Posted on 12/02/2021 10:02:39 AM PST by House Atreides
Minnesota public health authorities confirmed Thursday what appears to be the second U.S. case of the omicron Covid variant in a resident who recently returned from New York City, the state’s department of health said.
The man, who was fully vaccinated and has since recovered, traveled to New York City to attend the Anime NYC 2021 convention at the Javits Center from Nov. 19-21, the department said in a statement. The first omicron case was confirmed in California by U.S. officials Wednesday in a person who recently returned to San Francisco from a trip to South Africa.
New York health officials haven’t yet confirmed any cases in the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul told reporters at a press conference in Manhattan on Thursday .
NY Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett said it’s just a matter of time before it’s confirmed somewhere in the state. “We now have an exposure we fully expect that it will be detected in coming days,” she said.
Hochul said conference attendees were required to get vaccinated, and she recommended that they all get tested. She said the Anime convention organizers have contact information for all attendees, so it will simplify contact tracing to monitor any potential outbreaks.
“Everyone had to be vaccinated in order to participate in the first place,” she said. “That’s why we anticipate if people who test positive, at least, based on this first individual, that the symptoms will be fairly minor.”…
…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a statement Thursday, said it is working closely with public health authorities in Minnesota and New York City to investigate the latest confirmed omicron case. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said the U.S. has expanded genomic sequence over the past nine months to identify new variants.
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The Horrors!!!!!!
This is the point in the horror movie when they say, “We’ve traced the call. It’s coming from inside the house!”
Funny how they found the second case that happened to go to a convention in NYC at the Javits Center
None of this is true.
Traveled Nov. 19-21, yet fully recovered by Dec. 2?
Man, this Omicron variant sounds nasty...
I’ve read elsewhere that sampling of new PCR positive test cases has been expanded to one out of every seven cases so Omicron spread should be rapidly detected domestically.
Well...going to NYC these days is like going to Africa.
It’s the jungle, ya know.
All sortsa bad bugs.
Why would anyone believe the medical establishment or the media after what we’ve seen with coronavirus?
Thanks… I forgot to include my mandatory “oh noooeee!”.
Their agenda dies if we don’t let them scare us.
Why would we be scared? It’s all lies!
New headline:
100% of US Omichron COVID Cases are Fully Vaccinated
Case, case, cluster, cluster, BOOM!
Sounds like we are rapidly entering the cluster stage, with a convention in NYC (although he might have caught it in the airport or elsewhere). Norway is tracking a cluster of about 50, from a Company Christmas party.
Omicron will probably be booming by Christmas.
Omicron is very mild. So who cares it shows up?
But how? To access any non-essential business in NYC like a convention center or restaurant, you have to show proof of jab. Everywhere the fully jabbed person went he was either masked (subway/planes) or around fully jabbed people.
Maybe, the idiots will wake up and realize the jab doesn’t work. I’m not gonna hold my breath.
“New headline:
100% of US Omichron COVID Cases are Fully Vaccinated”
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LOL — Now, as of now, that would’ve a truthful headline.🙀🙀🤗
Only if they followed common sense science and required proof of jab to access convention centers, restaurants, etc. in NYC. Oh, wait...
What are the symptoms of Omicron?
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