The rise of the Omicron variant has been swift and brutal. Most people knew that this winter would see another rise in Covid cases, and responsible people got all of their vaccinations and booster shots and we thought we would be relatively safe. But Omicron seems to be coming for vaccinated people especially hard. Breakthrough cases are piling up. The Omicron variant seems like the most contagious variant we’ve seen thus far, although public health experts like Dr. Fauci say that this variant is less deadly (for vaccinated people) than the Delta Variant. Omicron now accounts for 73% of all new Covid cases in America. The people faring the best against the Omicron surge are those who were vaccinated and boostered with Moderna. Personally, I was double-shot vaccinated with Pfizer, but my booster was Moderna, and I wonder if that’s one of the reasons why I’ve managed to avoid this winter surge.
People are understandably freaking out, and it’s looking like there will be many last-minute Christmas cancellations and changes to various holiday plans. Americans have been trying to figure out if they have been exposed to Omicron and in cities across the country, testing sites have been overrun. Stores are running out of testing kits and it’s all a huge mess. So Joe Biden decided to give every American a free test kit:
We’re purchasing 500 million at-home rapid COVID tests that will be distributed for free to Americans who want them. pic.twitter.com/m9rgb9kjmP
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 22, 2021
Not only will Americans get free test kits sent to their home, but the Biden administration is also setting up emergency testing sites for areas – like New York – which are being overrun with new cases. FEMA will be doing pop-up vaccination clinics around the country too, and I would assume that FEMA will do booster shots. Question: we’re all preparing for our second booster shot, right? I’m ready for my fourth shot overall.
Omicron is also causing havoc in Europe, with many countries (Germany, Portugal) already imposing restrictions on holiday gatherings and closing down bars and such.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Avalon Red.
Can anyone direct me to where the data(article) is that suggest one booster over another is better? Or is that anecdotal?
Moderna’s in-house data says it’s pretty effective against Omicron
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/moderna-says-covid-booster-effective-omicron-will-still-develop-new-sh-rcna9322
This article links to several studies but doesn’t really come to any conclusions. I heard anecdotally that if you started Pfizer, a Moderna booster may be more helpful than another Pfizer dose and vice versa. I know I read that somewhere. Regardless, ANY booster is better. I stated with two from Pfizer and my booster was Pfizer as well. Stay safe and healthy and thank you for caring about your community!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/12/08/which-covid-19-booster-should-you-get-should-you-mix-and-match-coronavirus-vaccines/?sh=6d50cbcd7dbb
The thing to keep in mind (and I’m not sure if articles are or aren’t, when they compare Moderna vs Pfizer boosters) is that Moderna boosters in testing were a full dose, but in reality are being distributed as half doses. So the rate of effectiveness in studies is not necessarily the same as what you’re getting in your arm. In non-Omicron exposures, the two shots are in reality pretty comparable due to this.
That being said, I am not knocking either booster, and ANY booster will give increased immunity.
Got my booster yesterday and my arm hurts way worse than with my first two, but so happy to be boosted!
I want Biden to be more effectual with the party passing more bills that could help us like the Voting Rights Act and the BBB. I know discussions im having within my various groups shows a rising annoyance with his Presidency and the lack of attention in assisting the concerns of Black voters.
The Voting Rights Bill is so important- I am also frustrated that he isn’t prioritizing that when Republican legislatures are so blatantly moving to restrict voting and make it difficult for everyone, but especially Black Americans! It is theft. That said, he has done a lot of good things, but voting rights are a firebell in the night, to paraphrase, and our democracy is under real threat if he doesn’t take stronger action.
Edited because my pre-coffee spelling is whack
Genuinely asking, because I believe your point of view is common @Imara219, and I think Celebitches are smarter than the average bear: what exactly do you think Biden/the White House should do or have done differently? I agree things have gone badly, but I tend to see it as a fault of Congress, perhaps incorrectly.
One answer to this I have seen is that he didn’t cancel student loans. I am curious if there are other reasons.
Biden is the one that enabled The Defense Production Act to get out the testing kits. The problem seems to lie in the companies getting the MATERIALS FOR the kits TO BE manufactured.
