OniriA Posted November 27, 2021 Do you think it will herald the end of the world as prophesied by our ancient forefathers? Discuss. 2 Share this post Link to post
Apprentice Posted November 27, 2021 The only thing that will happen, is that we run out of letters in the Roman alphabet before we have to use the Cyrillic alphabet in order to attach a letter to each and every variation, nothing more . . . 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted November 27, 2021 Since the image took a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnng while to load on my compy, for whatever reason, I only had the thread title and a cryptic message to go on. So I interpreted it as people having come up with a new name for the article "it". I'm kind of disappointed it's just more covid stuff instead. 7 minutes ago, Apprentice said: The only thing that will happen, is that we run out of letters in the Roman alphabet before we have to use the Cyrillic alphabet in order to attach a letter to each and every variation, nothing more . . . They're using letters from the Greek alphabet, not the Roman alphabet. 1 Share this post Link to post
Megalyth Posted November 27, 2021 3 hours ago, OniriA said: Do you think it will herald the end of the world as prophesied by our ancient forefathers? In a more roundabout way, it kinda already has. 1 Share this post Link to post
Obsidian Posted November 27, 2021 Ohhhh, y'all are talking about COVID. Play nice, folks. 5 Share this post Link to post
Bauul Posted November 27, 2021 For those out of the loop, there's a new variety of Covid out of South Africa which has been dubbed the Omicron variant. It's heavily mutated, which has a lot of people concerned. However, it's not clear yet whether those mutations are especially dangerous yet. 4 Share this post Link to post
Misty Posted November 27, 2021 Welp, I hope, we won't get into lockdown mode again, because I prefer to have my studies in-person than online. 0 Share this post Link to post
Midnight_00 Posted November 27, 2021 The image from the OP is from Prometheus. Omicron is a reference to the new COVID variant as others have already clarified. 0 Share this post Link to post
leodoom85 Posted November 27, 2021 I just hope that the virus doesn't mutate so many times that not even the vaccines can do the job. That would be the worse situation. And the mutation naming is turning into a joke...what's next? japanese alphabet to name a mutation? 0 Share this post Link to post
Nine Inch Heels Posted November 27, 2021 I'm not sure how I feel about this "end of the world" idea just yet, because we don't know enough about the new variant and its "survival fitness", or its potential lethality at this point... What we do know, on the other hand, is that the virus has reached Europe already, with a reported instance of the virus in Belgium, from where it might easily spread to France, Germany, the Netherlands... and then all over the place from there - The travel bans that have been established essentially just mean that it's arrived already, and it's just a means of damage mitigation and stalling for time... I haven't heard anything about reported cases in the US yet, but that might just be a matter of time as far as I'm concerned - never mind that I'm rather surprised that no new strains seem to have developed in the US up to this point, with the situation there being as tenuous as it is when it comes to "doing what's necessary"... That's the problem with pandemics - you don't treat them seriously, they become endemic, and then they also start mutating into strains which may or may not catch you off-guard... We don't even know how good the protection from the vaccines is that have already been administered - they work against COVID-19 the way they are supposed to, but there's just no good data available for this new variant yet... You know why shit like this sticks around for as long as it does..? Yeah, some of you will not like it, but the main "culprits" are people who refuse to protect themselves properly, or can't afford to. That being said, if this thing does end up mutating again, in case it isn't particularly threatening on its own - and then into something even more dangerous than COVID-19 in the worst case - yeah, that's gonna cost us dearly, because if most recent history has told me anything, you can always count on mankind's ability to fuck something up when getting it right matters the most... Anyway... If it hasn't become readily apparent by now, the right thing to do is to do the best you can to keep yourself and others protected... Make sure you are up to date with regards to the situation in your area, wear a mask, get vaccinated, and stop marching with the crowd of idiots who wants to convince you that putting yourselves and your loved ones at risk is a sign of bravery as well as an expression of freedom - it's not... The deal you're being offered is a sweet one: Do right by yourself and you'll do right by others at the very same time... It's a win-win, so I suggest you strike that bargain as soon as you can... 16 Share this post Link to post
