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Goth Odell Beckham posted:If I were you? It would be an 18 hour drive vs a 3 hour flight.
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remigious posted:It would be an 18 hour drive vs a 3 hour flight. Oof, gotcha. I mean I guess it would depend on how comfortable you've felt out and about in public lately. I am a shut-in with crippling anxiety these days and you couldn't pay me enough to go near an airport right now. But countless people manage to do it every day right now without issue. Sorry, I don't have an answer for ya. Good luck.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:https://twitter.com/WadeSpeaks/status/1329553771710480384?s=19  I love when karmic justice happens.
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Goth Odell Beckham posted:Oof, gotcha. Yeah I am a shut-in with anxiety too  It’s a tough call. Appreciate your thoughts!
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A Fancy Hat posted:My brother-in-law (who is a 26 year old man btw) posted on Facebook (lol) that the vaccine was created by Bill Gates to reduce the population of the world by making people infertile. Let’s just accept for a minute that Gates is willing to go to extreme lengths to reduce the world’s population, wouldn’t the infinitely easier way be to just not spend billions of dollars to develop an infertility drug and just let a poo poo ton of people die from COVID? Also starting the vaccine with old people and taking months to get down to people of child bearing age seems counterproductive to the goal.
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Is that 3 hours including early preairport stuff and getting a rental car, and does the 18 hrs include stops for lunch, dinner, bathroom etc?
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pseudodragon posted:Let’s just accept for a minute that Gates is willing to go to extreme lengths to reduce the world’s population, wouldn’t the infinitely easier way be to just not spend billions of dollars to develop an infertility drug and just let a poo poo ton of people die from COVID? Also covid already causes ED. Seems like a bunch better way to control population than the vaccine.
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Dren posted:But what do masks matter when kids are going to go maskless to eat in a cafeteria? Delta is airborne and transmits in seconds. Even if they had the space to distance in a cafeteria it wouldn't matter much. This is an intractable problem, kids need to eat lunch. I work in dining and no one, at any level, has an answer to this. Takeout is the only safe option for the workers and then the students need somewhere to go eat alone, which in most cases they simply won't have.
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remigious posted:It would be an 18 hour drive vs a 3 hour flight.
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Scarodactyl posted:Kids divided into This is a better public health posture than cafeteria eating because it helps limit outbreaks to the pod.
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remigious posted:I know this is gbs, but I’m feeling overwhelmed by conflicting information and I know goons will give me the straight poop. I’m flying with my 7 month old next month and I’m feeling very nervous about the flight. I can’t really protect him. Should I cancel the flight and drive instead, or am I being paranoid? I'm in a bit of a different situation, since I only have a 2 month old, but there is no way I'd be letting him on a plan any time soon. Next month we'll probably be nearing the peak in our current wave nationwide, so I really wouldn't risk it unless you have no other options. How long of a drive is it? How necessary is the trip? Does the baby need to come or is there an alternative where he can stay home? Edit: I see the drive is 18 hours. I guess the later two questions still apply. If you flat out cannot avoid the trip, two 9 hour trips with a hotel stay isn't all that much better. 18 hours drive is rough and would probably involve stopping frequently for diaper changes and such so it's gonna be more than that. wilderthanmild fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Aug 4, 2021 |
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remigious posted:It would be an 18 hour drive vs a 3 hour flight. unless it's for a medical procedure or something else serious, i would just postpone the trip until cases calm down
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I'm scheduled to fly down to Tampa for work in October.... gently caress.
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Inept posted:unless it's for a medical procedure or something else serious, i would just postpone the trip until cases calm down 
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Inept posted:unless it's for a medical procedure or something else serious, i would just postpone the trip until cases calm down I know intellectually that this is the right call, I just haven’t seen my mom for two years and she’s never met the baby. I am worried that she would be crushed if we canceled I just went through a huge ordeal convincing her to get the vaccine too.
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fishing with the fam posted:I'm scheduled to fly down to Tampa for work in October.... RIP
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fishing with the fam posted:I'm scheduled to fly down to Tampa for work in October.... I’m sure Covid will be over by then! 
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remigious posted:I just went through a huge ordeal convincing her to get the vaccine too. If she would like her infant grandchild to get on a plane at that particular moment in addition to the above quoted....yikes. Everyone's situation is different and I love my mom very much but I wouldn't even consider it.
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wilderthanmild posted:Edit: I see the drive is 18 hours. I guess the later two questions still apply. If you flat out cannot avoid the trip, two 9 hour trips with a hotel stay isn't all that much better. 18 hours drive is rough and would probably involve stopping frequently for diaper changes and such so it's gonna be more than that. I'm not sure if you mean what I think you mean, but it reads like you think a hotel stay would be equally as unsafe as a 3-hour flight? As a non-American, I assume there still exist those cheapo motels along the interstates, with separate entrances which we see in movies and TV? As long as you're not sharing hallways, elevators, dining rooms etc with strangers, it's not really very risky to rent a room somewhere. The risk of catching Covid from a maid who cleaned your room earlier in the day is basically 0. So, just avoid the breakfast buffet... (Of course maybe taking 2 days to drive there and 2 days back again is just infeasible? In that case I'd postpone.)
