Omicron has made it's way to the US

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March? I bet we should be expecting more cases, or better still new pandemics.smfh!

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Really, the government needs a better approach to eradicating these pandemics

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A good many people - just donā€™t take any tests - because itā€™s so mild - ring in with a day or two off thet they WILL pay for - or take it as holiday and DONā€™t Test ! :slightly_smiling_face:

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My Superhero :roll_eyes:

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I really hope that prediction does not turn out to be true! :sweat_smile:

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ONS in the UK has just confirmed only 17,000 have died of actual COVID during this Pandemicā€¦

With an average age of 82ā€¦ Above the average 81.65 life expectancy in the UKā€¦

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UK Life Expectancy Data Nothing but facts and real dataā€¦

They are trying to protect the protected from the unprotected, by forcing the unprotected to take the same protection that didnā€™t work for the already protectedā€¦

No Jab | No Tests | No Virus | No Problem

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ONS did not confirm data for UK under freedom of information request - was for England and Wales but excludes NI and Scotlandā€¦

I cannot see any data on the average age of 82 - would be great if you could link to that.

The reply to the FoI request was as follows:

Deaths from covid without pre-existing conditions for all of 2020 and Q1 of 2021:

Age 0-64 deaths 3,109
Age over 64 deaths 12,774
Total 15,883

Q2 and Q3 2021
Age 0-64 - deaths 665
Over 64 - deaths 823
Total 1,488

Grand total 17,371

Vaccinations effect in England began in Q2 2021 - there is a significant change in the numbers from that time.

Link to the FoI answer here:
Deaths from COVID-19 with no other underlying causes - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

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Friend got it and was down for almost 2 weeks! Mainly headache, fever, body aches. Worst flu they ever had she said. Still thinks she has lingered symptons after, but itā€™s already been over a month since testing positive.

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Crazy to think that this week, the average deaths per day in the US is higher than it was at the peak last year, even with Omicron less severe. The 75+ year olds have been hardest hit in this most recent surge. Really sad.

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Is he a Decepticon or an Autobot?

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Pretty crappy effectiveness for the kids vaccine.

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Subvariant of Omicron. Just when I thoughtā€¦

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Just once, I want some good news. :frowning:

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Now thatā€™s more like it. Bookmarked.

https://justgivemepositivenews.com/

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I needed that, thank you. The news cycles are all doom and gloom, itā€™s so depressing.

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Nothing wrong with taking a break from the news cycle once in a while. Stoicism has benefitted me greatly in these rough times - focusing on what we can control rather than what we cannot.

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I wish I knew how. How do you do it?

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I highly recommend Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and other sources on stoicism - youtube channels like Einzelganger are a great start. Not everything they say is a gospel but there are some valuable perspectives.

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The world canā€™t catch a break. And with tech you know about stuff happening everywhere on the planet, good and bad.