COVID-19 Coronavirus News and Updates

[MWoO]

How are you confused? He signed the bill, as is, based on a verbal commitment that the Congress will pass a stand alone bill to increase direct payments to $2000. Basically, he called their bluff and lost. McConnell and the Senate can still prevent the increase.

 

[LittleJerry92]

So I think we’re all in agreement that covid will pretty much be around throughout the entirety of 2021. Right?

Okay cool. Thought so

 

[fuzzygobo]

Mask and social distance like we did all year. As more get vaccinated, things should ease up a little bit.

 

[D'Snowth]

It's being reported that China has actually convicted and jailed eight whistleblowers who were reporting about the virus in Wuhan during the early stages of the pandemic.

"Whistleblowers"? What does that mean? And why are they being jailed for reporting about the virus? Does this mean Trump, Republicans, and all of those crazy conspiracy theorists were actually right all along about China creating this virus to infect the world in some kind of act of biological/germ warfare after all?

 

[D'Snowth]

And now, thanks to Moscow Mitch, we're back down to $600 checks again. I will never comprehend why Republicans hate helping their fellow Americans so much; they really are completely heartless and soulless monsters with no conscience.

 

[D'Snowth]

Colorado first state in U.S. to confirm new, more contagious strain of COVID-19

The first known U.S. case of the highly contagious new strain of the coronavirus that’s spreading through the United Kingdom has been discovered in a rural Colorado county, indicating the variant likely has circulated in the state and…

www.denverpost.com

Oh, but I thought the virus didn't mutate or vary. More fake news?

 

[MuppetsRule]

Colorado first state in U.S. to confirm new, more contagious strain of COVID-19

The first known U.S. case of the highly contagious new strain of the coronavirus that’s spreading through the United Kingdom has been discovered in a rural Colorado county, indicating the variant likely has circulated in the state and…

www.denverpost.com

Oh, but I thought the virus didn't mutate or vary. More fake news?

I'll repeat what I said before.

Yes the virus has mutated to something more transmittable. All viruses do. The mutated virus is no more dangerous than the original virus though and the vaccines will work against the mutated virus as well. Perhaps in a few years it will mutate to the point that the current vaccines don't work but then we tweak the vaccine. Just like we do with the flu vaccine. The sky isn't falling Chicken Little

 

[LittleJerry92]

People are still dying from this virus though. It isn’t one that should just be treated like the flu.

 

[MWoO]

Colorado first state in U.S. to confirm new, more contagious strain of COVID-19

The first known U.S. case of the highly contagious new strain of the coronavirus that’s spreading through the United Kingdom has been discovered in a rural Colorado county, indicating the variant likely has circulated in the state and…

www.denverpost.com

Oh, but I thought the virus didn't mutate or vary. More fake news?

Literally no one said that.

 

[MWoO]

People are still dying from this virus though. It isn’t one that should just be treated like the flu.

People due from the flu. People die from a lot of stuff that we do not shutdown for.