Omicron Variant

The Chinese state propaganda newspaper Global Times announced on Thursday that scientists at Wuhan University had concluded that the omicron variant of Chinese coronavirus presented a “weaker ability to cause diseases” compared to previous iterations of the pathogen.

The coronavirus pandemic is far from over and global governments must continue testing and enforcing social compliance to fight its progress until the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) says otherwise, its Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared Wednesday.

During the State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, President Joe Biden announced that products will be manufactured and bought in USA. 

Queen Elizabeth II returned to royal duties on Tuesday, just nine days after she tested positive for coronavirus.

Nearly 4,200 schools will be closed or condemned to remote learning this week as officials fear the low-risk omicron variant of the coronavirus.

Eight thousand of 75,000 Delta Air Lines employees have tested positive for the coronavirus within the past month, CNBC reported Thursday.

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) revealed in its weekly report published Tuesday that a significant spike in documented Chinese coronavirus cases around the world did not correspond to an increase in deaths attributed to coronavirus infections.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reportedly considering altering its masking guidance to recommend individuals wear “highly protective N95 or KN95 masks,” the Washington Post reported on Monday.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), an outspoken critic of the Biden administration’s handling of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, asked on Monday if the government can mandate a vaccine that is not even effective against the current strain of the virus.

A study from Imperial College found that people who have recovered from the common cold are more likely to avoid coronavirus infection.

U.S. voters oppose draconian COVID policies, including shifting schools to remote learning, vaccine passports, and mandatory booster shots.

President Joe Biden is continuing to push mass vaccination for children, despite the fact that 0.00- 0.02 percent of child coronavirus cases result in death.

Americans who have gotten vaccinated and boosted against coronavirus are the most “personally concerned about the coronavirus threat.”

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has downplayed a novel French coronavirus variant first found in southeastern France, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

Republican and Democrat senators are jointly negotiating an omicron stimulus package worth $68 billion dollars to boost President Joe Biden’s stumbling economy, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated the omicron variant now accounts for 95 percent of coronavirus strains as of January 1.

Other states are allowing coronavirus “hysteria to drive them,” leading to damaging policy in the wake of the omicron variant of the virus, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Monday, noting that “ICU COVID utilization” in Florida is likely the “lowest per capita in the country.”

(AP) — Schoolchildren returned to classes Monday in parts of Europe, while the British government pledged to rush ventilation units and enough COVID-19 test kits to schools to ensure they, too, can reopen later this week despite soaring infection rates in the UK.

Governor Larry Hogan (R-MD) predicted on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that the “next four to six weeks” were going to be the worst part of the COVID pandemic.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on New Year’s Eve turned defensive about her boyfriend’s feet.

Center for Vaccine Development director Dr. Peter Hotez said Friday on CNN’s “The Lead” that because the Omicron variant is so transmissible, “we should anticipate widespread social disruptions over the next few weeks.”

South African public health officials announced on Thursday that they believe the surge in Chinese coronavirus cases fueled by the omicron variant in the country is ending, leaving a record of lower hospitalizations and severe cases than previous waves.

California is facing a massive surge in coronavirus cases, despite adopting strict policies like mask and vaccine mandates, as the omicron variant continues to spread.

The Austrian government has announced it will be extending the general lockdown for all unvaccinated residents as the Omicron variant of the Wuhan virus spreads across the country.

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten stated that because of the greater transmissibility of the Omicron coronavirus variant, “People are going to get sick” with coronavirus, and that “it doesn’t matter how

Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted Wednesday that the omicron variant of the Chinese coronavirus appears to be less severe than previous strains as blue-led areas across the country reimplement mask mandates and introduce coercive vaccination requirements out of fear.

SIBIU, Romania (AP) – As the fast-spreading coronavirus variant omicron rages through Western Europe, officials and experts in low-vaccinated Eastern Europe anticipate a post-holiday explosion of COVID-19 cases in much of the region.

The U.S. trade deficit “mushroomed to a record in November” and will likely continue for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Health officials in Israel are reportedly considering “herd immunity through mass infection” due to the low hospitalization and death rates of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, which has caused the pandemic’s latest surge.

The Biden administration will wait until 2022 to sign contracts for the highly in-demand 500 million coronavirus test kits, according to White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) is facing criticism for taking a tropical holiday vacation in Costa Rica, a country that the State Department is cautioning Americans to “reconsider” traveling to because of coronavirus cases. At the same time, New Jersey has one of the highest case rates per population in the country.

PARIS (AP) – France’s government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on unvaccinated people to get coronavirus jabs, as the omicron variant fuels a record surge in infections.

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace said Tuesday on her show “Deadline” that she was a “groupie” of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci.

India has documented a slight decrease in the number of confirmed Chinese coronavirus cases between the end of last week and Monday as well as increasing recovery rates, a peculiar trend compared to the rapid spread of the omicron variant of the disease almost everywhere else.

Even though President Joe Biden admitted “no federal solution” will halt the coronavirus, socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has called upon Congress to order the mass production of N95 masks.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated the recommended time for isolation and quarantine periods for those infected with or exposed to the coronavirus.