Posted on 12/05/2021 12:32:01 PM PST by lightman
Feel free to keep those holiday plans.
US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on Sunday said that vaccinated Americans can still gather for the holidays with “low” risk amid the spread of the concerning, new Omicron variant as long as they follow health precautions.
“The concern and the challenge we have right now in the country, Margaret, is that we have millions of people who are still unvaccinated, which poses a risk to their lives, but also poses an increased risk of transmission,” Murthy told anchor Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.”
“But if you do as many families, you get vaccinated and boosted. You use testing judiciously before you gather, you gather in well-ventilated spaces and use masks whenever you can in public indoor spaces, your risk can be quite low and your holidays can be quite fulfilling.”
Murthy stressed that the precautions are critical as experts work to find out more about the new COVID-19 variant, which was first detected in South Africa by scientists.
“The important thing is, as we work hard to gain answers to the three critical questions about Omicron, about its transmissibility, its severity and its response to our vaccines and therapeutics, it’s critical that people know we do have tools that we can use right now to protect ourselves against this variant and against the Delta variant, which is still the predominant variant in the United States,” Murthy said.
Experts have said they’re still researching whether the new variant is resistant to vaccines or causes more severe disease.
In the meantime, federal regulators are already in talks to streamline the review process for an Omicron-specific vaccine if one is necessary, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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Gotta keep getting Quest and other "testers" their Cha-ching.
/s
Sure wished they would track the flu like this.
Who listens to these people??
I never did and I never will.
They can offer all the “guidance” they want but we don’t have to listen, much less follow.
Bla, bla, bla.
Or AIDS. Or illegals.
The same masks whose manufacturers warn are not to be used in healthcare settings?
Those masks?
SNORT.
Statistic said yesterday the number of older people with Covid or dying from it with nearly all of them fully vaccinated, has gone UP slightly, not down.
So to help boost the economy before the midterms they tell people they are safe so go out and spend and see relatives.
But what kind of life preserver is a vax jab that doesn’t really lower the total of Covid cases and deaths?
Sounds like it doesn’t work.
Without comment or explanation, they *SUDDENLY* GAVE ME AN EXEMPTION VIA EMAIL FRIDAY.
LOLOLOL
KEEP PUSHING BACK
Excellent job!!
I am now utterly fascinated by people whose lives revolve around covid. They’re into it, think about, plan around it.
What’s their deal, anyway?
Hmmm .. I broke every covid rule and still i live.
Got covid..had worse colds and flus.. bronchitis was definitely worse
..just lucky I guess?
These sh*theads in gov are giving the go ahead because they know they will be ignored otherwise.
I predict a shitload of case counts to hit the scaremonger headlines after the holidays.
And they won’t be able to blame purebloods like me.
The narrative has taken a dangerous turn to the lunatic fringe.
“What’s their deal, anyway?”
They are insecure frightened people desperate to be told what to do.
We have a few of them right here.
Since it’s been said these shots compromise ones natural immune system it’s fair saying those who’ve had the shots not only are more apt to spread covid but flu, colds, etc.
Gave up listening to these “officials” Sh!tbirds a long time ago. FJB.
Yup, here too.
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