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Blues Heron

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33. In the myth Cassandra was right

Mon Nov 29, 2021, 05:01 PM

Nov 2021

Her particular curse was that she was given the power of true prophecy but doomed to have the morons around her constantly disbelieve her.

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Omicron extremely mild no hospitalizations [View all] live love laugh Nov 2021 OP

Well that's certainly good news! Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #1

Exactly what I was thinking True Dough Nov 2021 #5

Agreed... FirstLight Nov 2021 #30

One has to be very cautious about both the positive and negative stories... Girard442 Nov 2021 #2

Others are saying it's too early to generalize from this sample, Tanuki Nov 2021 #3

Cassandras gonna hate this greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #4

There has been a group here who has consistently ridiculed those who are concerned Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #8

'tis indeed curious GusBob Nov 2021 #14

Holiday gathering... FirstLight Nov 2021 #31

I don't believe you n/t ornotna Nov 2021 #9

In the myth Cassandra was right Blues Heron Nov 2021 #33

I always identify people in the way they prefer to be identified greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #34

Good effort at a save. It almost covers up the fact that you didn't really understand Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #41

Riiiiiight greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #42

It was merely an observation about buffoons. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #43

Oh well done greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #45

Get a clue. LisaL Nov 2021 #35

Right on cue! greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #44

If this bears out, this could be the end of the pandemic! Waiting for official Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #6

Oil market thinks it's over durablend Nov 2021 #15

The virus could be moderating. roamer65 Nov 2021 #7

It's been weird how much this has resembled the course of the 1918 flu. I guess we don't Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #10

In a hundred years? former9thward Nov 2021 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #48

It will be interesting to see if those with very mild Omicron symptoms escape long haul effects. tblue37 Nov 2021 #11

That's my question! Delmette2.0 Nov 2021 #26

Interesting that they supposedly don't get loss of taste & smell womanofthehills Nov 2021 #40

Yep. This is the big question mark. nt crickets Nov 2021 #56

I think it's best to hope for the best and get vaccinated. Tomconroy Nov 2021 #12

Until most of the world is immunized there will be new "variants of concern." Hortensis Nov 2021 #13

That's exactly what happened with influenza. Initech Nov 2021 #16

Yes. Interestingly, I was surprised to learn that only a fraction Hortensis Nov 2021 #17

Well, that "every day virus" (flu) kills a lot of people every year in this country Texin Nov 2021 #22

Oh no we definitely haven't heard the last of COVID. It will be back. Initech Nov 2021 #23

But only a fraction of what we have been told it kills. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #24

Covid for the most part has been fatal to the elderly, even the Tomconroy Nov 2021 #38

+1, "We're all going to get it at some point, ..." uponit7771 Nov 2021 #54

That is what I read a few days ago, symptoms were fatigue with no loss of smell or taste. nt yaesu Nov 2021 #18

And a scratchy throat with no cough. This is great news, but I am trying to hold Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #25

Good to hear jalan48 Nov 2021 #19

Omicron Variant Drives Rise in Covid-19 Hospitalizations in South Africa speak easy Nov 2021 #20

WSJ: Omicron Variant Drives Rise in Covid-19 Hospitalizations in South Africa Hot Spot NickB79 Nov 2021 #21

Oddly that province was by a far stretch the hot spot in the Tomconroy Nov 2021 #39

Too small a sample size and too small an age range Raftergirl Nov 2021 #27

Exactly right RedArkGuy Nov 2021 #57

This is how most virus' mutate relayerbob Nov 2021 #28

Omicron has shown up in the UK, Netherlands, wnylib Nov 2021 #29

Hospitalizations are increasing in South Africa. LisaL Nov 2021 #36

But are those hospitalizations wnylib Nov 2021 #46

Delta has been present globally for many months now. Pobeka Nov 2021 #50

Delta infections spiked here too for a short time, We'll see. uponit7771 Nov 2021 #55

I was not suggesting that delta had wnylib Nov 2021 #60

I did take it that way, thanks for clearing it up. Pobeka Nov 2021 #61

That's a big jump. I am going to hope that doctor's observations bear out, but I'm going to assume Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #58

Doctor's observation only pertain to her presumably small number of patients. LisaL Nov 2021 #62

Anecdotal evidence based on a small number of patients this particular doctor had. LisaL Nov 2021 #32

Agreed...this one doctor is getting WAY too much press nt Shermann Nov 2021 #37

Deaths have spiked too n/t FreeState Nov 2021 #49

Do you have a source for that? TIA n/t Pobeka Nov 2021 #51

Worldometers data here FreeState Nov 2021 #52

Thanks! nt Pobeka Nov 2021 #53

Extremely good news! (n/t) Patton French Nov 2021 #59

I love that out very own BannonsLiver Nov 2021 #63

You keep using that term "clout chasing" and calling out posters with it GusBob Nov 2021 #64

So, basically, it's a cold? Angleae Nov 2021 #65

No. LisaL Nov 2021 #66