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SheltieLover

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5. Experts are saying this is as contagious as measles!

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Dec 19, 2021, 10:49 PM

Dec 2021

Dr. Ding's twitter states this new variant is as contagious as measles. Yikes!

For those unfamiliar with Dr. Ding, heisa Harvard epidemiologist. I have been reading his tweets daily for almost 2 years & he has been 100% correct.

Link to his twitter for those interested:

https://mobile.twitter.com/DrEricDing?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Stay safe, All! Get some N95s! + 😷

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Tweet stream by a NYC bartender. "The rest of you are fucked in about two weeks" [View all] Swede Dec 2021 OP

Scary as hell, but a must-read. K&R highplainsdem Dec 2021 #1

Two food deliveries today, I'm inside until the 3rd. sarcasmo Dec 2021 #2

Food deliveries for at least a year. Haven't gone to a supermarket. housecat Dec 2021 #6

I have been going occasionally, barbtries Dec 2021 #8

2 yrs for me & the wife !! we got a lot of hobbies!!! & internet ! monkeyman1 Dec 2021 #9

We cancelled dinner JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #3

That... is an eye-opening view on the situation. Yikes. nt crickets Dec 2021 #4

Experts are saying this is as contagious as measles! SheltieLover Dec 2021 #5

my grandson and his girlfriend had it. barbtries Dec 2021 #7

stay home & avoid people ! we've done it & saved money ! pick up a hobbie ! monkeyman1 Dec 2021 #11

i generally do. barbtries Dec 2021 #17

I would reschedule my appointment xmas74 Dec 2021 #13

i hear you barbtries Dec 2021 #16

I'll be 47 next week. xmas74 Dec 2021 #18

That's a quite a righteous rant IronLionZion Dec 2021 #10

I'm not ready to hibernate quite yet yaesu Dec 2021 #12

I might be witnessing the explosion firsthand ecstatic Dec 2021 #14

Yup, at the start of this pandemic, bars were ranked at 9 out of 10 on the Covid danger scale Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 #15

My magat stepmother rownesheck Dec 2021 #19