Scientists puzzled: Why are Omicron cases
already falling in South Africa?
Hot Air,
by
Allahpundit
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
12/20/2021 11:22:49 PM
It doesn’t add up. Omicron’s distinguishing features are that it spreads fast and that the entire population is vulnerable to catching it. The only people with a decent degree of protection against infection are the boosted, and South Africa hasn’t rolled out boosters yet. Even if they had, plenty of boosted people here and abroad have tested positive. The latest example is Elizabeth Warren.
A virus that can infect everyone should be able to burn for a good long awhile even if it’s burning very hot.
So why have cases in South Africa dropped for five days in a row?
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Catherine 12/20/2021 11:38:32 PM (No. 1013801)
Let me put it in scientific terms: It's nothing but a cold. There, understand now?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
formerNYer 12/20/2021 11:45:33 PM (No. 1013807)
Viruses do NOT want to kill their host, it's suicide for the virus, they mutate to a less lethal state so they can continue on to the next host. It's not intelligence it's nature. Until like #1 said it becomes like the common cold.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Proud Texan 12/20/2021 11:57:21 PM (No. 1013814)
Maybe natural immunity?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Californian 12/20/2021 11:59:55 PM (No. 1013818)
When in doubt, you always know the answer yo by mystery:
It's Trump's fault.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Heraclitus 12/21/2021 12:19:22 AM (No. 1013821)
Seasonality? Symptoms sound like the common cold. Some people come down with nastier colds than others.
I'm glad more and more of The People are beginning to reject fear... it's past time.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
richcorey41 12/21/2021 12:19:40 AM (No. 1013822)
The South Africans don't have an election to steal in November.
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So, they’re confused by actual herd immunity?!
They should be stripped of their white coats and drummed out, perhaps getting a beating at the end.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 12/21/2021 1:02:55 AM (No. 1013832)
Natural deterioration by the forces of nature, natural individual immunities and herd immunity. It’s declining because they didn’t shut down everyone and everything, mask up social distance and stay home.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 12/21/2021 1:56:12 AM (No. 1013839)
Herd immunity reached.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 12/21/2021 1:56:52 AM (No. 1013840)
Summer down there now, and lots of sunshine, everyone has lots of Vitamin D.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
kono 12/21/2021 2:37:54 AM (No. 1013848)
I expect the Left to try to explain why jab mandates in our country are causing cases to fall worldwide.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
NotaBene 12/21/2021 2:39:06 AM (No. 1013849)
Omicron is vaccine!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 12/21/2021 3:24:45 AM (No. 1013866)
Yep. Herd immunity.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DW626 12/21/2021 4:48:27 AM (No. 1013881)
Don’t fret my LDot friends. A new variant is just down the pike ready to frighten everyone to death.
Any guesses on where this one will come from, or what its name will be?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
lakerman1 12/21/2021 6:00:22 AM (No. 1013906)
One can only speculate as to the outcome if Dr. Birx had been listened to, more closely, instead of Little Anthony the Imperioious shouting her down.
Dr. Birx talked about looking for medications to treat Kung Flu as well as the traditional seasonal flu Instead, Little Anthony put us 'all in'; on vaccines/.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Periwinkel 12/21/2021 6:52:11 AM (No. 1013936)
#1 is right...Omicron nothing but a cold AND it's summer in South Africa.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
dickiedeeb 12/21/2021 6:53:22 AM (No. 1013940)
Well duh theRe is science and there is The Science as ordained and sanctified by an all knowing all powerful luciferian goblin heralded as Americas Top Infectious Disease Creator or expert or whatever same thing...
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 12/21/2021 7:18:22 AM (No. 1013958)
No worries.....I’m sure the next variant on deck will be much, much worse!
2 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 12/21/2021 7:22:14 AM (No. 1013964)
"Scientists," you say?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Kahunavol 12/21/2021 8:02:33 AM (No. 1014007)
Allahpundit has gone full out on COVID fear porn with this one.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
msjena 12/21/2021 8:22:17 AM (No. 1014018)
The faster the curve spikes, the faster it goes down. Mitigation doesn't work. It just prolongs the recovery.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 12/21/2021 8:48:22 AM (No. 1014045)
The African darkies are like the darkies here, they don't need no stinking shot. Look it up scientist it's herd immunity, dummy.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Son of Grady 12/21/2021 9:19:45 AM (No. 1014100)
Most likely because they take hydroxychloroquine for malaria prevention.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
udanja99 12/21/2021 9:40:31 AM (No. 1014129)
Maybe because the virus has mutated itself out of existence?
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
mc squared 12/21/2021 9:44:27 AM (No. 1014133)
People may catch on after almost 2 years to flatten the curve'. Fauci & Company better let out the next round.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
red1066 12/21/2021 10:05:59 AM (No. 1014161)
Scientists are puzzled? Let me give them a hint. The weather in South Africa is getting warmer. It's probably summer down there now. Covid cases decrease every summer. It's happened the past two summers here, and every winter, Covid cases increase. It's why Florida's covid cases decrease come October and November, and New England's Covid cases increase in October and November. Come spring, the number of Covid cases will start to decrease here as well.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 12/21/2021 10:30:01 AM (No. 1014205)
These are the same "scientists" who are puzzled that Biden's ratings are so low.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
DVC 12/21/2021 11:13:42 AM (No. 1014292)
It won't be a variant of this virus, #14, it has 'shot it's bolt' with this low lethality final variant. Huge numbers will get this and recover and be immune to all past and future versions of this virus.
I predict that this should be renamed the Omega variant, because it is the end of the road for this ChiCom bioweapon.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
chefrandy 12/21/2021 2:27:25 PM (No. 1014565)
@14, from my fraternity days many moons ago, the next Greek letter is Pi. Of course, since the media needs to create new pronunciations ala ah-mee-kron instead of Oh-micron they'll figure out some way to bungle this one up too I'm sure.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
DVC 12/21/2021 7:00:56 PM (No. 1014906)
The author's claim "The only people with a decent degree of protection against infection are the boosted," is total BS, zero factual foundation.
If you build your logic on a foundation of mule manure....it will collapse and "It won't add up".
His first sentence gives away his ignorance.
The truth is that the only people with a REAL degree of protection are those who have already recovered from the ChiCom virus. And there are huge numbers of them in RSA. And they WON'T get this new version, but the fools who trusted these mRNA shots can still get it, one, two or three of these non-vaccine shots still won't protect you.
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