The Coronavirus

[pbrower2a]

From NYT

South Africa detects a new variant displaying a ‘big jump in evolution.’

Scientists in South Africa identified on Thursday a concerning new variant of the coronavirus, whose mutations mark a “big jump in evolution” that is driving a spike in new cases. Hours later, Britain banned flights from six southern African nations, citing the variant.

In the past two days, scientists detected the B1.1.529 variant after observing an increase in infections in South Africa’s economic hub surrounding Johannesburg.

The B1.1.529 variant has a “very unusual constellation of mutations,” with more than 30 mutations in the spike protein alone, Mr. de Oliveira said. On the ACE2 receptor — the protein that helps to create an entry point for the coronavirus to infect human cells — the new variant has 10 mutations. In comparison, the Beta variant has three, the Delta variant has two, said Mr. de Oliveira.

[pbrower2a]

[pbrower2a]

Another COVID-denying anti-vaxxer dies of... you guessed it!
 
Marcus Lamb (October 7, 1957 – November 30, 2021) was an American televangelist, prosperity theologian, minister, and Christian broadcaster. He was the co-founder, president, and CEO of the Daystar Television Network, the second-largest Christian television network in the world. The estimated value of the network is $230 million.[1]

Marcus was born October 7, 1957, in Cordele, Georgia, and raised in Macon, Georgia. He grew up attending the East Macon Church of God.[citation needed] He became a Christian at the age of five and continued in church attendance and work as he grew older. He began to preach as an evangelist at age fifteen. He graduated from high school and enrolled at age sixteen in Lee University (then known as Lee College), Cleveland, Tennessee-based Christian university. He graduated three years later.[2] In 1982, four years after graduation, he married Joni Trammell of Greenville, South Carolina. The couple spent their early years of marriage as traveling evangelists, visiting churches in the Southeast to teach the gospel.[3] Marcus was ordained as a bishop with the Church of God of Cleveland, Tennessee.[citation needed]

In 1980, the same year that Marcus met his wife Joni, he founded The Word of God Fellowship, the company that would eventually start the Daystar Television Network. In 1984 Lamb moved to Montgomery, Alabama to begin WMCF-TV. This was the first full-power Christian station in the state. The Lambs sold the station to Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) in 1990 and moved to Dallas, Texas. Lamb launched the Daystar network at the end of 1997.[3]

In November 2010, Lamb admitted on the Daystar Network that he had an extramarital affair that had ended several years before.[4][5] In his admission, Lamb took "100 percent responsibility" for his actions. He and his wife were able to fully reconcile with the help of marriage counselors. Due to the advice of their marriage counselors, the decision was made to keep this matter private as long as they could, in order to heal adequately.[1] The Lambs decided to publicly disclose the infidelity shortly after they claimed that three women asked for US $7.5 million in exchange for silence on the matter. The Lambs shared their story publicly on television and refused to pay anything. No criminal charges were filed,[6] although civil suits and counter-suits between Daystar and the three former employees were filed over the matter.[7][8] By December 2011, all three employee claims had either been dropped or dismissed. Daystar subsequently dismissed its countersuits against each of the women.[9]
Lamb and his wife lived in Dallas. They have three children.[10] Marcus Lamb died from COVID-19 complications on November 30, 2021, at the age of 64 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas.[11][12]

In 2020, Lamb's Daystar TV paid back a United States government PPP Loan after the television show Inside Edition investigated the church’s private jet purchase.[13] Lamb’s Daystar TV applied for the government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to help pay employees’ salaries.[14] They received $3.9 million. Soon after receiving the funds, the church purchased a 1997 Gulfstream aircraft.[15][16]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lamb and Daystar preached an anti-vaccine message, hosting many anti-vaccine notables such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and posting on the Daystar website that vaccines are the "most dangerous thing" for children. Before Lamb died of COVID-19, his son called his father's coronavirus infection "a spiritual attack from the enemy."[17][18]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Lamb

[Eric the Green]

(12-01-2021, 09:05 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Another COVID-denying anti-vaxxer dies of... you guessed it!
 
