Omicron - SquareOffs

Do you still worry about COVID-19 two years into the pandemic?

Asked by ABC 17 News

499 Votes

Do you still worry about COVID-19 two years into the pandemic?

39%

Yes Yes

61%

No No

39%

Yes

Health experts caution that the pandemic isn't over and cases are on the rise in Europe.

Health experts caution that the pandemic isn't over and cases are on the rise in Europe. Show Less

2 Comments

Susie Hunt

We still don't know the full effects on the brain and other organs down the road many years from now for a small portion of the population. So, I hope not to get it and still practice prevention for the most part.

Max

The most dangerous side affect has been TDS complications. There have been serious TDS problems before Covid, but Covid fear mongers', have seen their coping skills diminish immensely. It will take a long time for that to correct itself.

Music One

Anyone who isn't concerned about getting it has not done research on it. You can get it and still die from it even if you are fully vaccinated. They are always coming up with new variants and they don't tell us half of what they find.

Max

If Fauce would be honest, he could help us a lot. He is familiar with the virus, because he and the Wuhan labs created it. Fauce is currently very despondent, because his illegal bio-labs in the Ukraine were discovered and destroyed. I just hope they found all of them.

61%

No

Cases remain at low levels throughout most of the United States, including Central Missouri.

Cases remain at low levels throughout most of the United States, including Central Missouri. Show Less

5 Comments

Jamie McAtee

It’s an endemic now. Let’s all move on!

Debra Riffle

Therapeutics are available to treat Covid. Vaccines are available. Deaths and hospitalizations are way down. Those are the two numbers to focus on.

Benjamin Montgomery

What me worry?

Benjamin Montgomery

I am vaccinated and boosted. Then I got Covid. So there. I think it was bad for the vulnerable, not so bad for folks in good health.

Latterdaysaint

It’s the flu

Has the omicron wave changed your view on vaccination?

Asked by ABC 17 News

348 Votes

Has the omicron wave changed your view on vaccination?

16%

Yes Yes

84%

No No

16%

Yes

More vaccinated people are catching omicron but evidence shows they're not getting as sick and the overwhelming majority of deaths are in unvaccinated people.

More vaccinated people are catching omicron but evidence shows they're not getting as sick and the overwhelming majority of deaths are in unvaccinated people. Show Less

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84%

No

Many people remain skeptical about vaccines -- only 55% of Missourians are vaccinated.

Many people remain skeptical about vaccines -- only 55% of Missourians are vaccinated. Show Less

7 Comments

Wendy Kauffman

Wasn’t taking it before and definitely won’t now since we know it doesn’t work at all!

Adam Schrader

Doesn't work huh. I'd be DEAD without the vaccine. Was hospitalized for a long time last year. Several doctors said I'd be dead without it. Vaccines aren't a guarantee you won't get covid. But it will definitely reduce your symptoms and save your life

Jack L

My opinion hasn`t changed. I agree with Donald Trump, I am both vaccinated and boosted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSfeCqKty9o

Max

That is what I watched, he did support the vaccine. He fast tracked it's creation. If he had not done that, we would not have a vaccine.

Max

That u-tube film makes Biden, his administration, and his followers, look like liars, and hypocrites. Thanks for posting.

Will Mason

Because the media keeps saying crap like this "Omicron has shown the power to evade vaccination, creating a higher number of breakthrough cases." While pretending that they are not trying to manipulate polls such as this one.

Lisa Gore

Because insurance co’s: increased 40% death rates aged 18-65 most not related to Covid, but “unknown” this is around the world, started this trend in 2021, think it’s very probable to say what part of the cause is, fentanyl overdoses& vax. Thx to open borders&Fauci suppression of Iver/hydr efficacy.

Max

Such an odd question. You can be against, or for the vaccine, and still answer the same way as someone else, who has a completely different opinion, than yours.

Lisa Gore

Trump helped produce the initial vaccines. The formulas changed after he was cheated out of his office. They are all still experimental, never tested on humans before, I don’t care who makes it happen, it’s too soon to see what MRNA gene therapy does, it does cause spike protein prod. Which is toxic

Jack L

LOL Make up your mind! First you say the vaccine is worthless, and then you praise Trump for helping to develop it.

Jack L

You must be watching some other film clip. MY film clip is from FOX news and it shows Donald Trump supporting the vaccine

Rise Barnes-Keyes

I'm ill with it currently. No I haven't been tested but I know that I'm positive. Two other women that I work with, both came down with the same illness at the same time as me with the same symptoms and severity (if not worse). They both tested and they are positive. Didn't help them. Common sense.

Letitia DenHartog

I was already vaccinated and boosted before Omicron

Are you concerned after omicron was found in Missouri?

Asked by ABC 17 News

220 Votes

Are you concerned after omicron was found in Missouri?

35%

Yes Yes

65%

No No

35%

Yes

Health agencies have labeled the new omicron coronavirus variant a "variant of concern" and are watching to see if this heavily mutated strain is more easily spread.

Health agencies have labeled the new omicron coronavirus variant a "variant of concern" and are watching to see if this heavily mutated strain is more easily spread. Show Less

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65%

No

Whether omicron will be worse than the dominant delta variant remains to be seen.

Whether omicron will be worse than the dominant delta variant remains to be seen. Show Less

4 Comments

Lisa Howard Glass

I voted no, because the doc in South Africa said it was mild...and nobody has died of Omicron. So the media is just being assholes again with their scare porn. It'd be nice if instead of being maliciously irresponsible trash, the ppl going to J school could actually be rational & sane again.

Will Mason

Because Chicken little has been claiming that the sky is falling for the last 1.5 years.

Max

The Border Patrol recorded nearly 1.7 million apprehensions last year, eclipsing the record set in 2000. None of these are vaccinated, and many are allowed to stay, after being sent all over the USA. Why would I be concerned. Biden appears to know how serious this is, and he doesn't care.

Kevin Blount

I'm fully vaccinated, so I'm less concerned that unvaccinated should be. COVID can be fatal. Please get the shot, even just one is helpful to everyone.

Omicron SquareOffs

Do you still worry about COVID-19 two years into the pandemic?

39% Yes Yes

61% No No

39% Yes

61% No

Has the omicron wave changed your view on vaccination?

16% Yes Yes

84% No No

16% Yes

84% No

Are you concerned after omicron was found in Missouri?

35% Yes Yes

65% No No

35% Yes

65% No

About Omicron

39%

Yes Yes

61%

No No

39%

Yes

61%

No

16%

Yes Yes

84%

No No

16%

Yes

84%

No

35%

Yes Yes

65%

No No

35%

Yes

65%

No