timely joke?

[David Dalton]

Joke: Some say “Oh my God” but maybe those
who worship Chronos say “Oh my Chronos’’
[omicron(OS)]. Oh well, time is passing.
But is that Brigid’s Well or the Well of Mimir?
Ha.

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[David Dalton]

On Dec 21, 2021, David Dalton wrote
(in article<0001HW.27728EFF00...@news.eternal-september.org>):

> Joke: Some say “Oh my God” but maybe those
> who worship Chronos say “Oh my Chronos’’
> [omicron(OS)]. Oh well, time is passing.
> But is that Brigid’s Well or the Well of Mimir?
> Ha.

Well, the number of hospitalizations with omicron seems
to be low so far, so perhaps omicron will prove to be
more infectious but less deadly and will confer immunity
to the more deadly strains, perhaps ending the pandemic.

Happy Festivus and Tibb’s Eve!

[entwickeln14]

On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:15:49 PM UTC-5, David Dalton wrote:
[...]

> Well, the number of hospitalizations with omicron seems
> to be low so far, so perhaps omicron will prove to be
> more infectious but less deadly and will confer immunity
> to the more deadly strains, perhaps ending the pandemic.

When you write that it's low, are you referring to worldwide? The US? A particular state?

>
> Happy Festivus and Tibb’s Eve!

*bows*
And to you as well.

[David Dalton]

On Dec 24, 2021, entwickeln14 wrote
(in article<a1983322-119c-45ef...@googlegroups.com>):

> On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:15:49 PM UTC-5, David Dalton wrote:
> [...]
> > Well, the number of hospitalizations with omicron seems
> > to be low so far, so perhaps omicron will prove to be
> > more infectious but less deadly and will confer immunity
> > to the more deadly strains, perhaps ending the pandemic.
>
> When you write that it's low, are you referring to worldwide? The US? A
> particular state?

Certainly here in Newfoundland and Labrador, where we
have close to 400 active cases and no hospitalizations.

Also I think from reports out of the UK.

Also from South Africa, though that may be because
it is mainly in a younger population

I’m not sure of worldwide statistics yet.

But it could just be that omcron hasn’t been around very
long. except in South Africa,. and that hospitalizations
will increase soon.

[entwickeln14]

On Saturday, December 25, 2021 at 12:48:52 AM UTC-5, David Dalton wrote:
> On Dec 24, 2021, entwickeln14 wrote
> (in article<a1983322-119c-45ef...@googlegroups.com>):
> > On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:15:49 PM UTC-5, David Dalton wrote:
> > [...]
> > > Well, the number of hospitalizations with omicron seems
> > > to be low so far, so perhaps omicron will prove to be
> > > more infectious but less deadly and will confer immunity
> > > to the more deadly strains, perhaps ending the pandemic.
> >
> > When you write that it's low, are you referring to worldwide? The US? A
> > particular state?
> Certainly here in Newfoundland and Labrador, where we
> have close to 400 active cases and no hospitalizations.
>
> Also I think from reports out of the UK.
>
> Also from South Africa, though that may be because
> it is mainly in a younger population
>
> I’m not sure of worldwide statistics yet.
>
> But it could just be that omcron hasn’t been around very
> long. except in South Africa,. and that hospitalizations
> will increase soon.

Ah. OK. Well, here in NJ-land, if the rates of covid transmission and hospital admissions keep steady (or increase), we'll prolly run out of hospital beds around January 5th or so.
My sources aren't too clear as to how many of the cases are due to delta variant or some other variant.