My working theory continues to be that much of the press has PTSD from the early coverage of COVID. At the time, meat lockers were being used to store bodies. Hospitals were overrun. Doctors could not see their families. Parents were dying alone in hospitals. The COVID storyline has never really ended. In fact, it was the first storyline of the Trump Administration that seemed to last more than a week. It is still going on.
Now we have Omicron. We do not have the Xi strain because the World Health Organization does not want to offend President Xi, the Chicom dictator. But also, it is worth noting what we have had. We had the original COVID strain, plus Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa, Lambda, and Mu. The Nu variant name was skipped because it is pronounced “new” and that would have led to confusion. Xi is skipped because of China. That gets us to Omicron, the latest variant.
A few months ago, the media had ramped up to freak out about Lambda from South America. It penetrated the United States, then collapsed. Omicron has way more data because it originates from southern Africa. The South African government has a brilliant testing protocol due to the AIDS crisis and was easily able to identify Omicron and ascertain how widespread it is, unlike Peru with Lambda.
So we know already that Omicron spreads widely. What we also know from South African doctors is that it is not some unstoppable wave of death. Though early, hospitals in South Africa are not seeing an uptick in cases. Also, the United States has a better vaccination rate.
The media cannot help itself. It has PTSD from COVID coverage.
But there is no reason for alarm. At this point, COVID is endemic and not a pandemic. Treat it like flu season. Get a booster if haven’t or just wash your hands. The survival rate is still in the high nineties. Those who are immunocompromised or elderly should take more precautions. Kids are not seriously affected. We are never getting to COVID zero and our healthcare professionals should stop the absurd health theater of masking, social distancing, and constant freakouts now.
Live reasonably, but not in fear. The media is never not going to hype COVID these days. The press corps cannot help itself. Reporters need some serious therapy to move on. But you can go live your life without lockdowns, masks, and the inability to see your loved ones and enjoy life.
From Morning Wire:
Global Markets Tumble As Omicron Emerges
The Topline: Reports of a new COVID variant emerged in Europe and parts of Africa last week, leaving global markets tumbling and governments quickly reimplementing travel bans.
Quote Of The Day: “It’s all speculation at this stage. It may be it’s highly transmissible, but so far the cases we are seeing are extremely mild...There’s a whole lot of hype out there. We’re not sure why.”
– Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical association
Whole lotta hype--I have a theory why: power through fear.
It amazes me the dumb masses of humanity who believe everything they hear from MSM. Listen to continued efforts to scare the people about Covid. Even Joe Biden had to temper his scare message while still pushing vaccines by saying, "Concern not panic." He wouldn't send this message if it weren't for his ratings being on the slippery slope downward. South Africa has a vaccination rate of approximately 24%. July, August, September, October are the coolest months in South Africa, albeit with a mean temperature of 55 (ish). The Omicron Variant hopefully will end up being like the Delta Variant and not too much to worry about for the vaccinated and the people with anti-bodies from having the illness. When will it be time to have a full "Covid-19 Commission" similar to the 911 Commission? Americans should demand answers on Covid - 19 topics such as: Gain of function, CCP role, therapeutic solutions not involving big pharma, big-pharma itself, and on and on ad nauseum. I think I'm getting too old to invest more than I am in "worry", but I'm too young to be ready to retire and sit back as I have not "out-run" stupid government yet. God Bless America, but God (please) Smite Politicians. Let's Go Brandon!