I think they just like saying "Omicron". Lets come up with an ominous name for the next variant of flu and scare the crap out of people.
Posted on 11/29/2021 6:22:51 AM PST by blam
The heavily mutated Omicron coronavirus variant is likely to spread internationally and poses a very high risk of infection surges that could have "severe consequences" in some places, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
No Omicron-linked deaths had yet been reported, though further research was needed to assess its potential to resist vaccines and immunity induced by previous infections, it added.
Anticipating increased case numbers as the variant, first reported last week, spreads, the U.N. agency urged its 194 member states to accelerate vaccination of high-priority groups.
"Omicron has an unprecedented number of spike mutations, some of which are concerning for their potential impact on the trajectory of the pandemic," the WHO said.
"The overall global risk ...is assessed as very high."
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said Omicron's emergence showed how "perilous and precarious" the situation was.
"Omicron demonstrates just why the world needs a new accord on pandemics," he told the start of an assembly of health ministers expected to launch negotiations on such an agreement.
"Our current system disincentivizes countries from alerting others to threats that will inevitably land on their shores."
The new global deal, expected by May 2024, would cover issues such as sharing of data and genome sequences of emerging viruses, and of any potential vaccines derived from research.
Scientist Richard Hatchett, CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), a foundation that funds vaccine development, said Omicron's emergence had fulfilled predictions that transmission of the virus in areas with low vaccination rates would speed its evolution.
"The inequity that has characterized the global response has now come home to roost," he told the talks, noting that Botswana and South Africa had fully vaccinated less than a quarter of their populations.
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OH NO!! ON NO!! OMG!!! OMG!!!
Forget the orange jumpsuots. Firing Squads for all.
Forget the orange jumpsuits. Firing Squads for all.
I think they just like saying "Omicron". Lets come up with an ominous name for the next variant of flu and scare the crap out of people.
The WHO, isn’t that the organization that delayed calling the first iteration a pandemic, because their masters in China stopped them? Or the one that jumped on the “Orange Man is racist,” when he put in the Chinese travel ban?
Only a matter of time before a variant comes around that shows the same symptoms as a bad reaction to the vax... oh, wait. What?
“How many more times will they cry “Wolf!”
As long as the “Charlie Brown” population continues to kick at the football, the “Lucy” government (and media) will continue to set it up again.
Time for Charlie to kick Lucy instead of the football.
Omicron is a mild form of Covid that transmits natural immunity. If we were smart, we’d welcome it.
Mail in ballots 2022 here it comes!
So far reporting supports this. Lets see if anyone in public health power is willing to give up the stick.
Roger that!
Ok we don’t know if it can really harm people. We don’t know if the Jabs (which we know can harm and kill people) are at all effective against it. So WHO recommendation is; Jab! Jab! Jab Everyone right away or we all gonna die....ahhhhhh!
and the Liberals and democrat jackass's need another reason to keep on the campaign trail...
Let's Roll voters...take it to the Lord in Prayer..
He will answer in his own time, his own way...Praise be to God...
Great classic TV. Great rock group. But seriesly, GFYS with your fear porn.
They have cried wolf enough that no person with any critical analysis capability believes them.
I agree. Shut it all down. Shut down Christmas. Tell Americans they cannot socialize with others until some time in 2022. Just do it! The sheep want it, and the rest aren’t making the politicians pay. Give us a country-wide shutdown.
If this is true, maybe the country will finally wake up and realize who the true enemies are.
Probably incubated in a HIV-positive African, according to some articles.
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