Poll of the Day > I feel like people should be HAPPY about the omicron variant...?

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THEGODDAMNBATMA 12/02/21 11:37:11 PM #1:	Like, mild symptoms. low hospitalizations. no deaths. Isn't this literally the best thing to happen to this virus in the past two years? <cite>THEGODDAMNBATMA posted [p:960573013] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>Like, mild symptoms. low hospitalizations. no deaths. Isn't this literally the best thing to happen to this virus in the past two years? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kanatteru 12/02/21 11:40:50 PM #2:	i'm happy to be vaccinated --- despair-inducing \| she/her <cite>Kanatteru posted [p:960573086] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>i'm happy to be vaccinated </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bulbasaur 12/02/21 11:45:06 PM #3:	why the fuck would people be happy over something that could have been eradicated in months still being around over two years later? --- there is blood on my hands how long till it lies on my heart <cite>Bulbasaur posted [p:960573170] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>why the fuck would people be happy over something that could have been eradicated in months still being around over two years later? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrPrimemaster 12/02/21 11:55:57 PM #4:	Bulbasaur posted... why the fuck would people be happy over something that could have been eradicated in months still being around over two years later? relative happiness, it is a light variant --- Metroids Suck <cite>DrPrimemaster posted [p:960573415] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>Bulbasaur posted... </cite> <quote>why the fuck would people be happy over something that could have been eradicated in months still being around over two years later?</quote> relative happiness, it is a light variant </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zareth 12/02/21 11:57:50 PM #5:	I mean it makes more sense for a virus to evolve into a less lethal form. If you keep killing your hosts you're going to die too. --- In my opinion, all slavery is wrong, even the really fancy kind - Mead <cite>Zareth posted [p:960573458] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>I mean it makes more sense for a virus to evolve into a less lethal form. If you keep killing your hosts you're going to die too. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 12/03/21 12:54:38 AM #6:	Zareth posted... I mean it makes more sense for a virus to evolve into a less lethal form. If you keep killing your hosts you're going to die too. It's actually the most common outcome for any virus that newly jumps species, and something people were predicting/hoping would eventually happen almost from the very beginning. It's always been the hoped for arc - the virus mutates to be less virulent while people develop stronger immunity, eventually bringing Covid-19 more in line with other coronaviruses like the common cold or the flu. The problem is more how many people have to die before you actually get to that point. And right now, with Covid-19 the problem is not knowing the full extent of what long-term damage it's doing. Even a less lethal version might still do long-term organ damage or have other side effects that shorten lifespan or quality of life over time. So the best option is still going to be not getting it at all, and doing your best to stop spreading the damned thing. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:960574557] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zareth posted...</cite> <quote>I mean it makes more sense for a virus to evolve into a less lethal form. If you keep killing your hosts you're going to die too.</quote> It's actually the most common outcome for any virus that newly jumps species, and something people were predicting/hoping would eventually happen almost from the very beginning. It's always been the hoped for arc - the virus mutates to be less virulent while people develop stronger immunity, eventually bringing Covid-19 more in line with other coronaviruses like the common cold or the flu. The problem is more how many people have to die before you actually get to that point. And right now, with Covid-19 the problem is not knowing the full extent of what long-term damage it's doing. Even a less lethal version might still do long-term organ damage or have other side effects that shorten lifespan or quality of life over time. So the best option is still going to be not getting it at all, and doing your best to stop spreading the damned thing.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krazy_Kirby 12/03/21 2:37:29 AM #7:	every time I see that word, I think about lrrr. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBvotinJ2A --- Kill From The Shadows. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot <cite>Krazy_Kirby posted [p:960576066] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>every time I see that word, I think about lrrr. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBvotinJ2A</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 12/03/21 2:46:59 AM #8:	Krazy_Kirby posted... every time I see that word, I think about lrrr. We'd just better hope the omicron variant doesn't mutate again, or we might get the unicron variant: https://youtu.be/prRWJx9i8jc?t=29 --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:960576185] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote><cite>Krazy_Kirby posted...