Marcus Lamb (October 7, 1957 – November 30, 2021) was an American televangelist, prosperity theologian, minister, and Christian broadcaster. He was the co-founder, president, and CEO of the Daystar Television Network, the second-largest Christian television network in the world. The estimated value of the network is $230 million.[1]

Marcus was born October 7, 1957, in Cordele, Georgia, and raised in Macon, Georgia. He grew up attending the East Macon Church of God.[citation needed] He became a Christian at the age of five and continued in church attendance and work as he grew older. He began to preach as an evangelist at age fifteen. He graduated from high school and enrolled at age sixteen in Lee University (then known as Lee College), Cleveland, Tennessee-based Christian university. He graduated three years later.[2] In 1982, four years after graduation, he married Joni Trammell of Greenville, South Carolina. The couple spent their early years of marriage as traveling evangelists, visiting churches in the Southeast to teach the gospel.[3] Marcus was ordained as a bishop with the Church of God of Cleveland, Tennessee.[citation needed]

In 1980, the same year that Marcus met his wife Joni, he founded The Word of God Fellowship, the company that would eventually start the Daystar Television Network. In 1984 Lamb moved to Montgomery, Alabama to begin WMCF-TV. This was the first full-power Christian station in the state. The Lambs sold the station to Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) in 1990 and moved to Dallas, Texas. Lamb launched the Daystar network at the end of 1997.[3]

In November 2010, Lamb admitted on the Daystar Network that he had an extramarital affair that had ended several years before.[4][5] In his admission, Lamb took "100 percent responsibility" for his actions. He and his wife were able to fully reconcile with the help of marriage counselors. Due to the advice of their marriage counselors, the decision was made to keep this matter private as long as they could, in order to heal adequately.[1] The Lambs decided to publicly disclose the infidelity shortly after they claimed that three women asked for US $7.5 million in exchange for silence on the matter. The Lambs shared their story publicly on television and refused to pay anything. No criminal charges were filed,[6] although civil suits and counter-suits between Daystar and the three former employees were filed over the matter.[7][8] By December 2011, all three employee claims had either been dropped or dismissed. Daystar subsequently dismissed its countersuits against each of the women.[9]
Lamb and his wife lived in Dallas. They have three children.[10] Marcus Lamb died from COVID-19 complications on November 30, 2021, at the age of 64 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas.[11][12]

In 2020, Lamb's Daystar TV paid back a United States government PPP Loan after the television show Inside Edition investigated the church’s private jet purchase.[13] Lamb’s Daystar TV applied for the government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to help pay employees’ salaries.[14] They received $3.9 million. Soon after receiving the funds, the church purchased a 1997 Gulfstream aircraft.[15][16]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lamb and Daystar preached an anti-vaccine message, hosting many anti-vaccine notables such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and posting on the Daystar website that vaccines are the "most dangerous thing" for children. Before Lamb died of COVID-19, his son called his father's coronavirus infection "a spiritual attack from the enemy."[17][18]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Lamb

No relation to our Marc Lamb, I take it...........

[Eric the Green]

https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/


William Hartmann, 63, Biz Owner, Political figure, anti-vaxxer, dead from COVID.
a day ago

William Hartmann, 63, Biz Owner, Political figure, anti-vaxxer, dead from COVID.
UPDATE (11/30/21): William has succumbed to COVID. Click here to see below: Original Post (11/26/21): According to this story William is...
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Marcus Lamb, 64, Dallas, TX, Televangelist, anti-vaxxer and anti-vaxx promoter, dead from COVID.
a day ago

Marcus Lamb, 64, Dallas, TX, Televangelist, anti-vaxxer and anti-vaxx promoter, dead from COVID.
UPDATE (11/30/21): Marcus has succumbed to COVID. See Below. Original Post (11/14/21): According to social media posts (below), Marcus is...
78,164 views
2,636 comments

Johann Biacsics, 65, Kottingbrunn, AT, Self-employed anti-vaxxer. Dead from COVID, and stupidity
a day ago

Johann Biacsics, 65, Kottingbrunn, AT, Self-employed anti-vaxxer. Dead from COVID, and stupidity
According to this article Johann died due to complications from COVID and possibly bleach poisoning. Seems Johann didn't understand the...
23,666 views
915 comments


