MCPS covid cases

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Some may still develop long covid with mild symptoms. No one really knows the long term consequences of covid infection (severe or mild). For that mattet we do not know if there are any long term consequences of covid vaccines either.

Yes, we do. There are no vaccines that have long-term consequences without having had short-term consequences, aside from the long-term consequence of immunity to the vaccine-preventable disease.

Also, you have almost certainly had mild symptoms due to infection by other coronaviruses. I almost certainly have had them too.

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Anonymous wrote:question for the virology experts: if omicron turns out to be not virulent at all is it a good idea to get infected? One will get some immunity from the infection but not the sickness, right? Or is it even possible to neutralize the virulent part of its RNA to turn it into some kind of live vaccine?

It would be funny if it works that way. All the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers will get vaccinated by breathing.

And vaccinated will get it too.

This trope again?! You never quit; I'll give you that.

We don't have enough evidence of how the vaxxes work for omicron. The vaxxes work really for all previous variants.

You again. Did you miss the super spreader party that everyone was vaccinated? Read the news.

"Health authorities said the individuals infected were so far displaying mild symptoms, with none hospitalised." I'd say that's working.

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The threshold for success has gone so low. Outbreaks in Oslo, Denmark and Somerset, England with attack rates between 30 and 80% and we are acting like it's great news.

Yes because they’re barely sick. Did you really think there would be a day when covid wasn’t around in some form? The goal is to make it mild

The fact that you think that we can make it mild is amusing.

There is no selection pressure for covid to be virulent or more virulent. So eventually it will make itself mild by mutation.

It doesn't have to make itself more virulent or mild. It's a myth that viruses naturally attenuate with time.

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There is no selection pressure for covid to be virulent or more virulent. So eventually it will make itself mild by mutation.

It doesn't have to make itself more virulent or mild. It's a myth that viruses naturally attenuate with time.

It doesn't "have to" do anything. But there is definitely selection pressure for the virus to become more infectious and less virulent. Variants that spread easily and don't cause a lot of symptoms will outcompete variants that don't spread easily and/or make people seriously ill.

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Anonymous wrote:question for the virology experts: if omicron turns out to be not virulent at all is it a good idea to get infected? One will get some immunity from the infection but not the sickness, right? Or is it even possible to neutralize the virulent part of its RNA to turn it into some kind of live vaccine?

It would be funny if it works that way. All the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers will get vaccinated by breathing.

And vaccinated will get it too.

This trope again?! You never quit; I'll give you that.

We don't have enough evidence of how the vaxxes work for omicron. The vaxxes work really for all previous variants.

You again. Did you miss the super spreader party that everyone was vaccinated? Read the news.

"Health authorities said the individuals infected were so far displaying mild symptoms, with none hospitalised." I'd say that's working.

+1

The threshold for success has gone so low. Outbreaks in Oslo, Denmark and Somerset, England with attack rates between 30 and 80% and we are acting like it's great news.

Yes because they’re barely sick. Did you really think there would be a day when covid wasn’t around in some form? The goal is to make it mild

The fact that you think that we can make it mild is amusing.

There is no selection pressure for covid to be virulent or more virulent. So eventually it will make itself mild by mutation.

It doesn't have to make itself more virulent or mild. It's a myth that viruses naturally attenuate with time.

They do. What’s the advantage of killing the host?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Some may still develop long covid with mild symptoms. No one really knows the long term consequences of covid infection (severe or mild). For that mattet we do not know if there are any long term consequences of covid vaccines either.

Yes, we do. There are no vaccines that have long-term consequences without having had short-term consequences, aside from the long-term consequence of immunity to the vaccine-preventable disease.

Also, you have almost certainly had mild symptoms due to infection by other coronaviruses. I almost certainly have had them too.

No, we don’t. That’s why it usually takes many many years to make sure that a new vaccine is safe for the general public. Some viruses do cause cancer (but not right away). Nobody knows about that aspect of this novel coronavirus.