Biden has been doing all that is humanly possible in the MONTHS that he’s been in office, all the while being sabotaged by the republiTHUGS who want to turn us into an Autocracy, and the two traitors, Manchin and Sinama, who are doing everything in THEIR power to block the voting rights bill and the BBB bill.
hoopjumper: something has changed in the Dept of Ed regarding students loans, however. A friend of mine received an email saying her loans were under review for PSLF & a couple of weeks later she received a letter in the mail stating her loan had been forgiven. And she didn’t have to apply or fill out a form or argue with the Dept of Ed or anything! I had to do all that & my loan finally got forgiven in January 2020, but it was a long, frustrating process.
ETA: agree with Jan90067 above & MsIam below. It’s Congress & in particular Manchin & Sinema.
You need to be annoyed with the two knuckleheads that are refusing to help pass this legislation. Short of kidnapping Manchin and Synema and replacing them with body doubles, I’m not sure what else Biden could do. Those two are beholden to someone and its not the Democratic party or the people.
I think Biden is trying to do all he can on many fronts, considering that 1) he has been in office less than a year 2) he is trying to fight many battles at once 3) at every single turn, Republicans are legislating in their states to preempt or counteract anything that the Biden administration tries to do and 4) people don’t realize that politics don’t work at lightning speed.
This is the problem. Manchin is beholden only to his (and his family’s) wallet. He will not defect to the GOP – he will get primaried from the right and lose in 2024 (and he will have far less power in the GOP caucus than he does in the Democratic caucus). I have no clue what’s going on with Sinema – the only thing that is predictable out her is that she will piss off someone/anyone/everyone. I don’t think she will defect, but I’m not convinced of that either.
Unlike the turtle, who (for whatever reason) can keep all of the GOP senators in line, Schumer can’t. He doesn’t have leverage over Manchin and Sinema.
I totally agree and support Biden’s efforts 100%. What if the US sent/sends a test to everyone in the US? Those that aren’t on board with anything COVID-preventable will burn those in the streets and then what? Wasted effort for those that would use the products. It’s a no win situation that is so frustrating. E pluribus unum!
The President can only do so much, it is up to Congress to pass legislation. In addition to Manchin and Sinema, I think Murkowski and Collins should be pressured as well.
Honestly, I think the voting legislation is more important than BBB.
LarkspurLM: that announcement says ‘to people who want them’. I checked online & saw that there will be a website set up so that people can request the test. So there shouldn’t be much, if any, burning of tests in the streets–that would require going online & filling out a form, which I think may be more work than someone ‘sticking it to the libs’ would want to do.
@ MsIam, thank you!! We have the closeted Repugnant Manchin who is swinging his tiny dick around purposely two-timing Biden and Congress!! Yesterday, or the day before, Manchin was featured on Faux News lying about what he had agreed to with regards to BBB with Biden and Congress! Many Senators called him out on his lies.
As for Synema, she speaks in riddles. She clearly has an agenda, which I haven’t pinpointed what it is actually, and I suspect many haven’t either, but she is clearly suspect.
As for Moscow Mitch, I don’t think he has as much power as you think @ liz. Mitch has many, many wild cards, a great deal more than Pelosi or Schumer. Though, I do think that Mitch uses the power of his position to tank someone’s political future IF they don’t tow his line, so to speak.
While I am annoyed and frustrated by Manchin and Sinema, it’s important to remember than it is not on just Democrats to pass bills. There are 50 Republicans who won’t lift a finger to help their states and the country.
It’s quite fascinating that when it comes to pertinent issues directly impacting Black Americans we always hear the same excuses for why real progress can’t happen. It’s always the same rhetoric. Manchin stated on Day 1 he wasn’t voting support for that bill. Manchin hasn’t budged on who he is. Hubris is expecting otherwise. Biden and the crew tried to push something they could never deliver. Biden has a lot of power under his presidency and purview. Last, being on the job for almost a year is little excuse regarding the pace for his initiatives.
Thank you for your reply!
Voting rights requires 60 votes and no Republican will vote for it. Only budget bills can pass with simple majority and they can usually only pass 2 per year. I agree voting rights is the most important thing we need to pass if we don’t want to lose our democracy.
I would like to start blaming the 50 republicans who won’t vote for anything more than the 2 democrats.
Exactly right! I should have read all the comments before making my own.
Does one has to make a request for a free test? If that is correct does anyone know where that request can be made?
They’re going to set up a website where you can request kits – the website won’t be up until January, so stay tuned. They’re not giving any idea how long it will take for the test kit to actually get to someone once it’s ordered, either.
