The Omicron variant has been detected in at least 19 states in the U.S., and is striking mainly fully vaccinated people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Forty-three people in 19 states have tested positive for omicron, according to remarks made to the Associated Press by Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 75 percent of those cases are in people who are fully vaccinated, and one person has been hospitalized. One-third of those individuals had traveled internationally; one-third had received a booster. The cases so far have been “mild,” she said.
Preliminary data from South Africa meanwhile show that people who have previously had COVID-19 have more protection against the Omicron variant than those who have been vaccinated, the UK Telegraph reported.
The new study is the first to show how omicron compares to previous variants, such as beta and delta, on a level playing field and the preliminary data shows antibodies in blood samples are 41 times less effective for omicron than for the 2020 strain.
“The results we present here with omicron show much more extensive escape,” the researchers of the new study said.
Although the new variant appears to be milder, it is reportedly more infectious than previous variants.
Officials in the United States are urging people to get vaccinated and boosted to protect against Omicron, despite the vaccines’ apparent ineffectiveness at fighting the new variant.
Late last month, Joe Biden used the emergence of the new variant to pressure unvaccinated Americans aged 5 and up to get their shots, and for everyone else to get booster shots six months after their second dose.
NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said last week that there is “every reason to believe’ boosters protect against Omicron.
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They want to have the people in fear this is the only weapon they have
Castle law.
If vaccinated are the most getting it then WHY get the vaccine at all!!!
If the CDC said 75%, it's probably more like 99% are the vaccinated who are getting sick!
BTW, omicron causes fatigue for a day or two......why do we need a shot for that?
Why do we need a shot for omicron... MONEY, MONEY, and more MONEY for the pharmaceuticals and medical practitioners. In one word 'GREED'. Uncontrolled, uncensored, bold, and life-threatening greed. Our forefathers would not put up with this, they'd be tar and feathering CEOs and medical professionals who are profiting from the misery of others. Those who have no compassion or conscience.
Do no harm as an adage for medical professionals is now passe... Gone with the wind and Rhett isn't coming back.
THe credibility of the CDC and its agents... all of them are tanked and anyone who is concerned about facts, would be well advised to verify and corroborate anything they say with other qualified scientific sources.... most of the time Fauci and company are WRONG... and outright lying.
How do WE THE PEOPLE get off this downhill slide into one world order?
http://conventionofstates.com/?ref=49564
How do WE THE PEOPLE get off this downhill slide into one world order?
Colonel, consider the picture.
It never happened,
but what it says is soooo true!