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The Oldest Man: Jul 28, 2003

Blackhawk posted:

Yeah so it's unlikely to get significantly more lethal, but it's just as unlikely to get significantly less lethal and it's also not going anywhere. So the end result is just getting covid and the probability of death or long-term health impacts becomes a fact of life that everyone on the planet has to deal with? Like the cold you get a few times a year except every time you roll the dice for cheese lung? Living past 70 becomes significantly less common, people with compromised immune systems get to measure their remaining lifespan in single-digit years etc. Pretty cool lol.

Only true if you don't wear a respirator and eye protection every moment you're outside your home for the rest of your life

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Google Butt: Oct 4, 2005; Xenology is an unnatural mixture of science fiction and formal logic. At its core is a flawed assumption...

that an alien race would be psychologically human.

the reality is that there's no hope

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:42

BONGHITZ: Jan 1, 1970

Substandard posted:

I paid in 2007 to join a comedy forum, and now I'm a communist with access to reliable COVID info.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:43

McNugget Buddy: Aug 14, 2021; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Blackhawk posted:

Yeah so it's unlikely to get significantly more lethal, but it's just as unlikely to get significantly less lethal and it's also not going anywhere. So the end result is just getting covid and the probability of death or long-term health impacts becomes a fact of life that everyone on the planet has to deal with? Like the cold you get a few times a year except every time you roll the dice for cheese lung? Living past 70 becomes significantly less common, people with compromised immune systems get to measure their remaining lifespan in single-digit years etc. Pretty cool lol.

Or the therapeutics get better and you take some pills for a week whenever you pop positive

That'll keep the unvaccinated alive...at some point. But approval for that isn't coming until next year, and who knows how long manufacturing/distribution will take to reach a global scale.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:44

Blackhawk: Nov 15, 2004

Judakel posted:

i am just trying to give you some hope. I will be wearing my respirator and getting boosters from now on and that's all i can do

Hah yeah I should probably stop doomscrolling and go for a walk or something, all things considered I'm still in a better position than most other people in the world right now. Considering ordering a respirator though, don't think we're going to need them for a while yet here but better to have one now when they're easily available and not try to get one when everone starts panic buying them...

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:44

mastershakeman: Oct 28, 2008; by vyelkin

External Organs posted:

You ever miss Tu Kaluthia?

Never went there - that county is a place I visit each year but we don't go out to eat a ton, just do little+ big lake stuff and some backcountry

We always hit up thills for whitefish though

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:44

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Blackhawk posted:

Honestly not sure on what the end-goal is for covid living in NZ. I'm confident we'll get on top of the current outbreak but it's pretty obvious the rest of the world is just going to keep thrashing around in covid miasma forever. I keep coming back to that chicken disease caused by non-sterilising vaccines with a 100% lethality to non-vaccinated chickens...

Honestly I'd be happy for the country to continue the 'fortress NZ' system indefinitely, with a dedicated quarantine facility in the middle of nowhere that everybody coming from overseas has to go to for a minimum length of time to be tested prior to release into the country. However I just don't see that happening long-term given how a big chunk of the country was built around international tourism in the before-times. What's the alternative though? Open Biden and accept that rates of severe illness and death just go up forever and everyone in the country has to keep getting new vaccines every 6 months which only minimise symptoms?

Seems that unless an actual sterilising vaccine can be developed we're pretty hosed, because even if it swept the planet and everyone got it mutation and re-infection is such that it will never go away. And unlike other diseases that never go away like colds and the flu this one has significantly higher consequences.

I find it interesting that Australian feds are giving up on beating covid while also funding the construction of covid-safe dedicated quarantine facilities in the middle of nowhere close to every big city like you suggested, even though they will take years to build.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:44

Risutora: Dec 28, 2006

Blackhawk posted:

Honestly not sure on what the end-goal is for covid living in NZ. I'm confident we'll get on top of the current outbreak but it's pretty obvious the rest of the world is just going to keep thrashing around in covid miasma forever. I keep coming back to that chicken disease caused by non-sterilising vaccines with a 100% lethality to non-vaccinated chickens...

Honestly I'd be happy for the country to continue the 'fortress NZ' system indefinitely, with a dedicated quarantine facility in the middle of nowhere that everybody coming from overseas has to go to for a minimum length of time to be tested prior to release into the country. However I just don't see that happening long-term given how a big chunk of the country was built around international tourism in the before-times. What's the alternative though? Open Biden and accept that rates of severe illness and death just go up forever and everyone in the country has to keep getting new vaccines every 6 months which only minimise symptoms?

Seems that unless an actual sterilising vaccine can be developed we're pretty hosed, because even if it swept the planet and everyone got it mutation and re-infection is such that it will never go away. And unlike other diseases that never go away like colds and the flu this one has significantly higher consequences.

just tax the climate sanctuary seeking billionaires. nz being harder to get in will only make it more desirable for them

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:44

FistEnergy: Nov 3, 2000; DAY CREW: WORKING HARD; Fun Shoe

Substandard posted:

I paid :zerobux: in 2000 to join a comedy forum, and now I'm a communist with access to reliable COVID info.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:44

Google Butt: Oct 4, 2005; Xenology is an unnatural mixture of science fiction and formal logic. At its core is a flawed assumption...

that an alien race would be psychologically human.

