Covid is now a fact of life.

As long as you play along with the narrative

Never, we will just have to live with it, as long as you're vaccinated at least you won't get as sick as those that aren't.

YOU THINK OMICRON IS BAD WAIT TILL THE ANDREWS VIRUS HITS TOWN?

Covid-19 is here to stay just like the flu and pnumonia. There will always be NEW variants of the Covid-19 virus, some more deadlier and some less deadly. In Australia we are told that Omicron is less deadly, however over in the UK and USA some people have died from Omicron; but we must keep in mind there is only a small percentage of people vaccinated within those countries. In Australia, in NSW for several weeks they were averaging around 200 to 350 new Covid cases each 24 hour period, suddenly they are getting over 2000 a day, then the day before yesterday they had over 3000 then yesterday close to 4000. The government is saying that by the end of January 2022 we could be averaging 200,000 a day Australia-wide ( worse than the UK and USA ). With International borders now open, all state borders now open ( except West Australia ) the Omicron is without no doubt going to spread across Australia like wild fire especially now that NSW and Victoria are not enforcing mask wearing and social distancing and NSW not enforcing use of QR codes and these states refusing to go back into lockdown to get it under control because Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg are more concerned about the economy. Covid-19 is a virus that continuously changes it's DNA each time it transmits to each person and continues to grow stronger and more contagious. As it changes each time it transmits from person to person, this means that countries that have higher numbers of infections each day are creating NEW strains of the Covid-19 virus. Every country needs to minimise the spread to minimise or end the risks of new strains being created. IF this is not done soon then the Covid-19 virus will become so strong that disinfectent and vaccines will NOT protect us and within 20 years the Covid-19 virus will make the human race extinct. Although the 3rd vaccine booster shot is only providing 30% protection against Omicron, we ALL need to be fully vaccinated to give us at least some protection because Governments around the world are no longer taking steps to control or contain the virus because they are now all more concerned with the economy

I am glad you asked me that..........the spread of the disease depends on population density...and sadly there are a lot of dense people

Percentage of people needing to take a vaccine varies from disease to disease (depends on how contiagous a disease is - the percentage of people can go up to 94 percent of a nation - population - needed to take a vaccine for a disease) - for herd immunity to kick in. Furthermore, pharmaceutical companies refuse to lower their prices to poor countries for mass vaccines - which means alot of poor countries do not have a vaccine program for covid19. Delta and omicron started in poor countries. Covid19 does not need a passport to enter ANY country. Covid19 will not STOP till all countries on this planet can afford to vaccine its citizens - till that happens - herd immunity is not going to work - which is the only way to stop the spread of covid19!Edited 22-Dec-21 06:44am

Take care everyone and have a good Christmas xox

Glad we had our Christmas early before the hoards invaded QLD. Getting our booster soon. Feeling sick just thinking about it all. By the looks the virus will keep mutating and will be around for many more years. Vaccinations maybe at least twice a year from now on in, maybe even more if it keeps going the way it has already.

It’s here for good now, look forwards to getting a Flu-Covid jab every year….lol

Ask China where we are being overcome by a biological war. No real cost to them.

Oh and by the way, covid 19 infects animals. They say it's rare for covid to cross species - there are a lack of studies, but let's not forget where this virus came from and the number of species it has infected in the last 2 years. In conclusion, covid 19 is here to stay, will most likely continue mutating and infecting clusters of humans. In fact, some scientists suspect that omicron came from an animal due to all the wild mutations. I highly doubt they're going to invest in vaccinating all the wild animals that have covid 19. Due to all of the above we can only hope to achieve a certain LEVEL of immunity and once we all have this, that will be the end of the pandemic, otherwise known as low numbers of hospitalisations.Edited 21-Dec-21 11:57am

the politicians love injecting fear... and controlling the vulgar public at large. Not since World War II have the pollies had so much influence. Delta looked like it was under control. Thank heavens for omicron say presidents and prime ministers around the world.

personally i think because its a so called "smart" virus being man made it will go either one of two ways,just be like the flu every year or mutates into something that kills us off

What we know so far is that the risk of hospitalisation is less if you've gained natural immunity through infection or been vaccinated so pandemic will probably end once everyone has caught it or been vaccinated. How long does it take the whole world to gain immunity? At the same time a lot of people are gonna die in the process which is a problem for governments around the world as they don't have the infrastructure to cope (hospitals, morgues etc) so they're trying to reduce numbers of infections and push vaccinations, which is going to slow things down a bit as not everyone can be vaccinated or has access (including 10% of the entire world population who are in poverty, children under 5 and those who can't be vaccinated due to medical reasons). At the same time this is a cunning virus which rapidly mutates (especially in people who are immune compromised such as those in poor outcomes with lack of sufficient healthcare I.e. 10% of the entire world population/breeding ground for new variants) the specific area that vaccines target - the spike protein, which means current vaccines become less effective over time so we're back at square one. That's when they push the boosters and the cycle repeats.Edited 21-Dec-21 08:30am

I have been lead to believe that each new variant is a weaker version. They will, however, be more contagious but with much fewer people being hospitalised and very few succumbing to it (bearing in mind protection from vaccination and booster shots). I think if we are sensible about things we can relax a bit, enjoy Christmas and basically just get on with this new way of living ie masks on public transport and in busy places, distancing and hygiene.

Get double Vaxed and a booster and maybe ???? the sooner we all get the virus the sooner it will go away. Ummmmmm.Edited 21-Dec-21 06:26am

I agree with Daphne...Welcome to the new normal.