Omicron and the Spinning of Fear

It's like they aren't even trying anymore. Emergency declarations are made by states. Dire warnings given. But if you take the time to actually read about the big, bad Omicron...it is described as "mild."

From Reuters:

Coetzee, who is also on the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Vaccines, said unlike the Delta so far patients have not reported loss of smell or taste and there has been no major drop in oxygen levels with the new variant.

Her experience so far has been that the variant is affecting people who are 40 or younger. Almost half of the patients with Omicron symptoms that she treated were not vaccinated.

 The most predominant clinical complaint is severe fatigue for one or two days. With them, the headache and the body aches and pain.

That sounds exactly like what I had on 11/5. I had fatigue, low fever on the first night, and a bad headache for a couple of days. My back muscles felt like I had overdone it on a rock climbing wall or rowboat or something. Two days and two Motrin later, I was fine (I did confirm my positive Covid results through both over-the-counter and through-the-counter methods).

So, we should all be super scared because it is so mild or something.

Also, it is incredible how the spin factory never stops spinning.

Why would you possibly phrase a sentence this way?

Almost half of the patients with Omicron symptoms that she treated were not vaccinated.

They use syntax to try to confuse the issue at every turn. The better way to phrase that would be as follows:

More than half of the patients with Omicron symptoms that she has treated had been vaccinated.

But wait a minute, vaccines are supposed to make you not get the virus.  But this admission contradicts that and it should be concerning to vaxx hoax believers. It should be even more concerning if you consider that less than 30% of South Africans are "vaccinated." 

So, more than half of Omicron patients come from the minority of the South African population that has been injected....and the symptoms for both groups are mild. Therefore, everyone panic and get injected with everything available. If you have had two shots, get a third. If you have had all three of Pfizer, get a J&J as well. Get the Moderna too. Get them all again and again until you die. Only way to beat this mild threat is to be fully vaccinated.

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