RoboChrist 9000 posted:

Like is there any data or compelling theories? Why is it that it seems like whether or not you get long-term consequences from COVID seems utterly random and does not seem to correspond with age or comorbidities? There's a clear relationship between being unhealthy or old and dying from COVID, but not so much from whether or not COVID fucks you up for life.

jetz0r posted:

Unemployment ends on sept 6th and sept 11th, for federal extended claims.

i'm gonna get kicked off UI on 9/11 when we hit a 9/11 worth of covid deaths.

lol

lmao

i'm lmaoing because if i start crying, i won't stop.

Gravybong posted:

some of those that work forces
want the paste that’s for horses

WampaLord posted:

Agean90 posted:

There will be no endemic violence.

Gravybong posted:

some of those that work forces
want the paste that’s for horses

Gravybong posted:

some of those that work forces
want the paste that’s for horses

RoboChrist 9000 posted:

Isn't that more a consequence of the vent itself, rather than COVID, and falls under the purview of unfortunate breakthrough cases that *do* require hospitalization, which would be expected even under most normal circumstances?
Like my understanding - and again correct me if I'm wrong - is that those sorts of outcomes (hospitalization and/or death) would be expected as a minority of breakthrough cases, but by no means common assuming people are vaccinated and get boosters ever 4 months or so.

Like, again, my understanding is that the vaccines are by and large very good at preventing death and hospitalization and just bad at preventing whatever exactly long COVID is.

empty whippet box posted:

there literally already is endemic violence though?

WampaLord posted:

Gravybong posted:

some of those that work forces
want the paste that’s for horses

McNugget Buddy posted:

From memory:

-If you absorb COVID through the eyeballs, that could cause loss of sense/smell
-Oxygen deprivation causes brain damage (if your lungs handled COVID poorly, the more likely you are to have complications)
-Mumps titers being high via MMR causes kids to rarely have complications from COVID, and variable mumps titers in adults might explain the wide range of people who are symptomatic/asymptomatic

Gates Foundation is taking their sweet rear end time with their MMR trial - I think they should have results by the end of the year.

mod sassinator posted:

Boston data shows 5% of breakthrough cases were hospitalized (it's even higher in more recent data): https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/breakthrough-covid-cases-in-massachusetts-what-we-know/2457920/

Seattle, similar data ~5-10% of breakthroughs are still hospitalized: https://publichealthinsider.com/2021/08/06/video-dr-jeff-duchins-covid-19-press-briefing-august-5-2021/

Breakthrough hospitalizations are not rare and are happening at the same rate as unvaccinated people. It's just that breakthrough cases are less common as the vaccine helps to keep you from getting the breakthrough case in the first place. But once infected it looks like your odds of getting hospitalized or dying (1-1.25% CFR still seen in breakthrough cases from that data above) are the same no matter if you were vaccinated or not.

space chandeliers posted:

Gravybong posted:

some of those that work forces
want the paste that’s for horses

WampaLord posted:

Schmeichy posted:

Shittin in the name of

space chandeliers posted:

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

the horse paste stuff is literally breaking my brain. i just genuinely can’t process it. that people are so loving stupid that are taking animal dewormer over just getting a loving vaccine is just wild

america has always been this stupid?????

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Zokari posted:

tfw the violence is so endemic even the person lecturing you about it doesnt notice it

FistEnergy posted:

it's absolutely wild and it owns lmao

they're demanding Death instead of admitting they were wrong and it's incredible

space chandeliers posted:

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Lol the rest of the world knows quite well that it’s a deadly virus, you dingdong

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

RoboChrist 9000 posted:

I thought we were seeing long COVID, including brain damage, in individuals who had otherwise mild cases of COVID. Wouldn't that imply that the brain damage is not the simple result of oxygen deprivation?

Again, I'm not like trying to say you're wrong or be confrontational. I'm - hah - just asking questions because I don't know much biology.

quote:

In the lungs, scientists have reported cloudy white areas called “ground glass opacities” in asymptomatic patients. Ground glass opacities are also seen patients with more severe COVID-19.

Across four different studies of people with asymptomatic infections, about half have had ground glass opacities on CT scans.

space chandeliers posted:

Gravybong posted:

some of those that work forces
want the paste that’s for horses

quote:

COVID-19 and Sexual Desire: Perceived Fear Is Associated with Enhanced Relationship Functioning

Lifestyle changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic had mostly negative consequences for individual, relationship, and sexual functioning. However, some individuals have reported increases in sexual desire and made new additions to their sex lives. Given that stress-provoking situations can sometimes make mortality more salient and heighten sexual desire, it is possible that lifestyle changes and fear of COVID-19 infection may have benefited some relationships. We conducted a cross-sectional study with 303 romantically involved adults (58.1% men) and found that lifestyle changes were associated with negative changes in one's sex life, unrelated to wanting to spend time with one's partner, and positively associated with relationship quality. Lifestyle changes were also positively associated with sexual desire, but only for participants with high (vs. low) fear of COVID-19 infection. For these participants, sexual desire was associated with positive changes in one's sex life and wanting to spend time with one's partner, but not with overall relationship quality. Results were consistent after controlling for pandemic-related anxiety and demographic variables. This study advances literature focused on the importance of romantic relationships in stress-provoking situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic by shedding light on the association between sexual desire and personal and relational well-being.

Salt Fish posted:

Brain damage itself is a mild symptom.

soscannonballs posted:

So I went to publix for my third shot and they refused me since I am not a literal cancer/aids patient. Walked across the street to Walgreens and got my new first shot.

McNugget Buddy posted:

Follow-up visits of otherwise mild patients have been revealing lung damage - even if your oxygen sats don't plummet, that doesn't mean the virus isn't eating your lungs

From last year:

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200811/asymptomatic-covid-silent-but-maybe-not-harmless