I’m just p*ssed as Hell. I’ve been looking for home tests for a couple of weeks. The ones I managed to find had outrageous pricing, and now even those are gone. My sister (who has a lung disease) is having a couple of us over, not a large party by any means, but I’d still rather test before going over there. My husband and I will mask up, regardless, and try not to bring anyone the virus or take it home.
NCBOUDICC thank you!
You can order them for 10-20$ on Amazon. You might need to use a VPN to order from the us site
The test shortages pisses me off like no other. This will probably be a long comment.
But a few weeks back I was feeling sick. I missed a day of work. No fever and I have horrible allergy and sinus issues but I was worried it was covid. Called my doctor. They don’t do tests there. I’d have to wait for orders (could take up to 3 days for those orders) then go something like 25 mins away for a test. Checked CVS and Walgreens. Nothing available nearby and especially nothing available if showing symptoms. Found an urgent care that says they do them and had available appointments. Score! Made an appointment for that morning. 10 minutes later get a text. Since I’m showing symptoms, I can’t go there. I have to go to an UC that is MUCH farther away. And no set appointment time, I have to keep refreshing a list to see when I would get in. I was like 20 on the list. I have to be in the parking lot by the time I’m like 4 on the list. Fill out paperwork online and then go in. Again, this UC is a lot farther away and in traffic-you’re talking close to an hour. I was livid by that point.
So then I went back online to check for rapid tests at CVS, Walgreens and Wal-Mart that I can administer myself. Wal-Mart was out of stock. Walgreens was out of stock. CVS was showing out of stock at my closest one but at another one in my area they had some. Then another part of their website was showing available at the closest one. I called, they had them. Wife went to pick them up. I was negative.
ALL THAT for a goddamn covid test. Now, just imagine if I lived alone. Had nobody to help me. Imagine if I was INCREDIBLY sick and unable to drive? It’s real f*cking easy to get a test if you’re about to hop on an an airplane and real f*cking easy to get a test because you’re acting like the pandemic is over and just want to a ‘to be sure’ test. But showing symptoms? No, you have to go through hoops to get it done. And now? Nobody has tests ANYWHERE. I see people I follow on Instagram hopping on planes to go to concerts and going out to eat every freaking night and attending parties and hanging out in huge groups of friends, etc. And then they are going to get a test and just get tested basically every week. THOSE people are using up resources as well. The pandemic isn’t over, people!
Sorry for the rant.
We have decent testing availability but the results usually take 2 to 3 days and the one nearby dr office that has rapid testing won’t do it if you’re symptomatic. All of the stores locally are out of at home tests. It is a very frustrating situation.
The most frustrating part is feeling sick or actually BEING sick and having no tests available for you. But anything else? Want to get on a plane? Come on over to the urgent care or doctors office! The mind boggles.
Hey Erica, went through something similar with my daughter. Finally got an appt at an urgent care yesterday. They were filled from opening till 8pm, however we got my daughter checked in for 1:45 appt and didn’t leave until 3:00, no one else showed up in that hour and fifteen minutes after her. I was in the lobby and there was a display of people expected saying they should check in. They were turning away walk-in’s when I arrived but then started taking them.
So if you have no other options you might check a close by urgent care just to see if there is a similar situation. Don’t mean to send anyone on a wild goose chase, just sharing my experience yesterday.
I’m fully vaccinated and boosted, and prior to this week was on the fence about getting tested before leaving for the holidays to see family. I work in higher education and campus saw a massive spike in the number of positive covid cases over the last week. That’s probably a combination of omicron starting to be felt and people testing before heading home for the semester.
I got the request to get tested by one host earlier this week and agreed thinking all I would have to do is log in to the appointment scheduler through work and there would be appointments easily available for either today or tomorrow. I was so very mistaken. I spent an hour looking for options, including the local public health department, CVS, Walgreens, and other providers. I was able to secure an appointment for after work tomorrow, which means that my test results should be back by Sunday. Otherwise, the next available appointments were at multiple Walgreen’s on Sunday that were somewhat out of the way for me driving home.
Campus testing is being rolled back to one location for the spring semester, likely due to not wanting to pay people to staff multiple locations. Supposedly, we will have the option of requesting at home test kits as well. We’ve gotten three covid related emails from the chancellor’s office over the past week, with the most recent strongly urging any students and staff traveling for the holidays to get tested upon return to campus for class or work. I guess that means I need to make an appointment to get tested end of next week again.
