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We Are SO Not Ready For This
Even Though We’ve Had Two Years To Prepare
Get this, fans — Omicron is now the second-most contagious virus in the entire world. Woo-hoo! Climbing the top of the charts! It can take “as little as three” days to make you sick, so this badass can skirt around many of the tests we currently have available, so there’s that.
Just a few days before Christmas, our sane, rational president gave the kind of speech a real leader should give — he reassured his constituents that we will get through this, that we’ll be okay. Mr. Biden said plainly, “If you are not fully vaccinated, you have good reason to be concerned,” and he was honest that we will see plenty of vaccinated people get sick. But he also basically said that, in the end, everything will be fine.
It sure doesn’t seem that way.
But, our president sort of has to be that reassuring. Because: presidential. You understand, right? (The last guy totally didn’t get this concept.)
The reality is that this whole thing is looking more and more like a long-term disaster. Here’s why:
We absolutely know that Omicron is super-contagious, and that it isn’t milder than the earlier strains all on its own. We know that it works around Pfizer’s vaccine efficacy, so it has the potential to make you very, very sick even if you have been…