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:I'm not sure if you mean what I think you mean, but it reads like you think a hotel stay would be equally as unsafe as a 3-hour flight? I'm not saying it's exactly as unsafe, but not automatically a safe option and may even be just as unsafe in some cases. One problem is that my understanding is that a lot of hotels circulate air across rooms from one central system, often trying to recirculate air rather than pull in air from outside to save costs on AC and heating. That's the risk, centralized HVAC systems that aren't properly scrubbing the air. It's one of the reasons that even the locked down quarantine cruise ships kept getting cases in situations where people had no exposures to others. Maybe I'm wrong and that's not as common as I think? Edit: Like if I had to go, I'd pick driving. But it's not as rock solid safe as an option as some people might think. Also 10-12 hours a day in a car(considering stops) with a child sounds like hell. wilderthanmild fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Aug 4, 2021 |
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There would be a few other advantages to driving too, like being able to take all of our stuff and get around town on our trip. And I have pto to burn so the time isn’t an issue. But we would definitely be stopping frequently to change baby/let him play a bit. Definitely a lot to think about!
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remigious posted:There would be a few other advantages to driving too, like being able to take all of our stuff and get around town on our trip. And I have pto to burn so the time isn’t an issue. But we would definitely be stopping frequently to change baby/let him play a bit. Definitely a lot to think about! Why can't you ask mom to travel out to you, since she is vaccinated and all? It's still not best practice but at least it is less risky.
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Cross post from other thread https://streamable.com/v49jwh Very worth the listen
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Masks starting to come back locally. We're never going to have a statewide mandate again, but a lot of local chains and businesses are starting to require them again for both vaccinated and unvaccinated.
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John_A_Tallon posted:Why can't you ask mom to travel out to you, since she is vaccinated and all? My mom is very ill. Alcoholism so bad she can hardly walk. That’s a whole incredibly sad can of worms.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Cross post from other thread Boy I sure hope he lives in a one-party consent state edit: lol 
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Cross post from other thread Bet you $20 he supports "right to work" policies.
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wilderthanmild posted:Also 10-12 hours a day in a car(considering stops) with a child sounds like hell. So does 3 hours on a flight with someone else's 7 month old if they're the type to freak out about flying/ears popping or like most at that age unable to be still for 3 hours. Drive.
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remigious posted:I know intellectually that this is the right call, I just haven’t seen my mom for two years and she’s never met the baby. I am worried that she would be crushed if we canceled My mom wants me to come down for the Holidays (thanksgiving or Xmas) .. to Florida. Mine would only be a 11 hour drive, and I've done it before. But, it's Florida. She's vaccinated and extremely cautious. She hardly visits my sister's fam and they're only like an hour away. BIL is fully vaccinated, but Sis was hospitalized from one shot of .. Pfizer? I think. I don't know if she's getting the other shot. Plus, they have friends over and stuff. So, if I went down, ma and I would definitely have to make a trip to their house. I haven't seen any of them since 2019. My mom would totally not push the issue. Got a few months to figure it out, but as the 8-ball says : 'Don't Count On It' Oh, and my mom is a headstart teacher, so Pre-k. And my sister is a principal at an elementary school :/ Florida. yeesh. E- So, I feel you. Just be safe as possible, whatever you choose. blight rhino fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Aug 5, 2021 |
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:Also: I thought this was the Eurkel guy, and couldn't believe he had a 38 year old son. Jaleel White. It's kind of close. But, still that sucks But hey, have a video of Eurkel getting the vaccine : https://news.amomama.com/256757-jaleel-white-shows-himself-getting-covid.html the url is very misleading blight rhino fucked around with this message at 00:15 on Aug 5, 2021 |
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blight rhino posted:I thought this was the Eurkel guy, and couldn't believe he had a 38 year old son. This just triggered a memory of being a comic book nerd in the late 90s learning there was going to be a Spawn movie starring Michael Jai White, making the same mistake and trying to picture how that would work.
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pseudodragon posted:This just triggered a memory of being a comic book nerd in the late 90s learning there was going to be a Spawn movie starring Michael Jai White, making the same mistake and trying to picture how that would work. lol that'd of been something, for sure. "DID I DO THAT"
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"Got any cheeeeese?" "NO!!!" "Wow, this really is hell."
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Cross post from other thread *narrator's voice* Chris is sick, and he did die, uncomfortably and alone, sixteen days after this recording. His last words were "caaaaaa ah whe *gurgle* mmmmm vvvvvvaxin aaaaate me??"
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zer0spunk posted:eh so do i, it's summer. welp in this edition of posts i made that didn't age well, currently showing symptoms. last test was negative on friday, scheduled another pcr this friday. just the usual pressure headache (same one after my shot) and a low grade fever, nothing else yet. assuming i'm positive i'd probably be hosed if not for being vaccinated so get those shots nerds! rip e: j/j shot on 4/5 for anyone curious..also just acting like i'm positive anyway and isolating just in case so i don't kill anybody oh and bonus fun, my mom lives in israel and is now being hesitant about the third shot they have scheduled. she was a giant baby about the first 2 in jan, so not surprised but like, what? you already had two of these, come the gently caress on. she claims she's waiting for FDA approval here for the boosters...so yeah, lets wait a month, great idea zer0spunk fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Aug 5, 2021 |
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blight rhino posted:I thought this was the Eurkel guy, and couldn't believe he had a 38 year old son. wth is an "Eurkel"?
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