Rex Warwood, 80, Pukekohe, NZ. Journalist-Author, anti-vaxxer old kook. Dead from COVID.
two days ago
Rex Warwood, 80, Pukekohe, NZ. Journalist-Author, anti-vaxxer old kook. Dead from COVID.
According to this article, Rex died from COVID on November 27, 2021. Rex was a popular journalist in New Zealand. He was the editor of...
17,147 views


Rose Giddings,61, Hermantown, MN, Biz owner, anti-vaxxer, dead from COVID.
3 days ago
Rose Giddings,61, Hermantown, MN, Biz owner, anti-vaxxer, dead from COVID.
According to social media posts (below) Rose died from COVID on November 27, 2021. Rose and her Husband Mike have been in the recycling...


Jeremy & Monica Voss, 42,40, Ogilvie, MN, Own The Fish House, anti-vaxxers, Monica died from COVID.
UPDATE (11/29/21): We have a sad update. Monica didn't survive. See Below: UPDATE (11/4/21): Local news station interviewed Jeremy in the...

MANY MORE.....

[Dustinw5220]

(12-01-2021, 12:48 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/


William Hartmann, 63, Biz Owner, Political figure, anti-vaxxer, dead from COVID.
a day ago

William Hartmann, 63, Biz Owner, Political figure, anti-vaxxer, dead from COVID.
UPDATE (11/30/21): William has succumbed to COVID. Click here to see below: Original Post (11/26/21): According to this story William is...
23,468 views
1,040 comments

Marcus Lamb, 64, Dallas, TX, Televangelist, anti-vaxxer and anti-vaxx promoter, dead from COVID.
a day ago

Marcus Lamb, 64, Dallas, TX, Televangelist, anti-vaxxer and anti-vaxx promoter, dead from COVID.
UPDATE (11/30/21): Marcus has succumbed to COVID. See Below. Original Post (11/14/21): According to social media posts (below), Marcus is...
78,164 views
2,636 comments

Johann Biacsics, 65, Kottingbrunn, AT, Self-employed anti-vaxxer. Dead from COVID, and stupidity
a day ago

Johann Biacsics, 65, Kottingbrunn, AT, Self-employed anti-vaxxer. Dead from COVID, and stupidity
According to this article Johann died due to complications from COVID and possibly bleach poisoning. Seems Johann didn't understand the...
23,666 views
915 comments


Rex Warwood, 80, Pukekohe, NZ. Journalist-Author, anti-vaxxer old kook. Dead from COVID.
two days ago
Rex Warwood, 80, Pukekohe, NZ. Journalist-Author, anti-vaxxer old kook. Dead from COVID.
According to this article, Rex died from COVID on November 27, 2021. Rex was a popular journalist in New Zealand. He was the editor of...
17,147 views


Rose Giddings,61, Hermantown, MN, Biz owner, anti-vaxxer, dead from COVID.
3 days ago
Rose Giddings,61, Hermantown, MN, Biz owner, anti-vaxxer, dead from COVID.
According to social media posts (below) Rose died from COVID on November 27, 2021. Rose and her Husband Mike have been in the recycling...


Jeremy & Monica Voss, 42,40, Ogilvie, MN, Own The Fish House, anti-vaxxers, Monica died from COVID.
UPDATE (11/29/21): We have a sad update. Monica didn't survive. See Below: UPDATE (11/4/21): Local news station interviewed Jeremy in the...

MANY MORE.....

I'd almost feel sorry for them if they didn't all do it to themselves in the first place (as well as spreading misinformation and helping to expose other innocent people).

[pbrower2a]

Something else modifies DNA. 

CANCER

Don't worry. COVID-19 has not yet been linked to an increased rate of cancer.  It's just too early to say anything about that. I would not be surprised.

[Eric the Green]

Funny, Mr. Brower. And also tragic.

