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Omicron detected outside Beijing as winter Olympics near; 14 million people to be tested
NY Daily News ^ | 9 Jan 2022 | Brian Niemietz

Posted on 01/09/2022 1:35:09 PM PST by BeauBo

It appears omicron won’t be boycotting the Winter Olympics in China.

With opening ceremonies in Beijing less that a month away, the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in nearby Tianjin for the first time. The port city, fewer than 80 miles from the capital city and home to 14 million people, began mass testing for COVID on Sunday as a result of a cluster outbreak affected 20 adults and children.

At least two of those who tested positive — a 10-year-old girl and a 29-year-old woman — were infected by the omicron variant. The ambitious testing initiative will take two days.

Travel is common between Beijing and Tianjin and the number of infections could rise...

The 2022 Winter Games begin Feb. 4.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; covid
What goes around, comes around.
1 posted on 01/09/2022 1:35:09 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

Lockdowns, masks and social distancing are sure to stop the spread of this virus in its tracks! Just like in Wuhan. C’mon folks, use your heads!


2 posted on 01/09/2022 1:39:23 PM PST by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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To: BeauBo

I wouldn’t urinate on the Olympics if they were on fire. I detest them and everything about what they have become.


3 posted on 01/09/2022 1:41:24 PM PST by rlmorel (Nothing can foster principles of freedom more effectively than the imposition of tyranny.)
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To: BeauBo

Anyone traveling to China for these appeasment type, as in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, is nutts.


4 posted on 01/09/2022 1:42:25 PM PST by laplata
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To: rlmorel

Same here. Giving the Olympics to places with such poor human rights records like Chuna or places like Brazil who can barley function shows how inept the Olympics organizers are.

The last ones I actually watched were Vancouver and London.


5 posted on 01/09/2022 1:46:58 PM PST by matt04 ( )
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To: BeauBo

Maybe Chinese officials are afraid vaccinated athletes will drop like flies during the Olympics, thus the Omicron outbreak...

Wi they cancel the games?


6 posted on 01/09/2022 1:47:24 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: matt04

I think the last one I watched avidly may have been the 1980 Winter Olympics.

They have turned into woke stupidity, which highlights the hypocrisy when they give them to places like Communist China.


7 posted on 01/09/2022 1:53:07 PM PST by rlmorel (Nothing can foster principles of freedom more effectively than the imposition of tyranny.)
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To: BeauBo

New event this time. Jabbing. Whoever can get the most jabs without getting Convid or dieing, wins.


8 posted on 01/09/2022 2:04:50 PM PST by cp124 (Living under medical tyranny. )
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To: BeauBo

And, what good are the test that just give false positives?


9 posted on 01/09/2022 2:20:28 PM PST by Parmy
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To: BeauBo

MUST WATCH: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SCsueX2bZdbEzRtKOCEyT


10 posted on 01/09/2022 2:27:07 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: BeauBo

Screw China, why the hell would anyone go to that shithole?


11 posted on 01/09/2022 2:37:47 PM PST by dforest (Freaking insane world. )
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To: BeauBo

the Omicron Olympics


12 posted on 01/09/2022 2:51:04 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegience to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: dforest

To get a liver or kidney?...


13 posted on 01/09/2022 5:59:27 PM PST by EEGator
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To: immadashell

Just a fortnight to slow the spread.


14 posted on 01/09/2022 6:00:42 PM PST by EEGator
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