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Thread #167528 Message #4137039
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
17-Feb-22 - 06:20 PM
Thread Name: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
I just pulled up COVID statistics for Iceland - it looks like you're getting hammered there now also. None of the pages I visited made a distinction between original COVID, Delta, and Omicron.
Stay healthy!
Testing demand is low enough in my area that some sites are closing for now, with the provision that they can open up quickly if needed again. That has become standard operating procedure (SOP) here. And most of what is hitting here (North Texas) is Omicron. Now we're hearing about a sub-set of Omicron, but I don't have enough information to know if it is going to flare up again. Even though this is Texas a lot of people (the majority, I would say) are wearing masks still, and keeping their distance in public places. But we have super spreader events like huge football games and regional rodeo stock shows and more, to keep spreading it. You can pretty well put those who attend crowded stadiums without masks in the group that doesn't believe it is a problem or they should have to restrict their activities. That's why it keeps spreading. They come into contact with others who are vulnerable later on.