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South Africa COVID-19 cases triple in three days amid omicron surge
The Hill ^ | 12/03/2021 | SARAKSHI RAI

Posted on 12/03/2021 6:08:28 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

New COVID-19 cases in South Africa have tripled in three days, according to new figures released by the country's health ministry on Thursday, sparking concerns over the spread of the new omicron variant.

South Africa is entering its fourth wave of COVID-19 infections due to the omicron variant, Phaahla added at a media briefing on Friday.

He said that the infections with the new variant have been detected in seven out of the country's nine provinces. Since omicron was first detected in the country eight days ago, cases have risen steadily, he said on Friday.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agenda; cases; covid; fearmongering; justcases; keepnarrativealive; omicron; southafrica
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11,535 people got a mild cold! FREAK OUT!!!!!!!!!!!
1 posted on 12/03/2021 6:08:28 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Omicron varient. Now with 2.4X more Covid!

Get yours now!


2 posted on 12/03/2021 6:14:03 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well we need to stop the spread at all costs. Especially when costs include huge purchases to our buddies in big pharma. Just because the symptoms are mild is no reason to start using common sense when its more fun to ruin economies and increase human suffering.


3 posted on 12/03/2021 6:14:59 AM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I looked carefully in the article for words like
hospitalizations, severe, ICU, ventilator
Didn’t see any of those words anywhere in the article.


4 posted on 12/03/2021 6:19:13 AM PST by a real Sheila (Let's go Brandon!!!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

SHUT IT ALL DOWN.


5 posted on 12/03/2021 6:19:50 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: AndyTheBear

Do cases = Deaths? Only if reported in NYC.


6 posted on 12/03/2021 6:20:09 AM PST by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It appears that this “virus” is spreading at near the speed of light. Across SA provinces, to a dozen countries around the world - Japan, etc. ANd, NY and CA.

The logical explanation for this is that it must be transmittable via phone lines, emails, internet, satellites and ZOOM calls.


7 posted on 12/03/2021 6:20:25 AM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

More “cases surging” fearmongering

No mention of hospitalizations or deaths surging, so they gotta hype “cases” again

did Big Media ever do this with the yearly flu?

every day further hyping the number of “flu infections”, and calling it a health emergency? NOPE, somehow we were able to survive all those flu “cases”, but with Covid, it’s totally different!


8 posted on 12/03/2021 6:21:40 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: ChicagoConservative27
As of 3 December (Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center)

( 89,915 South Africans officially dead from COVID / 59,308,690 population of South Africa ) x 100 = about 0.152 % of the population

About 15 one-hundreths of the nation dead over almost two years, or about half that percentage averaged on a yearly basis.

This “official” and “deadly” pandemic seems remarkably under-performing compared to the media hype in South Africa.

9 posted on 12/03/2021 6:21:52 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Basic math is simple. Real science open to proof and validation. Fear porn theater is a fine phrase/)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Quicker spread = quicker herd immunity


10 posted on 12/03/2021 6:22:38 AM PST by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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And deaths are low.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa/


11 posted on 12/03/2021 6:23:15 AM PST by Doofer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

OMG! It’s a CASE-ADEMIC!


12 posted on 12/03/2021 6:26:32 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This will be the mid-term election variant. This might be in South Africa, but I’m sure more cases will be discovered here in the USA, and you’ll see plenty of “Fear Porn.” All for a mild cold.


13 posted on 12/03/2021 6:26:33 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A tripling in “cases” - now in two weeks let’s see if the hospitalizations are on the rise.


14 posted on 12/03/2021 6:26:42 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Doofer

Like the German hospital lie

Huge new study shows ZERO Covid deaths of healthy German kids over 4 or adolescents https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/huge-new-study-shows-zero-covid-deaths?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo1NjI2ODQ5NSwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDQ5MDE0MjYsIl8iOiJQaWp6cyIsImlhdCI6MTYzODQ4MzEzOCwiZXhwIjoxNjM4NDg2NzM4LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMzYzMDgwIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.uyvjI2P-xsEnh1x0t6JLiLOkIgl1KzJiV6w2O12-WU4&fbclid=IwAR0S4hvecvtEkLQkxjCYGMDzlD0z74jN0t0JKRYSSrmbIex-LzNVrIzQbDE


15 posted on 12/03/2021 6:31:42 AM PST by GailA (Constitution vs evil Treasonous political Apparatchiks, Constitutional Conservative.)
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To: a real Sheila

https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/

When it was Delta at the same stage, 300 admissions in Gauteng a day. With Omicron the number is +/-30. Order of magnitude less severe by all appearances. Gauteng is the epicenter and leading indicator.


16 posted on 12/03/2021 6:35:07 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Oh dear, a deadly wave of sniffles!

SA’s chicken soup reserves will be strained to the limit.


17 posted on 12/03/2021 6:35:17 AM PST by Yardstick
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I think it’s pretty safe to say, at this point, that omicron = common cold.
I e. This really isn’t news.


18 posted on 12/03/2021 6:37:44 AM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Cases haven’t tripled. The diagnosis have.


19 posted on 12/03/2021 6:47:00 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No reports of fatalities?

Odd...


20 posted on 12/03/2021 6:52:55 AM PST by null and void (Newspapers, The Prints of Lies)
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