May I rant with you? The kids and I are all vaccinated, my husband and I are boosted (they were, ironically, scheduled over the break) and my daughter got breakthrough covid despite masking and distancing at school. The only reason I was able to get my symptomatic daughter tested was because a neighbor had an extra binax kit available. Absolutely NO testing kits or appointments available in my area until after Christmas. My son and I became sick a day later so I used the second test for him (positive) and I’m just assuming I’m positive as well. Merry Christmas.
Apologies for being a scrooge but honestly, this new variant is so contagious and causes illness so quickly that unless someone is testing daily I would be avoiding elderly and immunocompromised family full stop. I picked my son up from university Saturday and we had family dinner at which time my daughter told me she had a headache. By Sunday afternoon she had a 104 degree fever. Despite isolating immediately, we all got it (likely at dinner, our own personal super spreader event). And yes – people aren’t getting *as* sick and it doesn’t seem to last as long, particularly if vaccinated, but it’s still pretty awful.
Thanks for letting me rant 🙂 The only bright spot is we had already cancelled visiting my mother out of concern for her health. Fingers crossed the testing situation does actually improve after the holiday.
So, let’s see, at the beginning of the month, Jen Psaki (WH spokesperson) was asked if Americans would ever receive test kits themselves, and she sarcastically responded with, basically, Should we just send one to everyone? How much is that going to cost?
And the reporter, and then the entire internet said, YES! pointing to all the other countries that are sending out free tests.
Now we are each getting ONE, which is better than NONE, but is not nearly enough. I like the UK’s approach about ordering a free pack of 7 kits, because you need more than one! I got 2, one for before festivities, and one for afterwards, and I’m still thinking that’s not enough.
Here, the tests are sold out. There are photos of over 1,000 waiting in line. Free masks were distributed through the libraries, but those are already gone. The masks that will be sent by the federal government will go out “sometime in January”, but the website for ordering them hasn’t been created yet. According to a fed official the website will be available “in January or around January”. That sounds like February to me.
I seriously can’t believe they’re sending us ONE. In other countries, these public services are commonplace, so it’s wild how the US thinks it so outlandish.
I’m about to travel for work purposes & am required to take two tests upon return before going back to the office. I was given an at-home test kit, which comes with two tests. (Apparently we have a supply of these.) I guess I just assumed all at-home test kits were like this, providing you with two, because obviously, one is not enough. I didn’t realize how frustrating this was for people (I’ve been hermit-ing for the longest time).
NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH. Sorry but I’m super-pissed about this. We ALL should be testing before and after the holidays, especially if we plan on traveling and/or visiting elderly relatives.
FFS they should be giving out tests for free at gas stations, coffee shops, public restrooms…everywhere.
My heart really breaks to hear, how much trouble you have to go trough to be safe! And here I am sitting with 20+ rapid self test kits I didn’t even order. In Austria school children got a buch of tests to take home, you can get them for free in the drug store or you can go to one of the many, many test facilities in your neighborhood and get your test done. The result for Anti-Gen test will arrive within a few hours, usually two, on your mobile and PCR within 24 hours. All free of charge. So yes, a government cannot only send on the everyone – it can send A LOT of tests to everyone. Strangely enough, that doesn’t really help beat Covid either. Right now our index of active cases per 100.000 ist about half of the US, but only because we had another hard lockdown recently. Things got so bad, that it is now mandatory to vaccinate by the end of January.
Lack of sufficient, easy and cheap testing has been a public health failure of this administration.
I respectfully disagree. I know the uSa isn’t a monolith, and different areas have different issues, but we have a glut of testing options here. The health dept has drive through sites, there’s clinics, pharmacies, urgent care places, etc, etc. It is the lack of **rapid** testing, and that there aren’t a lot of choices for people who can’t afford to isolate while waiting for test results, *especially* if they need to be tested repeatedly. It sucks and it leads to people taking risks they shouldn’t.
But again, I’m not sure of the situation everywhere in the country. We’ve had some anti-mask protests here too. Tiny ones. Twelve Angry Trumpets.
Omicron hitting the US just as millions are planning to travel for the holiday has created a perfect storm. I agree about the cost though. Urgent care charged $200 for a rapid test.
Also, the monoclonal antibodies do not work against the Omnicron strain. Important for people to know that.
