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For anyone who hasn’t been paying attention, the Omicron strain that triggered last winter’s massive COVID wave (BA.1) is now extinct. In March, it was supplanted by the even more transmissible BA.2 … which was supplanted in May by the even more transmissible BA.2.12.1 … which is now being supplanted by the (you guessed it) even more transmissible BA.4 and BA.5.
Experts say BA.5 is the one to worry about: “The worst version of the virus that we’ve seen,” as Dr. Eric Topol, the founder of Scripps Research Translational Institute, recently put it. Together, the closely related BA.4 and BA.5 now account for the majority of new U.S. COVID cases, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — but BA.5 (36.6%) is spreading a lot faster than BA.4 (15.7%). By early July, it will be the dominant strain in the U.S.
This virus is going to be mutating forever. No vaccine has sterilizing immunity for covid. If you havent already had covid, by now you should have come to terms with the fact that you will get covid and might have a negative outcome. We cant keep mandating vaccines and masks forever. Like the flu, covid is a fact of life that we will always have to deal with. Its pointless to keep injecting yourself with endless vaccines every couple of months that dont prevent you from getting the virus, sometimes makes you sick, and sometimes dont even reduce the severity.
July 2022 - We really mean it. BA.5 is the worst one yet, it's spreading like wildfire. We need an updated vaccine, but even if not we need people to ensure they got their booster of the same original "vaccine" because it works.
December 2022 - We really mean it. BA.6 is the worst one yet, it's spreading like wildfire. We need an updated vaccine, but even if not we need people to ensure they got their booster of the same original "vaccine" because it works.
July 2023 - We really mean it. BA.7 is the worst one yet, it's spreading like wildfire. We need an updated vaccine, but even if not we need people to ensure they got their booster of the same original "vaccine" because it works.
Dec 2023 - We really mean it. BA.8 is the worst one yet, it's spreading like wildfire. We need an updated vaccine, but even if not we need people to ensure they got their booster of the same original "vaccine" because it works.
July 2024 - We really mean it. BA.9 is the worst one yet, it's spreading like wildfire. Since we don't have an updated vaccine we need to make sure that everyone is safe while they vote so we need to go to a 100% mail-in ballot process and everyone still needs to make sure they are boosted with the original "vaccine"
Thre is a story that the Covidans should read called "The boy that cried wolf".
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