Blackhawk posted:

Hah yeah I should probably stop doomscrolling and go for a walk or something, all things considered I'm still in a better position than most other people in the world right now. Considering ordering a respirator though, don't think we're going to need them for a while yet here but better to have one now when they're easily available and not try to get one when everone starts panic buying them...

get as much suck and gently caress in while you can

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:45

Blackhawk: Nov 15, 2004

Risutora posted:

just tax the climate sanctuary seeking billionaires. nz being harder to get in will only make it more desirable for them

Yeah a ton of them already have remote farm properties and literal bunkers here, so I hope there's enough desire by capital to keep the place free of pandemics. No point letting your bolt hole country get pozzed as well.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:46

Kreeblah: May 17, 2004; INSERT QUACK TO CONTINUE; Taco Defender

Just got my third dose. Didn't even have to Max Titers it up, either. I found a place that didn't give a poo poo. :woop:

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:46

Google Butt: Oct 4, 2005; Xenology is an unnatural mixture of science fiction and formal logic. At its core is a flawed assumption...

that an alien race would be psychologically human.

my genuine recommendation to nzers is to spend as much time as possible with your family and extended family that you care about

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:47

Bruce Hussein Daddy: Dec 26, 2005; I testify that there is none worthy of worship except God and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of God

Today

Yesterday

Since Jul 26
https://imgur.com/a/j5Ag7mG

That might be the most significant one day change I've seen in a month.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:48

The Oldest Man: Jul 28, 2003

Dunno why everyone is upset about the idea of having to wear PPE forever, out of control wildfires were going to make that necessary anyway and you can still do the sundress challenge in an HF800 so what's the problem

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:49

Bruce Hussein Daddy: Dec 26, 2005; I testify that there is none worthy of worship except God and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of God

For comparison, here's the Jul 26 one. Less than a month ago

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:50

Throatwarbler: Nov 17, 2008; by vyelkin

Bastard Tetris posted:

Do I just have a giant head, or are the n95s rubber straps supposed to break after a day�s usage?

The reason why N95 masks have expiration dates is because the elastic in the straps eventually just rot away. I don't think the actual mask material goes bad. You probably got a batch that were expired or close to it.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:51

euphronius: Feb 18, 2009

Bruce Hussein Daddy posted:

Today

Yesterday

Since Jul 26
https://imgur.com/a/j5Ag7mG

That might be the most significant one day change I've seen in a month.

chudlands on fire

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:51

Substandard: Oct 16, 2007; 3rd street for life

Bruce Hussein Daddy posted:

Today

Yesterday

Since Jul 26
https://imgur.com/a/j5Ag7mG

That might be the most significant one day change I've seen in a month.

Well.. the one green Florida county is gone. We are truly hosed.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:51

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Bruce Hussein Daddy, do you have a legend for your maps, like what # each color corresponds to

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:52

tenderjerk: Nov 6, 2008; Can't post for 371 days!

Joementum posted:

just a couple more hours until this super spreader event kicks off

https://twitter.com/RSBNetwork/status/1429152918192730114

lol there are 0 icu beds available in the entire state

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:52

Random Asshole: Nov 8, 2010

Just found out that my personal trainer and her husband are anti-vaxxers. "I'm very healthy person, I live an active lifestyle, I'll be ok!" Thank god we switched to training via Zoom however many months ago.

Edit:
Her daughter goes back to in-person schooling on Tuesday.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:52

Blitter: Mar 16, 2011; Intellectual
AI Enthusiast

Blackhawk posted:

Honestly not sure on what the end-goal is for covid living in NZ. I'm confident we'll get on top of the current outbreak but it's pretty obvious the rest of the world is just going to keep thrashing around in covid miasma forever. I keep coming back to that chicken disease caused by non-sterilising vaccines with a 100% lethality to non-vaccinated chickens...

Honestly I'd be happy for the country to continue the 'fortress NZ' system indefinitely, with a dedicated quarantine facility in the middle of nowhere that everybody coming from overseas has to go to for a minimum length of time to be tested prior to release into the country. However I just don't see that happening long-term given how a big chunk of the country was built around international tourism in the before-times. What's the alternative though? Open Biden and accept that rates of severe illness and death just go up forever and everyone in the country has to keep getting new vaccines every 6 months which only minimise symptoms?

Seems that unless an actual sterilising vaccine can be developed we're pretty hosed, because even if it swept the planet and everyone got it mutation and re-infection is such that it will never go away. And unlike other diseases that never go away like colds and the flu this one has significantly higher consequences.

I see only two global scenarios - if the dominant variants trend to higher CFR, long term side effects, and immunity escape, it will woodchipper enough people that there will be a split into highly regulated privileged clades and hotzones (possibly whole countries or even states).

If the variants trend to decreased CFR and side effects, it'll get patched over with vaccines, recovered immunity, boosters and treatments like influenza.

I hope AU and NZ hold on.

I am not an optimist, and I think this dice rolling attitude is going to mean the selection against increased fatality will only happen once scarcity of hosts occurs.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:52

Zokari: Jul 23, 2007

Substandard posted:

Well.. the one green Florida county is gone. We are truly hosed.

it went from green to dark red in one day

seems legit

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:52

goth smoking cloves: Feb 28, 2011

Bruce Hussein Daddy posted:

Today

Yesterday

Since Jul 26
https://imgur.com/a/j5Ag7mG

That might be the most significant one day change I've seen in a month.

Florida has completely fallen.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:52

Blackhawk: Nov 15, 2004

Google Butt posted:

my genuine recommendation to nzers is to spend as much time as possible with your family and extended family that you care about

Both my and my partners families are in Australia lmao. Parents had planned to fly over here in October to visit but they're in Sydney so that's looking extremely unlikely.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 23:53