@ TiredMomof2, I have not had any trouble accessing a coronavirus test in the last 6 months. In fact, where I live, I was able to make an appointment online and I was able to get in the next day. They had us drive up to the pharmacy, CVS, stay in the car. They handed me my swab and I performed the test. I was told to expect results after 24 hours, but I had results within 4.
I think it depends on where you live and the number of testing sites and supplies. Now, the administration is actively creating a massive amount of testing sites across the country, so there should be better access soon. They are bringing in armed forces to supply the staff and necessary kits as well.
More testing sites aren’t the answer IMO. We need to have tests shipped to people’s homes so they can do it safely and so that there are no inherent barriers to getting tested.
It is not correct or helpful to imply that Omicron is “coming for vaccinated people especially hard”. Vaccinated people are orders of magnitude more resistant to all strains of COVID-19. This wording implies the vaccination makes someone more susceptible to COVID-19. Please be careful what you write.
I disagree with Omicrom. I’m fully vaxxed and boosted in October with Moderna. I was in NYC the weekend of December 10, a city that has some of the strictest vax and mask mandates. I was only around fully vaxxed people and masked indoors. Guess what? I tested positive for Covid! I had mild symptoms and I’m out of quarantine recovering, but I feel like I’ve had the energy sucked right out of me. So please be vigilant. I thought I was safe and I was not. So, yes omicron will come for the vaccinated, you just won’t have to worry about severe illness or death, but you can absolutely still spread it. And I am livid about the testing shortage. We have had almost a year and a half to sort this out and the Biden administration has dropped the ball and been late to the game on every turn.
Vaccinated people still being able to get COVID is not the same thing as it coming for “vaccinated people especially hard”. It is coming for vaccinated people LESS hard than non-vaccinated people. The vaccinated are less likely to get it, it will be milder, they will be less likely to be hospitalized, they will be less likely to die.
Making it sound like Omicron targets the vaccinated will make people question the benefits of getting vaccinated, when they are super clear when you look at the numbers.
Biden hasn’t even been president for a full year!
He really should have sent the tests out a few weeks ago so we’d have them in time for Thanksgiving/Christmas. Even if the Omicron variant didn’t “surprise” us we knew the holiday season was coming up and the visiting/parties always makes the spread go way up.
In the UK, we have had free rapid tests readily available for months. You just log onto the website, request a kit and then (usually) 1-2 days later you get a package with 7 tests delivered to your home or you can pick up at a pharmacy. All free. When Omicron and the pre-holidays rush hit, everyone was ordering them like mad, so it hasn’t been working as well, but between my partner and I we have been able to get at least one kit of 7 for our family each week. I realise the US is bigger… but US govt get your act together.
I’ve gotten the Moderna booster and have NYE plans for the first time in years. It’s generally a night I avoid the public but the clubs are going all out this year and a friend and I splurged on VIP tix to an event. I was really excited for about a day until I realized anything could happen the next week and a half. It’ll probably be canceled.
The EO/MAGA/Q moms on social media are already “suspicious” of the “government tests” in every way you can imagine.
I’m just…beyond furious that we’re still in basically the same place as last year and boosters are at least a month out for most folks in my area. Happy holidays!
Dr. Contrary speaks to a lot of infectious disease doctors in his line of work-their opinion is that Omicron is so contagious that we’re all pretty much getting it. So get boosted, people!
Not everyone can. My 14 year old is almost six months out now but boosters aren’t authorized. There is difficulty here in obtaining a booster for those that are eligible because we have a high percentage of people who do want the booster. Like someone else said, places here are scheduling first available out into late January.
@twin falls
Idk where you live but I wanted a booster but it wasn’t recommended for my age group yet. I went to the doctor office where I got my vaccine and said I was “immune compromised” and they gave me one on the spot. They said they weren’t advertising it but if anyone asked they would do it. You might try that, this was a few months ago so it may or may not work.
@Twinfalls-I hear you-my 13 year old can’t get the booster either. But for people who can get the booster -definitely do it!
I couldn’t get an appointment in Nov because my age group hadn’t been called up yet. So I walked into a CVS and asked for it. They were happy to oblige.
Nov 1 I went online to schedule my booster for the next day at a CVS, you just fill out a form. The pharmacy just checks to make sure you’re you & checks your vax card. I think most states have a CVS.
That’s it right? We’re all getting it. I’m scared of the long term effects. Which we don’t yet know.
