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2nd US omicron case just traveled to NYC anime convention with 53K attendees

Author: perihelions

Score: 21

Comments: 9

Date: 2021-12-02 18:05:45

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przemub wrote at 2021-12-02 19:25:16:

"2nd case" where the person came from... Minnesota. Omicron's count is probably in the thousands in any first world country and we just noticed that. The way media clickbait on it is disgusting, hurtful and depressing.

throwaway81523 wrote at 2021-12-03 01:43:48:

Why is there such a thing as a convention with 53K attendees with a pandemic going on?

supertrope wrote at 2021-12-03 02:21:40:

People want to have fun and/or make money. Vaccines were developed, manufactured, and distributed at warp speed. There is no political will for any more public health orders. Even California one of the strictest ended all restrictions in June.

throwaway81523 wrote at 2021-12-03 04:06:58:

California still has restrictions. Not enough imho, but they are here. There was a brief moment (before Delta) where vaccines stopped infection instead of only slowing it down. Now with Omicron, we're almost back where we started. 53k people in a convention (must be indoors if it's in NY) is a super spreader event.

EvanKnowles wrote at 2021-12-03 06:25:49:

And South Africa is still masked, sanitized, curfewed, and travel banned. Weird.

web2sucks wrote at 2021-12-03 04:12:18:

Because the constitution says i have the right to freedom and liberty.

sschueller wrote at 2021-12-02 18:59:13:

The good news seems that vaccinated people only seem to get a mild infection.

sjg007 wrote at 2021-12-02 21:01:25:

Too early to tell.

guilhas wrote at 2021-12-02 21:29:43:

Also seems that whatever the infection severity, unvaccinated people would still like to make their own choices