Reply to: Who's afraid of the [S]Xi[/S] [S]Nu[/S] Omicron variant?

[ladymuck]

News just in. All flights to Malta in January cancelled. Entry has been closed to visitors all that month. Dooooooooom

That's ok. HWMBO and I will just kip at yours.

[SueEllen]

News just in. All flights to Malta in January cancelled. Entry has been closed to visitors all that month. Dooooooooom

You are evil.

[Gibbon]

Not so I'm afraid, of viruses generally anyway.

If they have a fairly long incubation and infectious period, there's no advantage in mutating to be less deadly.

For example, nobody in recorded history has ever survived a rabies infection without medical help (an induced coma).

Yes to a point, Rabies is niche, Covid is 'Global'.

[northernladuk]

News just in. All flights to Malta in January cancelled. Entry has been closed to visitors all that month. Dooooooooom

[OwlHoot]

All pandemics mutate into less dangerous variants because it's not advantageous to kill your host ...

Not so I'm afraid, of viruses generally anyway.

If they have a fairly long incubation and infectious period, there's no advantage in mutating to be less deadly.

For example, nobody in recorded history has ever survived a rabies infection without medical help (an induced coma).

[Gibbon]

I read somewhere that in ancient times the emphasis was on the "micron" and "mega" rather than the "O"

If that is true, then Mary Beard fluffed it by publicly claiming the emphasis should be on the "O"

I don't think MB is into "fluffing", but she can write some real diatribe. Her book on The Roman Triumph being a stellar example of taking up hundreds of pages and a readers time to say nothing at all except recounting ancient descriptions.

[OwlHoot]

Its Greek obv. for little "o" i.e. micro O, Omega is as you've guessed by now is great "O" pronounced OO. See my beginners Greek wasn't wasted!

I read somewhere that in ancient times the emphasis was on the "micron" and "mega" rather than the "O"

If that is true, then Mary Beard fluffed it by publicly claiming the emphasis should be on the "O"

[d000hg]

Cantona!!

Is that the next variant? Not good at Greek.

[vetran]

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Cantona!!

[vetran]

ooh

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[d000hg]

Its Greek obv. for little "o" i.e. micro O, Omega is as you've guessed by now is great "O" pronounced OO. See my beginners Greek wasn't wasted!

ooh

[Gibbon]

What's Omricon?

Its Greek obv. for little "o" i.e. micro O, Omega is as you've guessed by now is great "O" pronounced OO. See my beginners Greek wasn't wasted!

[Lost It]

What's Omricon?

Did you know Omicron is an anagram of "moronic?"

A smelling pistake

[NotAllThere]

What's Omricon?

Did you know Omicron is an anagram of "moronic?"

KUATB

What started at a pandemic became an IQ test. Since Omicron is an anagram of Moronic, it's clear we've all failed that test.

[d000hg]

Maybe in a developed country. The UK simply let a couple of plane loads from SA land and disembark as normal over the weekend, whereas in the Netherlands they held the passengers and tested them all. There was a near 10% positivy rate.

Sure, so then how did they get OUT of the UK with a positive test? We DO have checks to fly.

You'd think the UK et al would require the other country to test, or would insist on tests on arrival.