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Some may still develop long covid with mild symptoms. No one really knows the long term consequences of covid infection (severe or mild). For that mattet we do not know if there are any long term consequences of covid vaccines either.

Yes, we do. There are no vaccines that have long-term consequences without having had short-term consequences, aside from the long-term consequence of immunity to the vaccine-preventable disease.

Also, you have almost certainly had mild symptoms due to infection by other coronaviruses. I almost certainly have had them too.

No, we don’t. That’s why it usually takes many many years to make sure that a new vaccine is safe for the general public. Some viruses do cause cancer (but not right away). Nobody knows about that aspect of this novel coronavirus.

Yep. Drinking water may cause illnesses or even death too.

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Anonymous wrote:question for the virology experts: if omicron turns out to be not virulent at all is it a good idea to get infected? One will get some immunity from the infection but not the sickness, right? Or is it even possible to neutralize the virulent part of its RNA to turn it into some kind of live vaccine?

It would be funny if it works that way. All the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers will get vaccinated by breathing.

And vaccinated will get it too.

No omicron death and no reinfection after omicron. So omicron could be good news.

What are you talking about? There have been deaths and we don't know reinfection as its so new.

There have been no reports of any death attributed to omicron. I’d say that it is great news that the virus is wearing itself out.

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Anonymous wrote:question for the virology experts: if omicron turns out to be not virulent at all is it a good idea to get infected? One will get some immunity from the infection but not the sickness, right? Or is it even possible to neutralize the virulent part of its RNA to turn it into some kind of live vaccine?

It would be funny if it works that way. All the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers will get vaccinated by breathing.

And vaccinated will get it too.

No omicron death and no reinfection after omicron. So omicron could be good news.

What are you talking about? There have been deaths and we don't know reinfection as its so new.

There have been no reports of any death attributed to omicron. I’d say that it is great news that the virus is wearing itself out.

How would we know when all tests don't test for mutations.

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Some may still develop long covid with mild symptoms. No one really knows the long term consequences of covid infection (severe or mild). For that mattet we do not know if there are any long term consequences of covid vaccines either.

Yes, we do. There are no vaccines that have long-term consequences without having had short-term consequences, aside from the long-term consequence of immunity to the vaccine-preventable disease.

Also, you have almost certainly had mild symptoms due to infection by other coronaviruses. I almost certainly have had them too.

No, we don’t. That’s why it usually takes many many years to make sure that a new vaccine is safe for the general public. Some viruses do cause cancer (but not right away). Nobody knows about that aspect of this novel coronavirus.

Yep. Drinking water may cause illnesses or even death too.

We are talking about covid. And, you can drink filtered water.

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Anonymous wrote:question for the virology experts: if omicron turns out to be not virulent at all is it a good idea to get infected? One will get some immunity from the infection but not the sickness, right? Or is it even possible to neutralize the virulent part of its RNA to turn it into some kind of live vaccine?

It would be funny if it works that way. All the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers will get vaccinated by breathing.

And vaccinated will get it too.

No omicron death and no reinfection after omicron. So omicron could be good news.

What are you talking about? There have been deaths and we don't know reinfection as its so new.

There have been no reports of any death attributed to omicron. I’d say that it is great news that the virus is wearing itself out.

For all the hundreds of omicron cases confirmed by sequencing not a single death worldwide. What else do you need?

How would we know when all tests don't test for mutations.

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Anonymous wrote:question for the virology experts: if omicron turns out to be not virulent at all is it a good idea to get infected? One will get some immunity from the infection but not the sickness, right? Or is it even possible to neutralize the virulent part of its RNA to turn it into some kind of live vaccine?

It would be funny if it works that way. All the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers will get vaccinated by breathing.

And vaccinated will get it too.

No omicron death and no reinfection after omicron. So omicron could be good news.

What are you talking about? There have been deaths and we don't know reinfection as its so new.

There have been no reports of any death attributed to omicron. I’d say that it is great news that the virus is wearing itself out.

*****For all the hundreds of omicron cases confirmed by sequencing not a single death worldwide. What else do you need?*****

How would we know when all tests don't test for mutations.

