It's official -- We are out of the pandemic phase

[katharsis]

Originally Posted by texan2yankee

I have seen no one wearing a mask in my city for the last 2 weeks. not a single person.

I had a dentist appointment today and saw the first few minutes of The View -- the first time I had ever seen it. I have read that many people consider the hosts to be a bunch of stupid, cackling hens.

Now I think this was a live or at least fairly recent show, and virtually ALL of the studio audience was wearing masks.

I now think that many people are correct, and at least some of the hosts are over-the-top leftists and the great majority of people who watch The View are also stupid.

[Robert9]

Originally Posted by texan2yankee

I have seen no one wearing a mask in my city for the last 2 weeks. not a single person.

I see masks every where still. But then I live in democrat liberal hell hole chiraq so that is why

[kgordeeva]

Originally Posted by SilkHammer

I chuckle at these people daily. There's one woman at my gym that wears the 'ascot style' neck mask pulled up to her lower eyelashes while she's prancing on the treadmill and marching up the stair climber. She legit makes me laugh out loud.

I seriously don't get how people breathe with a mask as they exercise. I refused to wear one while working out.

[Hoonose]

Originally Posted by kgordeeva

I seriously don't get how people breathe with a mask as they exercise. I refused to wear one while working out.

I wore one at the gym for about 2 years. I got used to it. It id crimp my max a bit. My Hemoglobin went up 2 grams. I checked my O2 sats with the mask on and they were still 98-100%.

[BELMO45]

Originally Posted by Missmycountry

It’s never going away, and the sooner we accept it and stop reporting on it, the better. Ever had norovirus? I have and thought (wanted) I was going to die! Guess what? It’s not going anywhere, either.
The biggest concern for me is what else have they manipulated in these damn labs and what if it gets released?

Chances are once these BA2 variants fall off in the next weeks here in the states this thing is gonna go dormant for awhile. The virus has cycled down since omicron into a very mild strain and now most of the world has immunity to delta and omicron variants. It could take a year or more til we see a new less transmissible more virulent strain emerge

[jbgusa]

Originally Posted by BELMO45

Chances are once these BA2 variants fall off in the next weeks here in the states this thing is gonna go dormant for awhile. The virus has cycled down since omicron into a very mild strain and now most of the world has immunity to delta and omicron variants. It could take a year or more til we see a new less transmissible more virulent strain emerge

People are still terrified. Why, I don't know. Maybe they should rename "Covid. " Think what you want; the discussion, when someone "tests positive" is "do you have symptoms." Two years ago one prayed for their life. We don't call influenza the "Spanish Flu" though almost all circulating influenza cases are variants of the Spanish Flu.