I agree...these variants are ridiculous and start the fear porn clock again.
It’s either a virus that follows the pattern of a virus (weakens as it mutates) or it’s altered in a lab and considered a bioweapon. Which is it?
I sincerely hope the spread of this “variant” proceeds way ahead of vaccination, and thus extends a natural immunity for most of the unvaccinated population. But then, the authorities should come to the recognition that the natural immunity from recovery from the disease, is far superior to the temporary and uncertain “immunity” provided by the mRNA vaccines, which only apparently actually work against the original strain of COVID-19 Wuhan virus.
If testing is to be done, it should be for the presence of antibodies, and not for the presence of the virus particles.
Agree. What happened in two years? In 2019 if you got a cold/flu you stayed home, had chicken soup, felt crappy for a few days and all was good.
TODAY, someone with the sniffles will stand in line or sit in their car for hours to get tested. They will still have the sniffles but feel empowered to know they have Covid. It’s almost like hypochondriacs are collecting “Test” merit badges.
Granted some people have a very bad case of Covid, but in my own observation the people being tested are expressing a warped form of virtue signaling. Kind of like Fakebook & Tweeter collecting “likes”