Thoughts Out Of Season

  No attempts at eloquence here. Relying on the statistics from South Africa regarding the current Omicron variant will be a boon to funeral directors and grave diggers worldwide. Everyone, even white supremist are expressing great confidence that the numbers coming out of Africa is solid as a rock and should be the guide for responding (or not) to the Omicron virus. But there are at least 2 caveats to using South Africa as a model. 1. Every imbecile with an internet connection and basic knowledge of the alphabet point out how less severe their numbers are coming in. 99% are calling it no worse than the cold. "LOOK", they type in capital letters, " look how few people are on ventilator, LOOK HOW FEW DEATHS THERE ARE!". On and on as if their mail order epidemiology degree just came in the mail. Now you cannot argue with facts especially if you don't know the entire story. Some try to counter that the population of Africa is much younger than most other countries ...

  A variant of Covid 19 recently discovered in Africa has caused world-wide concern that it may cause another very serious wave of infections across the globe just as it seems health officials seem to be getting a hand on the disease At this point in time, it is way too early to say whether it has the same potential to sicken like the original Covid virus but already some disturbing facts are emerging: - If you have had covid in the past it appears the variant can predispose you to being infected Covid again - While there are other variants of Covid such as the Delta variant which is the dominant strain at this time, the number of mutations present on the Omicron are astounding with 30 mu tations on the spike that attaches the virus to the target cell. This may not only cause vaccines" to not see" the which of course may lead to infection but such an infection could be much more prolonged - Early reports suggest that the Omicron virus may be 500 times more infectious than ...