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2021-12-01 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Trevor Noah, a South African, explains why the Omicron-fueled Southern Africa travel ban is 'total bulls--t'

[The Week] "For most of 2021, the world has been fighting off various COVID variants," Trevor Noah said on Monday's Daily Show. And just when we thought we were getting Delta under control, "last week scientists in South Africa announced that they discovered a new variant, and what they saw is freaking people out."

The big concern about the Omicron variant is the alarming number of mutations to its spike protein, Noah said, but "right now, basically all we know about this strain is that it's called Omicron," and "even the name of the virus has a complicated story." The World Health Organization skipped Nu and Xi to get to Omicron, he said, and passing over Xi in particular "really shows you the clout that China has. Because the World Health Organization is like, 'Uh, we don't want to offend one guy in China.' Meanwhile, Greece is over here, like, 'What?!? You stole our whole alphabet, malaka!'"

And even though it will be a week or two before we know how contagious and dangerous Omicron is, the U.S. and other countries wasted no time banning travel from South Africa and seven neighboring countries. "And as a South African — who does not have the variant! — I think this travel ban is total bulls--t," Noah said. We don't know where Omicron started, and "we don't know how long it's been around. It's everywhere, from Hong Kong to Israel to Spain, so why aren't you banning travel from all those countries, too?"

"Maybe America is buying itself a couple of weeks before it gets overrun with Omicron, but don't forget about the costs of this action," Noah said. "Because you do realize that other countries are paying attention, and they realize that if they're going to get punished for telling the world about new variants, they're gonna stop telling the world whenever their scientists discover new variants."

Posted by Besoeker 2021-12-01 09:32|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 Keep using your head like that, Trevor, and maybe one day you will get wise instead of woke. But then they'll cancel your show.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-12-01 12:31|| 2021-12-01 12:31|| Front Page Top

#2 COVID is only real when it's inconveniencing whitey.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-01 12:39|| 2021-12-01 12:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Kinda like finding out your sister is the local pegboard.

She's still your sister.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-01 15:23|| 2021-12-01 15:23|| Front Page Top

#4 HEADS UP....
CCP Lab claims to have found the 35B5 Antibody that neutralizes ALL COVID variants.

If true???
Then there is now a 1 time NON mRNA vaccination on the very near horizon.

Which also means mRNA 5 months VAX makers stocks will take a nose dive.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-12-01 17:35|| 2021-12-01 17:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Do you believe Communist China scientists without someone else confirming the claim, NN2N1?

Posted by trailing wife 2021-12-01 21:02|| 2021-12-01 21:02|| Front Page Top

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