Its Festivus damit.
Posted on 12/07/2021 9:46:02 AM PST by conservative98
Omicron is the unwelcome party guest at everyone’s holiday gatherings this year.
Scientists are still trying to learn about the new Covid variant — including how transmissible it is, how well current vaccines work against it and where its biggest hotspots are. Many of those answers won’t be known for at least a couple weeks, just in time for Christmas.
Without those answers, you may need to ask yourself a tough question: Is it safe to attend a holiday party?
If everyone at your party is vaccinated
If you’re vaccinated and gathering with other vaccinated people, the answer is a simple “yes,” White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said in a briefing last week. Ideally, every guest should be boosted, too.
Still, you may run some risk. A recent 120-person company holiday party in Norway provides some anecdotal evidence that omicron could evade vaccine protection: All guests were vaccinated and tested beforehand, but more than half of them — many of whom had just returned from a business trip to South Africa — tested positive for Covid afterwards, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
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If anyone at your party is unvaccinated (or unwilling to share)
If anyone’s unvaccinated at your party — including small children who aren’t yet vaccine-eligible — or unwilling to share their vaccination status, your decision gets much harder. You’ll face a higher risk of getting sick or transmitting the virus to someone else, even if you’re fully vaccinated yourself.
If you’re hosting such a party, you should rely on a combination of safety strategies, like gathering outdoors, wearing masks and maintaining social distance. You can also ask your unvaccinated guests to quarantine
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I would be most careful amongst people who have been vaccinated as the vaccine neither protects you from catching this bug or passing it along. Aside from that, most people think that just because they have been vaccinated has made them invincible and become careless not realizing that every shot diminishes heir immune system making it even more likely for them to catch the bug as well as passing it alon.
I stopped “cnbc”.
That’s what Trump was talking about “ingesting” to kill it except he doesn’t drink and so couldn’t explain it very well.
Its Festivus damit.
Here’s how I will decide; Am I available at that time? Do I like the people there? Will there be free booze? Will there be good eats?
So, just stay home and watch recordings of Fauci interviews and press conferences. And don’t forget the mask, even if you’re alone!
If you’re vaccinated and gathering with other vaccinated people, the answer is a simple “yes,” White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said in a briefing last week. Ideally, every guest should be boosted, too.
Still, you may run some risk. A recent 120-person company holiday party in Norway provides some anecdotal evidence that omicron could evade vaccine protection: All guests were vaccinated and tested beforehand, but more than half of them — many of whom had just returned from a business trip to South Africa — tested positive for Covid afterwards, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
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The second paragraph contradicts the first. Either the writer does not notice, does not care, or is fully capable of doublethink.
Some of the responses are absolutely hilarious. This is why I love Free Republic. It keeps me sane!!!
“Ask your unvaccinated guests to quarantine”?!?
They’d probably have a better time out there than with idiots indoors!
“Have drinks and “hors d’oeuvres in the garage” while everyone takes a Covid rapid test and wait for the results before going inside: “You can make it playful, make it fun, and then be able to enjoy the holiday.”
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One has to ask; do they believe their own drivel and do they expect their audience to believe it.
“Bob, I just heard a great idea for the party. We’ll serve guests their first drink in the garage! We can setup the hors d’oeuvres on the bed of the pickup truck”
“What?”
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