Marjorie Taylor Greene Claims COVID Variants 'Hardly Killing Anyone'

About a week after America passed the grim milestone of 800,000 COVID-19 deaths, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed that "hardly anyone" is dying of the current COVID-19 variants and mass vaccinations are unnecessary. Greene repeatedly touts stories about high-risk people beating COVID-19 and vaccinated people still getting sick from the virus, casting doubt on the effectiveness of vaccines. On Friday, Greene posted on Twitter that vaccines are "only necessary when there is no treatment for a disease" and advocated for research to focus on the development of treatments, not vaccines."But there are life-saving treatments for COVID and the variants now are hardly killing anyone," Greene said. "The public should DEMAND the treatments. To go along blindly with tyranny and deception is pure insanity."Nick Dyer, a spokesperson for the Georgia Republican, told Newsweek that the representative was "clearly" referring to the Omicron variant when she said the variants are "hardly killing anyone."Omicron quickly became the dominant variant in the United States and has so far shown to predominantly cause mild disease. It's possible as the variant spreads and limits Delta's ability to infect people, America could see hospitalizations and deaths start to decline. Given the common trajectory of the virus, that's likely going to take weeks to determine, though, as hospitalizations often come weeks after surges in cases and deaths lag behind hospitalizations. Global experts warn against underestimating the Omicron variant because it's not known for certain how it will impact people. Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme, also noted that even if Omicron is less lethal than Delta, if it's extremely infectious, the world could still see the same raw number of hospitalizations and deaths. Delta remains the dominant variant worldwide, accounting for more than 90 percent of sequenced cases, according to the WHO, and is known to cause severe disease. While Omicron is fueling current surges in cases, it's likely that Delta is still circulating and is responsible for many of the country's current hospitalizations and deaths. An estimated 60,000 people are hospitalized because of COVID-19 in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the country is still averaging about 1,200 deaths per day. The antiviral pills that were recently authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could help mark a significant turn in the tide of COVID-19 because they've shown in studies to be extremely effective at preventing people from becoming seriously ill. They're also the first outpatient therapeutic to be authorized that doesn't require a health care professional to administer, which bodes well for their ability to be used widely. Given how easy they are to store, transport and distribute, the pills could help alleviate strain on hospitals and decrease the death


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