The US just recorded its first omicron death in Texas

[LurksNoMore]

@Shuck

The whole “covid party” thing has always been weird - people do it to get protection from infection… by infecting themselves with the thing they’re trying to get protection against - but it’s especially dumb as it doesn’t help against variants.

Obligatory, and recent, xkcd:

Immunity

[Shuck]

@LurksNoMore

“This plan may sound appealing to people who know a little about the immune system, but the drawbacks are clear to people who know a lot about the immune system and also to people who don’t know anything about it.”

Ha ha ha. Yeah, you’d think