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ProfessorGAC

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72. So, No Answer

Wed Apr 6, 2022, 01:51 PM

Apr 2022

Because 98 million boosted is not 55% either.
Also, one didn't NEED a booster to ward off severe omicron. It was a significant advantage, of course.
But, many vaxxed but unboosted people survived omicron, quite well.
Finally, you made a claim unsupported by the facts, so you changed the subject.
Weak sauce.

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Why Ba.2 Covid cases haven't surged in the U.S. [View all] Tomconroy Apr 2022 OP

It's spiking in New York State right now. SergeStorms Apr 2022 #1

Link? USALiberal Apr 2022 #2

The average number of cases is 77% higher than 14 days ago. Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #34

Thanks!!! USALiberal Apr 2022 #39

This is true Dorian Gray Apr 2022 #51

I suppose you could say it's spiking in Connecticut too. Tomconroy Apr 2022 #3

Ba2 accounts for 95% of all cases in Ireland currently. It's been rampant over the last 6 weeks. OnDoutside Apr 2022 #4

Ba.2 is about 90 percent of the cases in CT now. But no big Tomconroy Apr 2022 #6

We live in the same state! Tickle Apr 2022 #21

Hey. Tomconroy Apr 2022 #42

NHC is up 58% over 2 weeks. n/t Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #35

The Manhattan borough president, Mark Levine, says cases in Manhattan are rising liberal_mama Apr 2022 #54

Yeah RobinA Apr 2022 #65

I agree, but the cases are at about 3000 a day. They had gone down to Scrivener7 Apr 2022 #9

Exactly Dorian Gray Apr 2022 #52

NY isn't spiking Johnny2X2X Apr 2022 #13

I heard it on the radio this morning.... SergeStorms Apr 2022 #28

If I remember correctly, during the Alpha variant and LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #31

I just don't care anymore one bit about the unvaccinated Johnny2X2X Apr 2022 #32

Me either Rebl2 Apr 2022 #41

I agree. SergeStorms Apr 2022 #45

And the CDC numbers for the vaccinated vs unvaccinated deaths are incredible. Johnny2X2X Apr 2022 #50

While I agree it isn't spiking yet - Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #36

Not even close to a hint of exponential growth yet Johnny2X2X Apr 2022 #40

COVID does not exist in the environment that it did 2 years ago Zeitghost Apr 2022 #46

It wasn't a novel virus in, either - Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #57

I've always maintained it would not be "over" Zeitghost Apr 2022 #67

Once is not enough to assume safety from wave after wave. Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #73

It most certainly is Zeitghost Apr 2022 #74

We have all of 2 years data about this disease. Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #75

COVID is here to stay Zeitghost Apr 2022 #76

Then we can expect to have massive health issues and a drain on resources over time. Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #77

That is impossible to do successfully Zeitghost Apr 2022 #79

You're right. I'm in New York State, and I don't LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #30

When you say spiking Dorian Gray Apr 2022 #49

BA.2 is still Omicron, the original is BA.1 IronLionZion Apr 2022 #5

But it is in europe. And they had a big Ba.1 surge in the UK. Tomconroy Apr 2022 #7

We might get it in the US next IronLionZion Apr 2022 #11

I just read the other day that cases are up like 40% in the New England states Native Apr 2022 #8

But it's up 40% from a very low number. So the numbers aren't near Scrivener7 Apr 2022 #10

An increase from 1 to 2 is an increase of 100 percent but it's Tomconroy Apr 2022 #12

True, the article(s) didn't mention the case counts. Native Apr 2022 #14

Or, maybe people with home tests are not reporting positive tests? GoCubsGo Apr 2022 #15

The NYT Email lists a few reasons, including at-home testing teach1st Apr 2022 #19

You're right. Our local county health department is saying the same thing. wnylib Apr 2022 #59

Yeah, Right! As If....... We are still the ticking time bomb at barely over 55% vaccinated. Ford_Prefect Apr 2022 #16

Where Did You Get 55%? ProfessorGAC Apr 2022 #23

At last observed counting you needed the third booster to resist omicron. Ford_Prefect Apr 2022 #47

So, No Answer ProfessorGAC Apr 2022 #72

You want to go toe to toe with someone who actually HAD covid? You're there right now, mate. Ford_Prefect Apr 2022 #78

And then there's the elephant in the room the CDC refuses Tomconroy Apr 2022 #55

Do we care about the unvaccinated here anymore? Johnny2X2X Apr 2022 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author Ford_Prefect Apr 2022 #17

i think one big reason is people are testing at home. barbtries Apr 2022 #18

3 of my neighbors are positive from the home testing. jimfields33 Apr 2022 #20

Even the CDC has said that they're not relying on testing as much as hospitalization rates and Native Apr 2022 #29

CDC tracking Covid in wastewater. CrispyQ Apr 2022 #38

that was fascinating. barbtries Apr 2022 #48

Seems to me he's right. A lot we don't know. That's one reason why we err wiggs Apr 2022 #22

Getting Ready! McKim Apr 2022 #25

I need a link. ananda Apr 2022 #26

Here's a piece on the subject that CNN just put out about a half an hour ago Native Apr 2022 #27

BA.2 is the dominant strain in the US Fiendish Thingy Apr 2022 #33

Doubtful SoonerPride Apr 2022 #37

Democrats have done the work to help the country Johnny2X2X Apr 2022 #43

Still Masking Desert_Leslie Apr 2022 #44

In my county, it's been going up every day. Dr. Scott Gottlieb said yesterday that only about 1 in 8 liberal_mama Apr 2022 #53

If there was a secret spike in cases then it should Tomconroy Apr 2022 #56

Hospitalizations usually lag a couple weeks after the cases, and they are going up in my county liberal_mama Apr 2022 #61

Also, I read that there has been a change in what is considered a Covid hospitalization liberal_mama Apr 2022 #68

No. Tomconroy Apr 2022 #69

In any event, David Leonhardt of the NY Times continues Tomconroy Apr 2022 #58

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This thread brought out the doomy faux experts desperately hoping for another wave. BannonsLiver Apr 2022 #62

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You don't want this variant. r�is�n_dubh Apr 2022 #71

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