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Re:Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado by nickysielicki on Thursday January 06, 2022 @11:49AM (#29825961)
It’s just politicians trying to save face at this point. Trillions of dollars lost and total debasement of western currencies was all to arrive at the natural solution to a virus that was destined to become endemic from the very start: let it play out.

Two administrations, one from both parties. Same fed chair. Same people at the CDC and WHO. It’s not partisan. It’s institutional failure.

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Re:Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado by pmoleri on Thursday January 06, 2022 @12:26PM (#29826542)
I'm not sure what you mean. Vaccine was a success, it saved millions of lives. What's becoming endemic is a less deadly variant, otherwise we would be back to square 0, confinement and developing a new vaccine. So, instead of calling it a failure I would call it success with a lucky ending, if everything continues like this of course.
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Re:Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado by collias on Thursday January 06, 2022 @02:46PM (#29828893)
It's not a lucky ending as much as it is the inevitable ending. Virus evolution tends toward becoming more contagious and less deadly. We've known this for a long time, and we have no reason to believe that this virus would be any different.

If viruses tended toward becoming more deadly as they became closer to being endemic, humanity (or any animal) would not have lasted very long.

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Re:Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado by swader999 on Thursday January 06, 2022 @12:20PM (#29826446)
More like corporate capture imo.
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Re:Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado by nickysielicki on Thursday January 06, 2022 @12:22PM (#29826483)
I think this is a good take.
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