The main problem now is, that because it spreads so easily and fast, many people are sick at the same time and miss work. This is a problem for many companies.

    I would say, the word "raging" is in the moment not wrong because never before so many were sick at the same time, but not in the sense of many people dying.
    I would like to see a cohort of people with no complications. Some researchers believe omicron will be what finally brings around herd immunity. I guess it will all come down to what is politically expedient.

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