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LisaL

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10. At the moment it doesn't feel better at all.

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 03:27 PM

Dec 2021

Pills have been approved but not available yet. Tests are nowhere to be found.
Most antibodies don't work. And infections are skyrocketing. And considering a lot of people aren't testing, actual infections are a lot higher than official case numbers. But yet we have no mask mandates, no other mitigation measures in place.

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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