Yesterday, Dec.1, 2021, the USA topped all countries with 120,000 new cases and over 1600 new deaths. Germany was second and probably #1 per capita with over 71,000 new cases and 415 new deaths. The omicron surge in South Africa has resulted in over 8000 new cases yesterday, still below many other countries, and only 28 new deaths, although that will rise.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Northern blue and purple states have seen a surge recently, and they say it's because it's colder, and unvaccinated people are more likely to be indoors and closer to others. Breakthrough cases are also more common as the 2-dose vaccines weaken before the Delta variant.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

[pbrower2a]

Omicron is spreading faster and it gives no indication of being trivial or comparatively harmless.

[pbrower2a]

BERLIN (AP) — Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday made what is likely her final appeal before leaving office next week for Germans to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Merkel gave what is expected to be her last weekly video message two days after federal and state leaders decided on a series of measures meant to break a wave of coronavirus infections.

The measures include excluding unvaccinated people across the country from nonessential stores, restaurants and sports and cultural venues. In a longer-term move, parliament will consider a general vaccine mandate.

At least 68.9% of Germans are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, short of the government’s aim of a minimum 75% vaccination rate. The number of unvaccinated residents has been blamed as a key factor in a surge of new virus cases in recent weeks.

Official figures suggest that the infection rate may now be stabilizing, but at too high a level.

The national disease control center on Saturday reported 64,510 new daily cases and a 7-day infection rate of 442.7 new cases per 100,000 residents. Another 378 deaths in 24 hours brought Germany’s total in the pandemic to 102,946.

“Every one of them leaves behind families or friends, stunned, speechless and helpless,” Merkel said in her video message. “This is so bitter because it is avoidable. With the effective and safe vaccines, we have the key to this in our hands.”

She renewed a plea to Germans to take the virus seriously, adding that the new omicron variant “appears to be even more contagious than the previous ones.”

“Get vaccinated, no matter whether it’s a first vaccination or a booster,” Merkel said. “Every vaccination helps.”

Merkel is expected to leave office on Wednesday and be replaced by Olaf Scholz of the center-left Social Democratic Party, who is currently vice chancellor. Scholz said Saturday that his government’s “most important first task” is to “fight the corona pandemic with all the strength that we have.”

“There would be a different situation now if just a few more citizens had also made the decision to get vaccination,” he said at a convention of the Social Democrats. “We must again make a whole new effort, set in motion a whole new campaign” to get more shots in arms, Scholz said.

Senior members of the party denounced a Friday evening protest outside the home of Saxony state’s health minister, Petra Koepping, a Social Democrat. About 30 people gathered with torches and placards outside the home in the eastern town of Grimma.

The demonstrators chanted against coronavirus policies before fleeing in cars when police arrived.

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Follow AP’s pandemic coverage at: https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic

[pbrower2a]

Yes, but being tracked on Find-a-Grave (a genealogy website) isn't so great.

[Eric the Green]

(12-10-2021, 09:56 AM)pbrower2a Wrote:


Yes, but being tracked on Find-a-Grave (a genealogy website) isn't so great.

Using that site I found my grandfather Meece and some other ancestors and relatives on that line, all buried back in Boonville Indiana. But more recently, my Dad and my Mom cremated here in San Jose CA, and so their little cups would not be found there. In any case, it is a sad destiny for the deniers. They only consult the internet research that they already agree with.

[Bob Butler 54]

In the preaching to the choir department, I ran into a TV program when scanning for what was available tonight.  



Marcus Lamb Ministries 'It's Time to Bury the Past and Look Forward to the Future'

[pbrower2a]

A reminder:

NEW YORK (AP) — Can your pet get COVID-19?

Yes, pets and other animals can get the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but health officials say the risk of them spreading it to people is low.

Dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, otters, hyenas and white-tailed deer are among the animals that have tested positive, in most cases after contracting it from infected people.

While you don’t have to worry much about getting COVID-19 from your pets, they should worry about getting it from you. People with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 should avoid contact with pets, farm animals and wildlife, as well as with other people, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“If you wouldn’t go near another person because you’re sick or you might be exposed, don’t go near another animal,” says Dr. Scott Weese at Ontario Veterinary College.

Not all infected pets get sick and serious illness is extremely rare. Pets that show symptoms typically get mildly ill, the CDC says.

Some zoos in the U.S. and elsewhere have vaccinated big cats, primates and other animals that are thought to be at risk of getting the virus through contact with people.

