Mayor of London Declares 'Major Incident' Over Omicron

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[ericschryver]

Translated: the government will force you into a corner and then "rescue" you with strings attached.

[ARolls-ddzd]

Well that was the plan to destroy small businesses.

[tulsacountytransparency]

I see world governments are still working their hardest on trying to destroy small/middle class businesses.

[zcxnissan]

The mayor of London speaks, tens of thousands lose their jobs.

[jnorfleet]

Must suck living in constant fear and thinking your government is a savior.

[RobinDale]

And yet not a SINGLE WORD on how many hospitalized or died.

[showandgo]

How can you tell if a politician is lying?  He's in front of a camera.

[jtgrec]

funny how when this came out, the doctor who found it said it isn't that bad, this is all about fear, move on and live your life.

[Ryan-mylz]

Don’t let them take your jobs. Fight!

[cece]

The mayor needs to remember that cases do not equal hospitalizations or deaths. Yes Omicron spreads fast and is very contagious. But it is mild. And it is short in duration. We will be fine with Omicron.

[MichaelWilliams-phri]

It is utterly amazing that they can identify (isolate) Omicron vs Alpha, Delta, and Xi in less than 24 hours, since they have yet to isolate ANY variant. I wonder what happened to the flu.🤔

[patchys]

The real question is who started this plague with the different variants and why aren't they held accountable for this mess????

[uio]

This is about control, not about health.

[a.zamora]

I thought omicron had mild symptoms so why get alarmed over it!?

[JohnRinNoHo]

OMG! I've heard that an 89 year old man is believed to have died from the omicron variant!

Isn't this the guy that Trump said was dumber than DeBlasio?

[thevitaldefense]

Has there still only been one verifiable death from omicron?

[jimeagle]

I’m honestly convinced at this point some people are just going to live in their closet.
Forever.

Thanks
~Jim Eagle

[Feisty]

Putz...how much ya gettin' paid, liar?

[CS-nwwu]

Have to keep the fear mongering up, keep the herd scared and dependent on government.

[theobell]

Scrooge: " You There! Boy! What variant is it today?"

The mildest of the "variants" and they're basically saying to you it's as bad as the beginning of this theatre. When will you say enough?