Since Omicron is so mild the best thing would be not to isolate anyone. It will travel through the population faster and get it all over. The isolation and vaccines are what got us into this mess to start with. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
The transportation workers is a huge one. Most people rightly identify truck drivers as part of this but don't realize that if the ports shut down so does your economy.
However, you lost me on the Government officials. If these idiots had just taken the last 2 years 'off' altogether we would have been better off!
I've been tracking the NHL outbreaks, and I think it is the perfect example of the disruptive nature of shutting everything down for a virus. The NHL will survive because it's a multibillion dollar monopoly, but I can't imagine this is sustainable in the general population.
So companies should stop testing. The stupid myth that transmitting a virus is harmful or hurts productivity needs to die. How else do any of us gain the immunity that later lets us keep living / working? We are humans; we must live with our viruses or not live at all; they cause us far less illness than our own actions anyway.
Isolation for its own sake is a pointless ritual only previously taken up by those who were superfluous; the rest waited until they truly could not go to work to not go to work, and lied about not feeling under the weather otherwise. And yet workplaces did not collapse. (I brought flu to work two years in a row; no one else got flu. My current vibe on the research is that both flu and SARS-CoV-2 do not seem to transmit from sick-to-well in general. Does this mean the asymptomatic are the danger? Who cares - It is absurd to shut down workplaces before illness under the theory that this will prevent shutting down workplaces due to illness.)
One thought-- a kid in quarantine often is pretty much equivalent to a parent in quarantine because little kids need someone at home to care for them. The quarantine policies in daycares have really disrupted my working friends' lives. Moms and single parents who don't have the luxury of working from home getting hit hardest. This could add to the impact both on the economy and families on the brink.
I'm not sure OAS is happening. Can't remember where but I saw a study that showed S-antibodies in Omicron cases were extrememly low. If OAS was happening you'd expect the S-antibodies (vaccinal) to be high but ineffective.
The positive cases themselves are going to be only a fraction of the disruption. My son's basketball coach tested positive yesterday morning, by noon my son, being deemed a "close contact" of a positive case, was in the principal's office, waiting for me to take him out of school for at least five days. Same thing at work, everyone who is deemed a "close contact" of a positive case is required to quarantine out of the office for at least five days, then negative test back into the office. So each positive case can easily mean one person quarantining for ten days or more, and a dozen more for five or more days each.
Igor- I have a question on orig anti sin: My son had covid in June 2020 was fully vaxed Sept 2021 and contracted covid again a few days ago. Definitely not asymptomatic but not as sick as the first time. Why didn't his original immunity protect him vis a vis original antigenic sin? Doesn't getting a vaccine after recovery give you bullet proof immunity? My other son and I both recovered in 2020 and will not be getting vaxxed for all reasons discussed by the truth tellers on sub stack.
Since Omicron is so mild the best thing would be not to isolate anyone. It will travel through the population faster and get it all over. The isolation and vaccines are what got us into this mess to start with. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
The transportation workers is a huge one. Most people rightly identify truck drivers as part of this but don't realize that if the ports shut down so does your economy.
However, you lost me on the Government officials. If these idiots had just taken the last 2 years 'off' altogether we would have been better off!
I've been tracking the NHL outbreaks, and I think it is the perfect example of the disruptive nature of shutting everything down for a virus. The NHL will survive because it's a multibillion dollar monopoly, but I can't imagine this is sustainable in the general population.
So companies should stop testing. The stupid myth that transmitting a virus is harmful or hurts productivity needs to die. How else do any of us gain the immunity that later lets us keep living / working? We are humans; we must live with our viruses or not live at all; they cause us far less illness than our own actions anyway.
Isolation for its own sake is a pointless ritual only previously taken up by those who were superfluous; the rest waited until they truly could not go to work to not go to work, and lied about not feeling under the weather otherwise. And yet workplaces did not collapse. (I brought flu to work two years in a row; no one else got flu. My current vibe on the research is that both flu and SARS-CoV-2 do not seem to transmit from sick-to-well in general. Does this mean the asymptomatic are the danger? Who cares - It is absurd to shut down workplaces before illness under the theory that this will prevent shutting down workplaces due to illness.)
"An outbreak at a major nuclear power plant"
This is the real nightmare fuel...
One thought-- a kid in quarantine often is pretty much equivalent to a parent in quarantine because little kids need someone at home to care for them. The quarantine policies in daycares have really disrupted my working friends' lives. Moms and single parents who don't have the luxury of working from home getting hit hardest. This could add to the impact both on the economy and families on the brink.
I'm not sure OAS is happening. Can't remember where but I saw a study that showed S-antibodies in Omicron cases were extrememly low. If OAS was happening you'd expect the S-antibodies (vaccinal) to be high but ineffective.
So if Omicron is so mild, who gets tested?
10 days? Most will be asymptomatic.
The positive cases themselves are going to be only a fraction of the disruption. My son's basketball coach tested positive yesterday morning, by noon my son, being deemed a "close contact" of a positive case, was in the principal's office, waiting for me to take him out of school for at least five days. Same thing at work, everyone who is deemed a "close contact" of a positive case is required to quarantine out of the office for at least five days, then negative test back into the office. So each positive case can easily mean one person quarantining for ten days or more, and a dozen more for five or more days each.
Since most cases are asymptomatic it seems unlikely that everyone will be out at once.
If a company is testing & 1 person tests positive, that doesn't mean they'll quarantine the entire company.
omicron is biden's answer to inflation, tank the economy to reduce inflation.....
Igor- I have a question on orig anti sin: My son had covid in June 2020 was fully vaxed Sept 2021 and contracted covid again a few days ago. Definitely not asymptomatic but not as sick as the first time. Why didn't his original immunity protect him vis a vis original antigenic sin? Doesn't getting a vaccine after recovery give you bullet proof immunity? My other son and I both recovered in 2020 and will not be getting vaxxed for all reasons discussed by the truth tellers on sub stack.
Looks like South Africa got the memo, via Berenson https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/covid-19-stop-tracing-and-quarantining-of-contacts-says-ministerial-advisory-committee-20211219