Yeah, I know an epidemiologist who says the same thing. There is no way around a strain that is as contagious as measles with a quarter (or more) of the population unvaccinated.
I feel grateful that the new variant is seemingly less severe and more cold-like in symptoms, but the thought that “we’re all going to get it” just really frightens me. I already have a bunch of medical issues and the potential of getting long-COVID just terrifies me, as does the idea of passing it on to someone who cannot get boosted or is more vulnerable than me.
Same here, I’m not so concerned about being sick for a bit, but of the long term effects.
I have a rapid test at home that I got for something and ended up not needing, I think I may test before going to my parents for Christmas. My office is already talking about going back to remote, I’m hoping I can hunker down again and avoid this wave, but it’s scary. And I really feel for people who can’t and have to work in the public.
People–do not bother trying to schedule an appointment. Just find a place near you that’s offering boosters and vaccines and show up. I promise no one is going to turn you away. My fiance is a medic and he’s been vaxxing/boosting the FBI since this all started. They always end up with leftover vaccines afterwards and then they have to figure out what to do with them.
Just show up.
I wonder if they’re going to have boosters available for under 18 at any point?
They do. Boosters are now available for 16+. My 17 year old got theirs on Monday.
@Liz.
My child is 12. That’s technically the availability I was looking for, not 1 or 2 years younger than 18.
My 16 year old got his last Thursday (California)
While I think that sending test kits is a great idea, I don’t understand why every American has not been provided with a legitimate N95 mask already. Other countries did that years ago.
@Ponchorella
Which Countries? I live in Canada and have NEVER been provided with a legitimate N95 mask by the Government.
Other counties consider health care a human right.
Yeah this,
Well, there’s a lot of us! And of course, the pandemic started during the time of the last administration, which hoarded PPE. Biden hasn’t been president a full year yet, there’s supply chain issues, etc., etc.
It was proposed to trump early 2020 and he shot it down.
Since then he discouraged his followers from wearing them. I think right now anyone who is willing to wear a mask is doing so. It’s not a lack of masks, it’s a lack of common sense.
In addition to the fact that we have selfish, ignorant citizens in our country who refuse to get vaccinated, in addition to their children is what is keeping us ALL held hostage!
I have been double masking since day 1!! I still double mask and there are only a few that do mask in Texas, as we are the minority.
We had trouble finding a booster shot before mid to end of Jan thru our regular health system, and the state site and drugstore weren’t much better. Mister is a vet and we discovered that the VA will provide boosters to vets and spouses. So we have an appointment today. We don’t usually use the VA system so it was off our radar. Jic that is helpful info to anyone else.
Please don’t get 4th shots yet! This has not been approved at this point!
It hasn’t been approved yet but in a few months I bet you they will be. Six months from now I fully expect to be able to get a 4th shot.
Here in Canada they are making people stand in long lines in the cold for hours to get a free test. Not many going around either. The sad part is after some people get their hands on a free test or two they are selling them on-line. Scum bags.
@Me
I’m in Canada too, and we haven’t been made to stand in long lines in the cold.
Maybe not your town? I saw on our local news there were lines out in the cold for people waiting to get free tests in my town. People were frustrated.
A spot of good news, Celebitchies! Walter Reed scientists are expected to announce that they’ve developed a vaccine that is effective against COVID-19 *and all of its variants*, including Omicron. They expect it to be effective against future variants, too. It won’t help the anti-vaxxers, but it’s great news for everyone else.
Just googled that. Interesting! A ‘super vaccine’.
It’s really exciting news! They’ve only completed Phase 1 for the Spike Ferritin Nanoparticle (SpFN) vaccine, but I think it is a great idea to try and use a vaccine with a different method of attacking the virus.
From The Hill:
“The SpFN vaccine uses a protein with 24 faces which allows for scientists to attach the spikes of multiple coronavirus strains on different faces, according to Defense One.”
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/army/586890-army-to-announce-vaccine-that-protects-omicron-and-other-variants-report
I’ve been seeing disgusting bumper stickers on MAGGOT cars, like, “Don’t blame me. I voted for Trump” (along with a crossed guns bumper sticker) and “Fuck Joe and his Ho.” UNBELIEVABLE. There are people like this in this world. It still blows my mind.
Wish I had access to rapid tests or boosters *cries in British Columbia*
My appointment is January 9 in Ontario for my booster. Earliest I could get. Demand is insane over here!