</cite> <quote>every time I see that word, I think about lrrr.</quote> We'd just better hope the omicron variant doesn't mutate again, or we might get the unicron variant: https://youtu.be/prRWJx9i8jc?t=29</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MeadCore 12/03/21 2:50:48 AM #9:	Worse than duckbear with this shit --- Mead alt. It's fine. <cite>MeadCore posted [p:960576232] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>Worse than duckbear with this shit </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wwinterj25 12/03/21 1:39:31 PM #10:	The TC is going on a rampage with these COVID topics. At least Ducky posts pics of sometimes hot people. --- One who knows nothing can understand nothing. http://psnprofiles.com/wwinterj <cite>wwinterj25 posted [p:960587586] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>The TC is going on a rampage with these COVID topics. At least Ducky posts pics of sometimes hot people. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 12/03/21 2:32:37 PM #11:	Zareth posted... I mean it makes more sense for a virus to evolve into a less lethal form. If you keep killing your hosts you're going to die too. That's the hope, but it's rarely so clear-cut, especially when you're dealing with something like Covid that is doing an exceptional job of proliferating despite being so deadly. The key thing viruses need to avoid is killing the host before they have an opportunity to spread. Killing hosts after the virus has been able to spread, however, is selectively neutral, since it has no impact on reproductive success, so becoming more or less deadly after transmission has occurred can go either way. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:960589069] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>Zareth posted... </cite> <quote>I mean it makes more sense for a virus to evolve into a less lethal form. If you keep killing your hosts you're going to die too.</quote> That's the hope, but it's rarely so clear-cut, especially when you're dealing with something like Covid that is doing an exceptional job of proliferating despite being so deadly. The key thing viruses need to avoid is killing the host before they have an opportunity to spread. Killing hosts after the virus has been able to spread, however, is selectively neutral, since it has no impact on reproductive success, so becoming more or less deadly after transmission has occurred can go either way. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ReturnOfFa 12/03/21 2:50:17 PM #12:	i'm not stoked personally don't follow your rationale --- girls like my fa <cite>ReturnOfFa posted [p:960589600] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>i'm not stoked personally don't follow your rationale </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EvilMegas 12/03/21 3:07:25 PM #13:	We should be happy there are more viruses --- The first person to be fully vaccinated on GameFaQs. Boobs are life, ass is hometown Kenichiro Takaki. <cite>EvilMegas posted [p:960590091] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>We should be happy there are more viruses </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krazy_Kirby 12/03/21 3:19:04 PM #14:	EvilMegas posted... We should be happy there are more viruses keeps mario employed --- Kill From The Shadows. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot <cite>Krazy_Kirby posted [p:960590433] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>EvilMegas posted...</cite> <quote>We should be happy there are more viruses </quote> keeps mario employed</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Buddyblade 12/10/21 5:00:53 PM #15:	The best viruses are the ones that have mild to no symptoms and high spread potential. Not only will they be hard to test for, you will spread it but no one really notices it. --- Get equipped with Buddy Blades and Rush Jet because mega man Novice breeder of delta breeding <cite>Buddyblade posted [p:960801536] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>The best viruses are the ones that have mild to no symptoms and high spread potential. Not only will they be hard to test for, you will spread it but no one really notices it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BEERandWEED 12/10/21 5:21:26 PM #16:	I know pharmaceutical companies aren't happy. Low illness Low mortality And it makes the vaccines useless <cite>BEERandWEED posted [p:960802216] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>I know pharmaceutical companies aren't happy. Low illness Low mortality And it makes the vaccines useless </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Entity13 12/10/21 5:44:23 PM #17:	I will still be doing my part with a booster, wearing masks, and keeping things disinfected around me where I work or reside. Just because this appears, thus far, to be the most underperforming variant we are hearing about, it doesn't mean we are out of the woods - that our loved ones are safe from things getting worse. --- http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/EntityXIII/entityfn7.jpg <cite>Entity13 posted [p:960802878] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>I will still be doing my part with a booster, wearing masks, and keeping things disinfected around me where I work or reside. Just because this appears, thus far, to be the most underperforming variant we are hearing about, it doesn't mean we are out of the woods - that our loved ones are safe from things getting worse. