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LisaL

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1. How is it better than last winter?

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 11:41 AM

Dec 2021

Right now, it's spreading everywhere. Rapid tests are hard to find. Medications are not available yet and Regeneron antibodies no longer work. We stopped mask mandates and other mitigation measures.

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Omicron: Good news, bad news and what it all means [View all] marmar Dec 2021 OP

How is it better than last winter? LisaL Dec 2021 #1

Vaccines work really, really well unc70 Dec 2021 #2

You do realize that vaccines don't work well for immunocompromised individuals, or don't you? LisaL Dec 2021 #6

There's no data suggesting the vaxs don't work for ***MOST*** immunocompromised uponit7771 Dec 2021 #11

Vaccines don't work well against Omicron even in healthy individuals. LisaL Dec 2021 #14

There's data showing they're effective at keeping people from critical and lethal outcomes uponit7771 Dec 2021 #16

Times are pretty tough when to good news is... JohnnyRingo Dec 2021 #7

Vaccines and boosters are available for all who want them. PTWB Dec 2021 #3

'We are not in March 2020'. Tomconroy Dec 2021 #4

Not everyone is able to stand in line for hours to get tested. LisaL Dec 2021 #8

So far it seems that the vaccinations/boosters are holding up . . . .. Lovie777 Dec 2021 #5

LOL Shortage of tests, no mask mandates, no treatments leftstreet Dec 2021 #9

At the moment it doesn't feel better at all. LisaL Dec 2021 #10

A lot of the social butterflies have already had Covid Klaralven Dec 2021 #12

Those who already had covid can be reinfected with Omicron. LisaL Dec 2021 #13

Are you under the time-worn, Facebook-driven, long disproved illusion Maru Kitteh Dec 2021 #15