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So in your view how many millions should die before it qualifies as pandemic? By the way the reason that only 5 million died so far is because we had lockdowns otherwise far greater number of people would have been infected and died.

Interesting video as who anti-vaxers are!!!.

You don't give up lying do you? https://usafacts.org/visualizations/covid-vaccine-tracker-states/ Only 60% of Americans are fully vaccinated. If you wish to lie at least lie about something that can't be verified so easily!!

Your statement is false not fact. Vaccines STOP the virus in infecting 90% of people (efficacy of 90%).

Now this is the BIG lie. You discredit yourself by making such statements even further and that goes for your anti-vaxer friends on this board as well.

The anti vaxers harassing medical professionals and patients, demonstrating, protesting, blocking roads and much more in the name of their freedom or rights to have been violated The leftists crying out racism as soon as something exclusively for African nations or Muslims or Chinese is brought in. If the whole population was vaccinated there would have been no mutation. All scientists are saying that vaccines will be still effective on this new variant but maybe not as much as 90% on original virus.

Vaccines are 90% effective on original virus which means there will be breakthrough cases, however, I have discovered now that on THIS new variant it may be far less effective because both these travelers were obviously fully fully vaccinated. This is one of the unknowns as how effective is our vaccines on this variant and nobody yet knows the answer to that.

As you said limited data means far from conclusive the way you stated it. This damn variant has some 50 mutations. I am not an expert in the field but that doesn't sound good.

The fact that all travelers to Canada must be fully vaccinated before entry shows that these two individuals got infected in spite of being fully vaccinated. Which may mean current vaccines may not be as effective.

News just in that 2 cases of the Omicron variant has entered Canada (Ottawa area) thanks to African travelers from Nigeria which is not listed even among the banned African countries. They entered Canada November 23 which predates the date that the variant was declared variant of concerned. and it is unknown how many they may have infected already. Would not have happened if Canada had banned all entries to Canada, in particular from continent of Africa where vaccination rate is only 7%. Now to those anti vaver crowd who may scream freedom and liberty might have been violated or those leftists who may scream racism, I would say now be ready to pay the price for your extreme ideology but the truth is we all will pay a price for your extremisms. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/omicron-variant-canada-travellers-1.6265927

Easy and effective treatment oral pills. Not sure if you listed finding effective treatment or cure like the Pfizer pills claiming to be 89% effective in preventing severe illnesses and death. More efforts needs to be placed on that front if we really want to end pandemic. And more importantly once this is found then remove all barriers including patents so that third world countries can mass produce them.

It is a potential incident that a traveler from Canada to Hong Kong caught it somewhere else (outside Canada) and brought it to Hong Kong. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/federal-government-to-follow-up-with-hong-kong-on-omicron-case-with-potential-link-to-canada-1.5683417 The problem is many people use (abuse) the freedom and liberty and governments don't have the balls to do the right thing frightened of that small minorities who will cry out dictatorships. Governments must BAN all non-essential travelling and this is the only way to slow down the spread of variants enough for science to catch up and find enough updated vaccines or treatments.

I am an optimist and would say vaccines will work on this new strain but not as good as 90% (likely around 50 to 60%). I also say that this damn pandemic will end by summer, say June 2022.

The Netherlands finds 61 Covid cases in air arrivals from South Africa, and is checking for the variant. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/27/world/covid-omicron-variant-news#amsterdam-cases-covid-variant Governments must do the right thing and ban travelling between countries.

Of course. Everyone admits that. They are vaccines but cure and no vaccine in the world is 100% effective. This was said from beginning. Vaccines reduce the chances of transmission and infection. Not eliminate them. That is what vaccines are.

At this time when I am responding to your post we do not know enough about this new variant to know how effective vaccines are or its transmissivity or how seriously ill it will make its victims. Scientists are working now to find out the answers to above questions in coming days and weeks. mRNA vaccines however, can be modified to fit the variant easily if current vaccines are found ineffective but the testing and approval would take months.

Damn this damn virus. I am sick and tired of this virus keep mutating itself. Good move by the government of Canada. Step in the right direction but if it was me I would have banned non-essential travelling altogether and ban all foreign nationals from entering Canada until this damned pandemic ends. Citizens returning must undergo very strict quarantine rules and those purposely evading must be subjected to very harsh punishments including minimum mandatory jail times. Also remove the damn patents immediately so that much more vaccines can be produced (damn pharmaceutical companies who give priority to profit over human lives. The profit takers should be put on trial like war criminals. Also provide free vaccines to poorer countries. Vaccine equity is essential in fighting this damned virus and end it mutations.

I made a general comment on unvaccinated not a personal attack on you or anyone mainly arguing that since friends care about their friends (not causing them harm for one) but enemies don't so they are enemies not your friends if they cough on you for example. But you quoted me and then purposely made a personal attack with insults. I only punched back AFTER I was punched. In any court you will be found guilty and me not guilty for assault.

Okay what do you say to a suggestion that we debate the subject at hand and facts like mature civilized adults rather than making perisomal attacks and insults?

But I had said it in the original post. Don't get vaccinated and walk among us (or cough on me).

It was a general comment not a personal attack by quoting someone and insult him.

No matter how you small minority in the country (but majority in this forum) attack us (the overwhelming majority who support vaccination, and are vaccinated close to 90%) we are winning the battle of science over ignorance and arrogance. More and more people are vaccinated and our elected governments are going to make it such that every day more and more you unvaccinated people are excluded from public life. So eat your heart out.

Get vaccinated and if you choose not to vaccinate then don't come near me.

That was a reaction to your insults that you colored red moron. If you are walking on street and someone comes close and punch you in face and then you punch back, then you are not the starter of the fight.