This particular coronavirus most likely jumped from animals to humans in the first place, sparking a pandemic because the virus spreads so easily between people. But it does not easily spread from animals to people. Minks are the only known animals to have caught the virus from people and spread it back, according to Weese.

How easily animals can get and spread the virus might change with different variants, and the best way to prevent the virus from spreading among animals is to control it among people, Weese says.

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-p...def9ad9be8

[nguyenivy]

It is starting to feel a lot like March 2020 again here in the northeastern USA, with more & more places closing down, cancelling events, etc with Omicron spreading so much faster than prior variants. I wonder if this time around the people who still refuse to get vaccinated or mask up in public will finally have a change of heart and do what's right. As for lockdowns, we in the US never had a true lockdown like some European countries or China had. The most we had were non-essential business closures, event cancellations, school closures, and stay-home advisories. In my city Philly you were still free to go out even if there wasn't much of anything to do.


I am one of the smaller number of Americans who is still WFH for the last 21 months straight so in my case it feels different than March 2020 when a shutdown back then meant no longer commuting, etc. My workplace chose the wrong time to insist on a return to office scheduled for mid-January and we were required to e-mail the boss on the 1st of Dec as to whether we will return or resign. I told my boss the concerns and would be happy to continue to work as long as remote work is still available, & he agreed with me but the higher-ups want everyone back in mid-January. He claims that should anything change between now & then (complicating things is this is a college and so we're on break for about 4 weeks now) I would be welcome to return remotely, though it's kind of out of his hands as I already stated in the spring semester availability sheet I won't be back on campus - I was forced to make some kind of yes or no commitment on the 1st as a deadline. So my plan? Look for work elsewhere online that does fully remote work. I wonder if WFH is all that wise a hill to 'die on', work-wise, anyway. Are there all that many people leaving jobs they previously enjoyed just to avoid a commute & office politics/gossip (I am fully vaccinated, BMI 24, & in my mid-30s, so unless Omicron changes the game that much COVID may be less of the real reason for turning down returning)?

[David Horn]

(12-19-2021, 04:47 AM)nguyenivy Wrote: It is starting to feel a lot like March 2020 again here in the northeastern USA, with more & more places closing down, cancelling events, etc with Omicron spreading so much faster than prior variants. I wonder if this time around the people who still refuse to get vaccinated or mask up in public will finally have a change of heart and do what's right. As for lockdowns, we in the US never had a true lockdown like some European countries or China had. The most we had were non-essential business closures, event cancellations, school closures, and stay-home advisories. In my city Philly you were still free to go out even if there wasn't much of anything to do.

I am one of the smaller number of Americans who is still WFH for the last 21 months straight so in my case it feels different than March 2020 when a shutdown back then meant no longer commuting, etc. My workplace chose the wrong time to insist on a return to office scheduled for mid-January and we were required to e-mail the boss on the 1st of Dec as to whether we will return or resign. I told my boss the concerns and would be happy to continue to work as long as remote work is still available, & he agreed with me but the higher-ups want everyone back in mid-January. He claims that should anything change between now & then (complicating things is this is a college and so we're on break for about 4 weeks now) I would be welcome to return remotely, though it's kind of out of his hands as I already stated in the spring semester availability sheet I won't be back on campus - I was forced to make some kind of yes or no commitment on the 1st as a deadline. So my plan? Look for work elsewhere online that does fully remote work. I wonder if WFH is all that wise a hill to 'die on', work-wise, anyway. Are there all that many people leaving jobs they previously enjoyed just to avoid a commute & office politics/gossip (I am fully vaccinated, BMI 24, & in my mid-30s, so unless Omicron changes the game that much COVID may be less of the real reason for turning down returning)?

As a member of the leisure set (retired since 2016) it's a bit disengenuous for me to comment, but I will anyway.  WFH in the midst of a huge pandemic upswing is, or should be, the defauolt option when possible.  Look at the people who can't, and you see massive burnout: equally true for grocery store workers, cops and trauma doctors.  So being driven back to the office or in-person schooling seems worse than counter intuitive; it borders on criminal.  Best of luck flying outside the radar.  Better: your leaders might rethink this work mandate in the face of rising numbers.

