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Omicron delivers another uncertain holiday season to pandemic-weary Americans
Reuters ^ | December 17, 2021 | Joseph Ax and Julia Harte

Posted on 12/17/2021 2:53:08 AM PST by John W

Americans face an uncertain and anxiety-filled holiday season for the second consecutive year, as the highly contagious Omicron variant threatens to intensify an already alarming surge of COVID-19 cases.

Public health officials have voiced deepening concerns about the rising number of infections, warning that hospitals - still fighting the effects of the Delta variant - could find themselves stretched beyond their limits if the two variants combine to create a fresh wave.

While states have not sought to impose broad shutdowns, the disease’s advances have prompted a new round of restrictions, as offices have postponed return-to-office dates, universities have moved exams online and some states and cities have reimposed mask mandates.

In New York City, several Broadway shows, including “Hamilton,” “Tina” and “Mrs. Doubtfire: The Musical” canceled performances, citing breakthrough COVID infections among their cast or crew. In Puerto Rico, the finale of the Miss World beauty pageant was called off on Thursday after several contestants tested positive.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said on Thursday that the Omicron variant would soon dominate infections. “We’ve seen that in South Africa, we’re seeing it in the UK, and I’m absolutely certain that’s what we’re going to be seeing here relatively soon,” said Fauci, who met with President Joe Biden on Thursday afternoon to discuss the government’s response.

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1 posted on 12/17/2021 2:53:08 AM PST by John W
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“We’ve seen that in South Africa, we’re seeing it in the UK,

And yet very few have actually died or required heroic medical interventions.

Its just a case of flu.


2 posted on 12/17/2021 3:12:45 AM PST by Adder (Proud member of the FJB/LGB community. /s is implied where applicable..)
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Everybody panic!!

Serpentine!!

💉💉💉💉


3 posted on 12/17/2021 3:14:35 AM PST by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: John W
Omicron REUTERS and MSM deliver another uncertain holiday season to pandemic-weary Americans

There, fixed it.

4 posted on 12/17/2021 3:15:37 AM PST by Gaffer
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(and I’m absolutely certain that’s what we’re going to be seeing here relatively soon,” said Fauci)

Oh of course.


5 posted on 12/17/2021 3:16:00 AM PST by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: John W
Head on down to Walmart for one of these for your Christmas tree:

Or this one from Amazon:


6 posted on 12/17/2021 3:22:46 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Der impfstoff macht frei. The vaccine will make you free. Your papers, please.)
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LOl truly now a pandemic of the Blue states / cities. Soon we’ll really need a wall against CA and the Northeast.


7 posted on 12/17/2021 3:30:02 AM PST by No_Mas_Obama
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America’s Newest Covid Flavor of the Month because the Fed bozos haven’t a clue what to do about it. Open borders breed dempanics like the Kung Flu.


8 posted on 12/17/2021 3:38:22 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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“Hamilton”, the crap about fake American Floundering Fathers should have been thrown out long before this. Fake History Bull Sh*t.


9 posted on 12/17/2021 3:40:24 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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Oh, nooooeee… will I get the sniffles or will I be asymptomatic? The suspense of not knowing is killing ne.


10 posted on 12/17/2021 4:10:34 AM PST by House Atreides
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Omicron, another name for seasonal flu. How stupid do you have to be to believe otherwise?

Are leftists....
A. Insanely stupid?
B. Insanely indoctrinated?
C. Insanely evil?
Sorry...trick question - the correct answer is (D) All of the above.


11 posted on 12/17/2021 4:12:39 AM PST by New Jersey Realist (Those who give up some freedom for some liberty deserve neither.)
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Joe’s numbers must still be plummeting - the fear mongerers must distract. another ‘dark winter’ ahead so you’ll need the Big Guy and Nanny, the State, obedient and scared citizens. anyway Grinch time must start now to ensure necessity of mail-in ballots for 2022 to stop Red Wave


12 posted on 12/17/2021 4:33:17 AM PST by avital2
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Like ww1, the forces of the vaxed and the unvaxed have dug into trenches. Those refusing to get poked have made up their minds, and most of the new cases have been poked.


13 posted on 12/17/2021 6:46:25 AM PST by lurk (u)
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I don’t want to hijack this thread with faith talk, but I just wanted to mention something we talked about this morning on my radio show. (I work in Christian radio.) We mentioned how people who don’t have hope always have two big fears: Fear of the future and the fear of death. Those two fears, unfortunately, guide all the decisions they make now. This leads to the non-stop fear reporting, lockdowns, mask mandates, etc., that we’ve seen over the last 20 months. When people are afraid they often make bad decisions. Now, with Biden trying to terrorize people with Onimcron, it’s starting again. Stand strong.


14 posted on 12/17/2021 6:46:50 AM PST by Kharis13
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We mentioned how people who don’t have hope always have two big fears: Fear of the future and the fear of death. Those two fears, unfortunately, guide all the decisions they make now.


I noticed fear of God is not on the popular list............


15 posted on 12/17/2021 6:49:07 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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