This is expected to be the smallest Omicron wave so far. But eligible older and vulnerable people are still recommended to have a booster.
  • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml
    22·
    1 year ago

    I think we can expect people to wear masks and bosses to respect sick leave requests

    Edit: Looks like this is Australia. How has mask wearing and sick leave been on your side of the world?

    • noorbeast@lemmy.zipEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      Masks are voluntary and rarely seen Down Under, contributing to the ongoing local Aussie Covid death toll, with ‘freedom’ being paid for via the lives of the vulnerable, who are given little to no consideration by the majority!

        • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Sorry to hear you have your fair share of MAGA snowflakes to deal with as well, then. It’s amazing how these idiots can spend so much time making up wild theories to avoid wearing what amounts to a piece of clothing, and yet they would throw a fit if someone told them they couldn’t wear a coat in the Winter.

            • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Again, you’re just cherry-picking what you want to believe rather than actually pay attention to the facts. And as quickly as you responded, you obviously didn’t even read what I just wrote. Carry on, snowflake.

                • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
                  2·
                  1 year ago

                  Ah cool, so then you’re already aware that cognitive impairment is one of the symptoms of long covid. Although I suspect you had that affliction before you ever got sick. It’s nice that you so freely admit how little you care for the health of your friends and family though, really shows what kind of a person you are. Peace out.

  • AlpineSteakHouse [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    This wave knocked me on my ass and it’s been the only wave to have done this despite being 5 times vaxxed including the bivalent for 2 months before getting sick.

    Maybe it’s just bad luck but the people around me seem to be getting sicker and sicker from this wave.

    • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      So you’re saying you didn’t pay any attention to the actual information and instead cherry-picked what you wanted to hear in order to get out of wearing a mask? You DO realize that the whole reason the number of cases of flu dropped dramatically (but has been rising again) is specifically because so many people were wearing masks and preventing the spread of the flu and other illnesses? The problem is that people like you continue to deny covid is a problem until you are the one who is lying in a hospital bed dying. No that’s not an exaggeration, I saw a ton of this happening in 2020-2021. The county next to me (which I live only a few miles from the edge of) actually passed laws circumventing the state laws about mask wearing… The result was that they had so many people sick and dying that they were overflowing into OUR hospitals (which had a lot of free beds due to most of us actually following the masking laws). And despite so many of them dying, they STILL held protests every weekend complaining about the masking laws.

      Tell me you’re living in a state of denial without telling me you’re living in a state of denial.

    • YaBoyMax@programming.devEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I believe COVID still kills a lot more people than circulating flu strains as of right now. Also, if you truly believe COVID was a “nothingburger” I would advise you to talk to literally anyone who worked as a medical professional in a hospital in the last few years.

        • YaBoyMax@programming.devEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I mean, I guess if you’re just outright antisocial like this then your priorities make sense. All the rest of us can do is take solace in the fact that you seem to be completely miserable.

        • Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee
          1·
          1 year ago

          Good to see you’re still up and trolling. You must have had a nice nap. I’m gonna have a great afternoon catching up and warning all the people you talk to about how you’re a self professed asshole