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bulbasaur 12/10/21 6:07:12 PM #18:	DrPrimemaster posted... relative happiness, it is a light variant fucking what i'd rather have no variant at all than having one, regardless of it's strength after two years this shit is still going on, and now people are all "lol u should be happy it's not AS deadly!!!!!" fucking get the fuck out of here. --- there is blood on my hands how long til it lies on my heart <cite>Bulbasaur posted [p:960803552] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote> DrPrimemaster posted... </cite> <quote>relative happiness, it is a light variant</quote> fucking what i'd rather have no variant at all than having one, regardless of it's strength after two years this shit is still going on, and now people are all "lol u should be happy it's not AS deadly!!!!!" fucking get the fuck out of here. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rexcrk 12/10/21 6:32:36 PM #19:	Bulbasaur posted... why the fuck would people be happy over something that could have been eradicated in months still being around over two years later? This lol --- Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds, along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest... is silence. <cite>rexcrk posted [p:960804232] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>Bulbasaur posted... </cite> <quote>why the fuck would people be happy over something that could have been eradicated in months still being around over two years later?</quote> This lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevilSummoner1 12/10/21 6:56:28 PM #20:	Bulbasaur posted... why the fuck would people be happy over something that could have been eradicated in months still being around over two years later? --- https://i.imgur.com/u8HoC68.png <cite>DevilSummoner1 posted [p:960804756] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>Bulbasaur posted... </cite> <quote>why the fuck would people be happy over something that could have been eradicated in months still being around over two years later?</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BEERandWEED 12/10/21 7:07:15 PM #21:	The flu vaccine has been so effective for almost 100 years. <cite>BEERandWEED posted [p:960805041] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>The flu vaccine has been so effective for almost 100 years. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dragooncancer_ 12/10/21 7:23:26 PM #22:	Jesus, sounds like a bunch of y'all have fear of getting normal syndrome here. Do you guys get your panties in this much of a twist over the common cold too? --- I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was, and now what I'm with isn't it. And what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. <cite>Dragooncancer_ posted [p:960805470] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>Jesus, sounds like a bunch of y'all have fear of getting normal syndrome here. Do you guys get your panties in this much of a twist over the common cold too? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BEERandWEED 12/10/21 8:31:15 PM #23:	Dragooncancer_ posted... Jesus, sounds like a bunch of y'all have fear of getting normal syndrome here. Do you guys get your panties in this much of a twist over the common cold too? Everyone gets it and it might kill you. Time to get an injection. <cite>BEERandWEED posted [p:960807121] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>Dragooncancer_ posted... </cite> <quote>Jesus, sounds like a bunch of y'all have fear of getting normal syndrome here. Do you guys get your panties in this much of a twist over the common cold too?</quote> Everyone gets it and it might kill you. Time to get an injection. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dragooncancer_ 12/10/21 8:59:13 PM #24:	BEERandWEED posted... Everyone gets it and it might kill you. Time to get an injection. I've already got my vaccine and booster, if this new variant is showing mild symptoms why the fuck is everyone freaking out so damn much? --- I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was, and now what I'm with isn't it. And what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. <cite>Dragooncancer_ posted [p:960807877] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>BEERandWEED posted... </cite> <quote>Everyone gets it and it might kill you. Time to get an injection.</quote>I've already got my vaccine and booster, if this new variant is showing mild symptoms why the fuck is everyone freaking out so damn much? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BEERandWEED 12/10/21 9:16:00 PM #25:	Dragooncancer_ posted... I've already got my vaccine and booster, if this new variant is showing mild symptoms why the fuck is everyone freaking out so damn much? They can't sell an unneeded cure. <cite>BEERandWEED posted [p:960808366] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>Dragooncancer_ posted... </cite> <quote>I've already got my vaccine and booster, if this new variant is showing mild symptoms why the fuck is everyone freaking out so damn much?</quote>They can't sell an unneeded cure. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Amuseum 12/10/21 9:28:51 PM #26:	Bulbasaur posted... why the fuck would people be happy over something that could have been eradicated in months still being around over two years later? do you have a miracle cure that the world doesn't know about? --- Ergonomic keyboard layouts for Android https://goo.gl/KR1vK6 Shena'Fu's Online Card Creator https://bit.ly/cardcre <cite>Amuseum posted [p:960808755] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>Bulbasaur posted...