Major Arlene Posted November 27, 2021 32 minutes ago, Nine Inch Heels said: The deal you're being offered is a sweet one: Do right by yourself and you'll do right by others at the very same time... It's a win-win, so I suggest you strike that bargain as soon as you can... but muh freedom 4 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted November 27, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, leodoom85 said: I just hope that the virus doesn't mutate so many times that not even the vaccines can do the job. That would be the worse situation. And the mutation naming is turning into a joke...what's next? japanese alphabet to name a mutation? It's already a lot more complicated than most people realize: cool svg version where you can read all the stuff Even in the "simplified for plebs" Greek letter system, many of the letters were already taken by variants of less interest/concern many months ago. But yes, there have been concerns that a large unvaccinated population intertwined long-term with a large vaccinated population is a perfect breeding ground for producing vaccine-resilient strains, since from a statistical viewpoint it will have so many opportunities to "attempt" mutations. If something happens only one time in a trillion, but you give it a quadrillion chances to happen, it becomes rather likely. Edited November 27, 2021 by Grazza 4 Share this post Link to post
Jello Posted November 27, 2021 22 minutes ago, Major Arlene said: but muh freedom You spelled freedumb wrong. But yeah, I got my six (well, seven month) booster on Tuesday, and got a fancy Princess Peach band-aid. So far I have no regerts. 6 Share this post Link to post
leodoom85 Posted November 27, 2021 (edited) I know that Delta+ mutation is here. 6 minutes ago, Grazza said: If something happens only one time in a trillion, but you give it a quadrillion chances to happen, it becomes rather likely. We have the unvaccinated that didn't have the time to do it for X reasons and there's the anti-vaxxers. So yeah, it never ends, as annoying as it sounds. Btw, I have 3 shots in my body already. 2 weren't enough. *shrug* 0 Share this post Link to post
OniriA Posted November 27, 2021 (edited) An urgent public conference was held yesterday evening here whereby our country has basically announced another semi-lockdown per Sunday night. The lockdown was announced during 'Black Friday' but it was an entirely different "Black friday" for many of us here. Today, the news stated that 60 passengers infected with the transformed Omicron variant have arrived here from South Africa. So the new variant is already here now too. Many people are angry about the inconsistency,incompetence and illogical nature of the rules from the political bunch (schools for children are being kept open for example even though most of the new infections are taking place there and brought home). Riots are taking place in various cities throughout the night whereby great fires are lit (combined with explosive fireworks and bombs). Alot of people are blaming the unvaccinated for the new restrictions here. The unvaccinated in turn are protesting in the street saying they are living in a new Nazi dictator state an they are the victims. Meanwhile at the airport a large decorated Christmas tree stands alone in the entrance plaza, surrounded by masked Marechaussee police holding machineguns.. Edited November 27, 2021 by OniriA 1 Share this post Link to post
mrthejoshmon Posted November 27, 2021 I was gonna make a joke and there is literally a thousand jokes I could say but I'm not even going to bother, the self importance of a few has lead us to this and we shall all suffer for their arrogance. 1 Share this post Link to post
Hawk of The Crystals Posted November 27, 2021 It's overblown like every other variant of covid, literally just stay inside lmao. If anything, mankind will be the end of itself. 1 Share this post Link to post
OniriA Posted November 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, Crystal-Hawk_D00M said: literally just stay inside lmao Many people are fed up of that, vaccinated or not. Fed up of the isolation, loneliness, hopelessness. The mental and psychological pandemic is the other side of this alongside the physical one but many people don't see it before it's too late. We need physical contact like a plant requires water. People shouldn't be ignorant about that fact. 2 Share this post Link to post
snapshot Posted November 27, 2021 (edited) 🗿 sounds like a digimon name Spoiler sorry! 0 Share this post Link to post
Nine Inch Heels Posted November 27, 2021 18 minutes ago, Crystal-Hawk_D00M said: It's overblown like every other variant of covid, literally just stay inside lmao. If anything, mankind will be the end of itself. You cannot imagine how incredibly curious I am about just how you're going to explain that COVID-19 was overblown when what we're currently dealing with is the exact result of people arguing all the damn time that COVID-19 was overblown in the first place... 2 Share this post Link to post
Hawk of The Crystals Posted November 27, 2021 6 minutes ago, Nine Inch Heels said: You cannot imagine how incredibly curious I am about just how you're going to explain that COVID-19 was overblown when what we're currently dealing with is the exact result of people arguing all the damn time that COVID-19 was overblown in the first place... Covid itself wasn't overblown. But there's definitely some people who like to assume that every other variant is some doomsday virus. 0 Share this post Link to post
lokbustam257 Posted November 27, 2021 Hope this thread isn't one of those Covid-19 thread that mod lock in the next 6 hours 0 Share this post Link to post
Major Arlene Posted November 27, 2021 1 minute ago, lokbustam257 said: Hope this thread isn't one of those Covid-19 thread that mod lock in the next 6 hours that depends on yall :) 10 Share this post Link to post
Dubbag Posted November 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Major Arlene said: but muh freedom freedumb 0 Share this post Link to post
1Destro3456 Posted November 28, 2021 Another one? ANOTHER ONE ANOTHER VARIANT? 0 Share this post Link to post
pcorf Posted November 28, 2021 Sounds bad. All it takes one to start the fire. 1 Share this post Link to post