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Anonymous wrote:question for the virology experts: if omicron turns out to be not virulent at all is it a good idea to get infected? One will get some immunity from the infection but not the sickness, right? Or is it even possible to neutralize the virulent part of its RNA to turn it into some kind of live vaccine?

It would be funny if it works that way. All the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers will get vaccinated by breathing.

And vaccinated will get it too.

This trope again?! You never quit; I'll give you that.

We don't have enough evidence of how the vaxxes work for omicron. The vaxxes work really for all previous variants.

You again. Did you miss the super spreader party that everyone was vaccinated? Read the news.

"Health authorities said the individuals infected were so far displaying mild symptoms, with none hospitalised." I'd say that's working.

+1

The threshold for success has gone so low. Outbreaks in Oslo, Denmark and Somerset, England with attack rates between 30 and 80% and we are acting like it's great news.

Yes because they’re barely sick. Did you really think there would be a day when covid wasn’t around in some form? The goal is to make it mild

The fact that you think that we can make it mild is amusing.

There is no selection pressure for covid to be virulent or more virulent. So eventually it will make itself mild by mutation.

It doesn't have to make itself more virulent or mild. It's a myth that viruses naturally attenuate with time.

It’s not a myth. It’s random mutation.

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Anonymous wrote:question for the virology experts: if omicron turns out to be not virulent at all is it a good idea to get infected? One will get some immunity from the infection but not the sickness, right? Or is it even possible to neutralize the virulent part of its RNA to turn it into some kind of live vaccine?

It would be funny if it works that way. All the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers will get vaccinated by breathing.

And vaccinated will get it too.

Since omicron does not cause serious illnesses the more the merrier. It’s the best and most economic form of herd immunity considering the low vaccination rate worldwide.

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Anonymous wrote:Will omicron show up at MCPS?

Doesn’t look like omicron is going to spread widely in the US, which has a much higher vaccination rate than SA. It is unlikely that omicron will reach our schools. It also seems that omicron is not as bad as initially thought.

You're just a troll, but on the outside chance you're not, this is what people said for Delta.

Omicron will be the dominant variant here in 3 months. Get your booster.

It's more transmissible than Delta and infects people who had previous infections. Doesn't look more virulent for now, but just the first two characteristics I mentioned make it a problem from a hospital capacity perspective.

No one wants closures, but Hogan will be forced into restrictions if hospitals are saturated.

The rate of growth is truly staggering.

And with reinfections so high, I worry for all the kids that got Covid during Delta getting a second round right away.

Thanks for posting this. It could be our future for the next few months. Better get the booster right away!

Since omicron only causes mild symptoms it’s like a party. Go, omicron!

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Anonymous wrote:question for the virology experts: if omicron turns out to be not virulent at all is it a good idea to get infected? One will get some immunity from the infection but not the sickness, right? Or is it even possible to neutralize the virulent part of its RNA to turn it into some kind of live vaccine?

It would be funny if it works that way. All the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers will get vaccinated by breathing.

And vaccinated will get it too.

This trope again?! You never quit; I'll give you that.

We don't have enough evidence of how the vaxxes work for omicron. The vaxxes work really for all previous variants.

You again. Did you miss the super spreader party that everyone was vaccinated? Read the news.

"Health authorities said the individuals infected were so far displaying mild symptoms, with none hospitalised." I'd say that's working.

+1

The threshold for success has gone so low. Outbreaks in Oslo, Denmark and Somerset, England with attack rates between 30 and 80% and we are acting like it's great news.

Yes because they’re barely sick. Did you really think there would be a day when covid wasn’t around in some form? The goal is to make it mild

The fact that you think that we can make it mild is amusing.

There is no selection pressure for covid to be virulent or more virulent. So eventually it will make itself mild by mutation.

It doesn't have to make itself more virulent or mild. It's a myth that viruses naturally attenuate with time.

They do. What’s the advantage of killing the host?

I didn't say they have to become more virulent. I said there is no pressure for it to be milder. The host dies (if it does) long after the contagious period.