</cite> <quote>why the fuck would people be happy over something that could have been eradicated in months still being around over two years later? </quote> do you have a miracle cure that the world doesn't know about?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Monopoman 12/11/21 1:38:04 AM #27:	Dragooncancer_ posted... I've already got my vaccine and booster, if this new variant is showing mild symptoms why the fuck is everyone freaking out so damn much? Keep in mind that if you are vaccinated it lessens the symptoms of any Covid. Most of the people going into the hospital for Covid are not vaccinated and have other health issues. The vaccine is not just about preventing you from getting Covid. <cite>Monopoman posted [p:960813690] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>Dragooncancer_ posted... </cite> <quote>I've already got my vaccine and booster, if this new variant is showing mild symptoms why the fuck is everyone freaking out so damn much?</quote> Keep in mind that if you are vaccinated it lessens the symptoms of any Covid. Most of the people going into the hospital for Covid are not vaccinated and have other health issues. The vaccine is not just about preventing you from getting Covid. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MartianManchild 12/11/21 5:45:23 AM #28:	Amuseum posted... do you have a miracle cure that the world doesn't know about? Theyre just regurgitating some ignorant leftist crap while showing a complete lack of understanding of epidemiology. Anyone who thinks that the coronavirus could have been eradicated in months on a global level is completely foolish. <cite>MartianManchild posted [p:960815960] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>Amuseum posted... </cite> <quote>do you have a miracle cure that the world doesn't know about?</quote>Theyre just regurgitating some ignorant leftist crap while showing a complete lack of understanding of epidemiology. Anyone who thinks that the coronavirus could have been eradicated in months on a global level is completely foolish. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 12/11/21 9:08:30 AM #29:	BEERandWEED posted... The flu vaccine has been so effective for almost 100 years. Do you genuinely believe that saving an estimated 10-15,000 lives a year in the US alone isn't worthwhile? Dragooncancer_ posted... if this new variant is showing mild symptoms why the f*** is everyone freaking out so damn much? The jury's still out on just how much less dangerous it is, but beyond that, dodging vaccines means any immunity people get from being infected with it isn't necessarily going to help prevent infection from other variants, and in fact being infected may make people more vulnerable to secondary infection by another one. That also means it's going to spread very rapidly in regions that have relaxed their protective measures to account for vaccine protections, and even if those cases are relatively safe, that significantly increases the likelihood of seeing further variants emerge, all of which will have the same vaccine-dodging properties and some of which could be even more dangerous (especially if we get it hybridizing with Delta) because Covid's mortality rate is mostly selectively neutral (as I outlined earlier). Omicron itself may not be that dangerous (though again, the jury's still out on that), but it has considerable potential to set us back by months and potentially develop into something much more serious. That potential alone warrants taking extra measures to try to keep it under control, though it's probably too late to actually stop it because it was already known to be circulating through several different countries before South Africa had the integrity to identify it. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:960817963] in I feel lik... [t:79792358]...</cite> <quote>BEERandWEED posted... </cite> <quote>The flu vaccine has been so effective for almost 100 years.</quote> Do you genuinely believe that saving an estimated 10-15,000 lives a year in the US alone isn't worthwhile? Dragooncancer_ posted... </cite> <quote>if this new variant is showing mild symptoms why the f*** is everyone freaking out so damn much?</quote> The jury's still out on just how much less dangerous it is, but beyond that, dodging vaccines means any immunity people get from being infected with it isn't necessarily going to help prevent infection from other variants, and in fact being infected may make people more vulnerable to secondary infection by another one. That also means it's going to spread very rapidly in regions that have relaxed their protective measures to account for vaccine protections, and even if those cases are relatively safe, that significantly increases the likelihood of seeing further variants emerge, all of which will have the same vaccine-dodging properties and some of which could be even more dangerous (especially if we get it hybridizing with Delta) because Covid's mortality rate is mostly selectively neutral (as I outlined earlier). Omicron itself may not be that dangerous (though again, the jury's still out on that), but it has considerable potential to set us back by months and potentially develop into something much more serious. That potential alone warrants taking extra measures to try to keep it under control, though it's probably too late to actually stop it because it was already known to be circulating through several different countries before South Africa had the integrity to identify it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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