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Moderna's chief medical officer: 'Omicron poses a real threat'
Arutz Sheva ^ | 14/12/21

Posted on 12/14/2021 8:41:30 AM PST by Eleutheria5

With the Omicron variant of the coronavirus spreading through multiple countries with verified cases in Israel too, many have been reassured by statements made by doctors dealing with a widespread outbreak in South Africa...

However, in comments made to UK members of Parliament today, Dr. Paul Burton, chief medical officer at Moderna, struck a warning note.

“I do not think Omicron is a milder, less severe version of the current virus,” he told the Parliamentary committee on science and technology, as quoted by The Guardian.

“The idea it will push Delta out of the way and take over may occur in the future, but I think in the coming months these two viruses are going to co-exist, and Omicron, which I would maintain is actually a severe disease, will now infect people on a background of very, very strong Delta pressure.

“It will also lead to a situation where individuals will become co-infected … which gives the opportunity for this virus to further evolve and mutate which is a concerning and worrying situation,” he added.

“We certainly don’t have to panic as we have many, many tools at our disposal, and we’ve learnt so much about this virus over the last two years, and we can continue to fight it, but I think Omicron poses a real threat,” he warned.

“When you look at the data in South Africa, about 15% of people who are hospitalized are in the intensive care unit, and while there’s variability, if you look back earlier in the year, at a time of Delta surge in August, those numbers are about the same, 15%.

“So while the mortality rate we are seeing right now is mercifully lower, I think as a disease it is a very fit virus and it’s severe.”

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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


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To: Eleutheria5
Moderna’s chief medical officer: ‘Omicron poses a real threat’

Yeah. To Democrats and the gullible.

21 posted on 12/14/2021 8:56:22 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: certrtwngnut

Don’t forget Big Medical is now in the mix.


22 posted on 12/14/2021 8:57:08 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Eleutheria5

If these viruses are mutating and getting worse, then is he admitting they’re “man made”? This is NOT the typical course of a virus....they don’t keep strengthening after years of “making the rounds”.

So either he is full of crap or it’s a man made virus and our government along with China need to PAY!


23 posted on 12/14/2021 8:57:11 AM PST by mikelets456
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To: Eleutheria5

24 posted on 12/14/2021 8:57:27 AM PST by 4Liberty (Let's go Brandon 👏 ...👏 ...👏👏👏 https://youtu.be/qr_F_XQrukM?t=1)
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To: Eleutheria5

What else can a fox say as he guards the henhouse?


25 posted on 12/14/2021 9:00:38 AM PST by avenir
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To: Eleutheria5
"Covid" listener adaptive word with a varying meaning.

Pharma Executives=Free Revenue @ No risk.

Beltway Bureacrats = grow government and restricted pesky liberties.

Fed Chairman = An excuse for stupidity.

Governors = Kill off the elderly draining my state coffers.

Media = Constant fear porn story.

Hospital Administrators = $38,000 per diagnosis.

Joe Six Pack = Another annoying manipulation.

Regulatory Thugs = Boots on necks!

26 posted on 12/14/2021 9:00:48 AM PST by blackdog (Jab Dodger. )
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To: Gaffer

My question to people like this is ... “Did you ever do any real, candid soul-searching to understand the truth about why people no longer trust your pronouncements and the damage they caused to people all over the world?”

The shorter version of the question is “Why would any thinking, reasonable and informed person believe your opinion on the matter?”


27 posted on 12/14/2021 9:03:24 AM PST by Susquehanna Patriot
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To: Eleutheria5

How many tests are sent off for dna sequencing? We are to believe only on strain occurs at a time? Did “delta” just suddenly completely vanish?


28 posted on 12/14/2021 9:03:53 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Eleutheria5

...to our bottom line!


29 posted on 12/14/2021 9:05:55 AM PST by null and void (Newspapers, The Prints of Lies)
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To: Hieronymus
This is roughly as unbiased as cows pushing poultry consumption.

Or vice-versa:


30 posted on 12/14/2021 9:08:13 AM PST by null and void (Newspapers, The Prints of Lies)
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To: Eleutheria5

to their cash cow


31 posted on 12/14/2021 9:11:35 AM PST by cableguymn (It will continue until we stop it.)
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To: Eleutheria5

You need a new car,

said the car salesman.


32 posted on 12/14/2021 9:12:23 AM PST by lurk ( )
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To: PGR88

Good point. I’ll even admit that back then libs were probably right about DoD contractors.


33 posted on 12/14/2021 9:15:17 AM PST by ReaganGeneration2 (Widespread belief in asymptomatic spread of a low-risk virus hastened the end of the West by 100 yrs)
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To: Eleutheria5
It will also lead to a situation where individuals will become co-infected … which gives the opportunity for this virus to further evolve and mutate which is a concerning and worrying situation,”

WRONG! We have been told only Unvaccinated individuals create mutations. OOPS!

34 posted on 12/14/2021 9:16:10 AM PST by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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To: Eleutheria5

Lying bastard. Nuremberg justice NOW!


35 posted on 12/14/2021 9:16:33 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: Organic Panic

“We are to believe only on strain occurs at a time? Did “delta” just suddenly completely vanish?”

???? He’s warning about coinfection right in the excerpt.


36 posted on 12/14/2021 9:20:45 AM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Eleutheria5
...and Omicron, which I would maintain is actually a severe disease...

Based on what? One (1) death in the UK attributed to (but not proven) Omicron? That's not severe. The symptoms of Omicron are reported to be about like a modest cold or mild flu. This is obvious fear mongering, hoping no-one will question his pronouncements.

“It will also lead to a situation where individuals will become co-infected...

LOLOLOLOL I predicted this back on the 5th of December. I said basically people were not scared by any one variant anymore, they'd have to give us two. Well, here you go. Not afraid of Delta or Omicron, OMG, TWO AT ONCE, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE! Unless of course you get vaxxed and boosted and coerce all your family, friends, and coworkers into getting vaxxed and boosted. Because your vaccine only protects you from infection from other vaccinated, not the un-vaccinated. Yes, that is their position, not a joke...

37 posted on 12/14/2021 9:23:14 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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To: WKUHilltopper

Burton should have a rope necktie!


38 posted on 12/14/2021 9:23:54 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Donald J. Trump is my president, not the Commander-in-Thief, brain-dead Joseph Stolen)
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To: Eleutheria5; All

👍


39 posted on 12/14/2021 9:24:32 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Eleutheria5

Moderna’s chief medical officer: Omicron poses a real threat to our bottom line...


40 posted on 12/14/2021 9:27:20 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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