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‘Viral blizzard’: Expert warns Omicron variant infections are about to surge
NY Post ^ | 12/17/2021 | Lee Brown

Posted on 12/17/2021 1:01:19 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

The Omicron COVID-19 variant is about to infect millions of Americans in a “viral blizzard” of cases, a leading expert has warned.

Michael Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research at the University of Minnesota, highlighted data from the Big Apple as proof that “outbreaks are starting to occur” from the worrying new variant.

“I think we’re really just about to experience a viral blizzard,” he told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Thursday.

“In the next three to eight weeks, we’re going to see millions of Americans are going to be infected with this virus,” he said, citing trends already witnessed in South Africa and Europe.

The fears are exacerbated because Omicron “will be overlaid on top of Delta,” the COVID strain that has been most prevalent for months, Osterholm said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blizzard; infections; omicron; viral
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Viral Blizzard? Is that a new flavor at Dairy Queen?
1 posted on 12/17/2021 1:01:19 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I wondered that too. Sounds kind of ... tasty.


2 posted on 12/17/2021 1:03:02 PM PST by Not_Who_U_Think
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To: ChicagoConservative27

🥱 sounds like last year - bla bla bla 🤪


3 posted on 12/17/2021 1:03:10 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

TRANSLATION: The “vaccines” are going to cause even more adverse-reactions than before, and we will blame the “unvaccinated.”


4 posted on 12/17/2021 1:03:36 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Very mild will kill us all!!!


5 posted on 12/17/2021 1:04:06 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Based on the daily predictions of immediate apocalypse, the Democrats’ internal polling must be looking pretty bad for the midterm election


6 posted on 12/17/2021 1:04:54 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Viral Blizzard comes right before the Polar Vortex.


7 posted on 12/17/2021 1:05:37 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Very perceptive analysis


8 posted on 12/17/2021 1:05:44 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s just the flu Bro.

SS1


9 posted on 12/17/2021 1:05:51 PM PST by Spitzensparkin1 (Donate often, it is our FReeping ammo. Keep the supply train rollin', become a monthly donor. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Start passing out the... Kleenex?

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10 posted on 12/17/2021 1:07:42 PM PST by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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RE: Omicron COVID-19 variant is about to infect millions of Americans

And did their model predict how many will be in ICU or Die?


11 posted on 12/17/2021 1:08:11 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Col Frank Slade

12 posted on 12/17/2021 1:08:33 PM PST by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Translation: “You’re about to find out that the vax didn’t work. And neither do the boosters.”


13 posted on 12/17/2021 1:09:31 PM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: TLI

I should have known that I should have invested in Kleenex!


14 posted on 12/17/2021 1:09:44 PM PST by Jay W
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To: ChicagoConservative27

All you have to do is look at all the professional athletes testing positive. I bet millions are already infected and don’t even know it.


15 posted on 12/17/2021 1:11:09 PM PST by TBall
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To: Antoninus

The boosters are just more of the original vaxxes, so yeah...


16 posted on 12/17/2021 1:11:16 PM PST by ConjunctionJunction (Vim vi repellere licet)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Meanwhile Africans enjoy life COVID Free because of the Sunday Pill. Get your boosters white people!


17 posted on 12/17/2021 1:11:29 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’ll be a blizzard of mild symptoms. No hysteria justified.


18 posted on 12/17/2021 1:12:03 PM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Bunk, more fear porn, this thing is not lethal and is mild. The real fear may be what the flu and common cold virus will do to people who have taken the vaccine and boosters.


19 posted on 12/17/2021 1:12:27 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1)
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To: SeekAndFind

20 posted on 12/17/2021 1:13:03 PM PST by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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