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bucolic_frolic

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5. My arm is going to be so sore from booster shots!

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:46 AM

Feb 2021

and I'm thinking along the same lines. Could be 2-3 years before we know a lot more. Could be 5-6 before the genie goes back in the bottle. Or could be endless mutations into something less - or more - virulent.

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Yeah the spillover is just awful... BumRushDaShow Feb 2021 #20

Perhaps we are entering... 2naSalit Feb 2021 #2

My arm is going to be so sore from booster shots! bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #5

Yeah... 2naSalit Feb 2021 #7

And, Delphinus Feb 2021 #35

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It's the Northern Exposure post-apocalypse episode come to life bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #14

You're probably right about that. 2naSalit Feb 2021 #15

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Massive expansion of humans into formerly unpopulated areas.... paleotn Feb 2021 #22

At least scientists are testing and identifying them bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #4

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+1 2naSalit Feb 2021 #10

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Welcome to our DU family. I think that you may be quite correct. niyad Feb 2021 #13

Damn Right I'm Correct Barb arian Feb 2021 #29

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😮 JudyM Feb 2021 #30

It wasn't meant to be a doomsday scenario, just DeminPennswoods Feb 2021 #32

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