[nguyenivy]

(12-19-2021, 08:36 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(12-19-2021, 04:47 AM)nguyenivy Wrote: It is starting to feel a lot like March 2020 again here in the northeastern USA, with more & more places closing down, cancelling events, etc with Omicron spreading so much faster than prior variants. I wonder if this time around the people who still refuse to get vaccinated or mask up in public will finally have a change of heart and do what's right. As for lockdowns, we in the US never had a true lockdown like some European countries or China had. The most we had were non-essential business closures, event cancellations, school closures, and stay-home advisories. In my city Philly you were still free to go out even if there wasn't much of anything to do.

I am one of the smaller number of Americans who is still WFH for the last 21 months straight so in my case it feels different than March 2020 when a shutdown back then meant no longer commuting, etc. My workplace chose the wrong time to insist on a return to office scheduled for mid-January and we were required to e-mail the boss on the 1st of Dec as to whether we will return or resign. I told my boss the concerns and would be happy to continue to work as long as remote work is still available, & he agreed with me but the higher-ups want everyone back in mid-January. He claims that should anything change between now & then (complicating things is this is a college and so we're on break for about 4 weeks now) I would be welcome to return remotely, though it's kind of out of his hands as I already stated in the spring semester availability sheet I won't be back on campus - I was forced to make some kind of yes or no commitment on the 1st as a deadline. So my plan? Look for work elsewhere online that does fully remote work. I wonder if WFH is all that wise a hill to 'die on', work-wise, anyway. Are there all that many people leaving jobs they previously enjoyed just to avoid a commute & office politics/gossip (I am fully vaccinated, BMI 24, & in my mid-30s, so unless Omicron changes the game that much COVID may be less of the real reason for turning down returning)?

As a member of the leisure set (retired since 2016) it's a bit disengenuous for me to comment, but I will anyway.  WFH in the midst of a huge pandemic upswing is, or should be, the defauolt option when possible.  Look at the people who can't, and you see massive burnout: equally true for grocery store workers, cops and trauma doctors.  So being driven back to the office or in-person schooling seems worse than counter intuitive; it borders on criminal.  Best of luck flying outside the radar.  Better: your leaders might rethink this work mandate in the face of rising numbers.

True. I expect not only our college but most who are closed due to Omicron or have closed prior anyway due to final exams concluding recently are probably just waiting week by week until last minute in January to decide if they will open as normal or not. Omicron is moving very quickly, so 3 to 4 weeks on top of what is already a surge we're in will probably provide more answers on at least some of the medical outcomes for anyone who tested positive. Vaccinations are required at my campus but no mention yet of enhancing it to include boosters. Unsure if the system will accept a 2nd card upload w/ the added date in anyway. So far it's looking like one has to be boosted to have the best chances of having protection against Omicron given immunity wears off several months after the initial series. Anyone going back to college/work in January who got their 1st series during mid-summer is at higher risk as they won't be eligible for the booster until after the semester is underway. I got mine in June & am getting my booster next week.

[David Horn]

(12-20-2021, 02:43 PM)nguyenivy Wrote: ... So far it's looking like one has to be boosted to have the best chances of having protection against Omicron given immunity wears off several months after the initial series. Anyone going back to college/work in January who got their 1st series during mid-summer is at higher risk as they won't be eligible for the booster until after the semester is underway. I got mine in June & am getting my booster next week.

I suspect a policy change may be in the works. Omicron is scaring the bejesus out of anyone with policy making responsibilities, and the PTB know it. Watch for changes to the wait time dropping to about four months instead of six, precisely for the reason you noted.

[pbrower2a]

Nobody yet knows how dangerous the omicron virus is. This goes with the Reagan campaign, but obviously any variant of COVID-19 should be considered supremely dangerous until proved otherwise or it goes extinct. This ad was effective in getting Reagan elected or re-elected (I forget which)... whatever, the "bear" that is any variant of COVID-19 is at least as dangerous as Communism ever was in America.  

We may be back nearly to the early response to the initial appearance of COVID-19. What is different? A majority of Americans are appropriately inoculated.

[pbrower2a]