Does anyone really believe the hype about omicron? I mean this sincerely, and not to be insensitive, most people around me have had a very mild experience. It seems overblown a bit.

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Because most are vaccinated and even boosted. Come to the ICU and you’ll see plenty of unvaccinated folks on ventilators.

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CHW1 if you trust a PhD more than an MD/DO when it comes to health information, I wish you good luck..

The hype should be in staying healthy. COVID exists…it’s killing people and vaccines do work. We can dwell on things conspiracies etc…I commend those who are working tirelessly to figure this thing out. The question is what are we doing to help those around us?

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Most people around me....Yes, people are still dying and people are hospitalized. My friend 49 yrs double pneumonia after Covid for Xmas, and now shingles. We cannot base the events during a global pandemic on our small window. My friend said they had no where to put her and sent her home.

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What do you mean? I believe covid and these variants are real. I don't 100% believe in the hype around the vaccines and boosters and I especially don't believe anything our politicians, prez etc are saying. There are too many questionable things happening plus the lack of study and verification of side effects, people that have bad reactions, etc.

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There are plenty of studies pertaining to Covid and its vaccines. Are you keeping up to date on Pubmed or just quoting controversial sources?

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I have to agree to some degree. There are more people suffering from the effects of lockdowns, isolation and uncertainty, and not to mention other untreated or less prioritised health problems that are not receiving the attention they require. I don’t know about you, but where I am located we certainly need to start shifting our focus to recovery mode and begin breaking the fear cycle of covid.

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I’ve been exposed to all variants of COVID-19 and only had a true case after vaccination. I became symptomatic one month after. Other than feeling tired for three days and losing smell and taste for a few days it really wasn’t bad. I am very healthy though. I see the other side as well. Rooms full of dying patients on ventilators that need ECMO and lung transplantation. So for healthy people I think it’s a little overblown (as you put it) but those at risk patients it’s a big deal. I don’t really want to be the healthy one that kills the unhealthy one. Just do your best.

The real question is whether society as a whole will be willing to just say enough. Come what may. It seems like that’s the direction it is going.

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My hope is with the early signs of Omicron finally receding we may finally start approaching the point where the pandemic becomes more endemic and we can make some societal decisions on risk tolerance. The sad reality is we could have likely done this even with Omicron if we’d had a higher percentage of the population vaccinated or if we had a significantly younger population like S.A. This particular strain doesn’t have quite the same severity as Delta, but our hospitals have been well over capacity for the last few months. The ICU usage went down a bit, but our med surg and other beds have been struggling. Having traveled over New Years to AZ and having a hospital encounter involving a family member, I got to see first hand how challenging it is in particular for our more rural hospitals in the country. Literally a sign outside saying that they don’t have beds and begging people to get vaccinated.

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