Steve Yun posted:

Reseated skull mask still looks cool even without exhale filter yay

mdemone posted:

okay this is really making me rethink my feeling that "the vanguard" is a misguided way to approach political change.

we need a people's army rolling across the globe, and we need it yesterday.

put needles in arms now

Evil_Greven posted:

had an awful fever today but it seems to have lessened, reminds me of when i got my 2nd shot
no other symptoms except now-gone body aches
not sure if covid or something else

quote:

COPENHAGEN (AFP) - The head of the WHO Europe was on Friday (Sept 10) pessimistic about vaccines' ability to put an end to the Covid pandemic, as new variants dash hopes of reaching herd immunity.

Faced with the possibility that the virus may be around for many years, health officials must now "anticipate how to gradually adapt our vaccination strategy", in particular on the question of additional doses, Dr Hans Kluge told reporters.

In May, the WHO director had said "the pandemic will be over once we reach 70 per cent minimum coverage in vaccination".

Asked by AFP if that figure was still a target or whether more people would need to be vaccinated, Dr Kluge acknowledged that the situation had changed due to new, more transmissible variants, such as Delta.

"I think it brings us to the point that the aim of a vaccination is first and foremost to prevent more serious disease, and that's mortality," he said.

"If we consider that Covid will continue to mutate and remain with us, the way influenza is, then we should anticipate how to gradually adapt our vaccination strategy to endemic transmission and gather really precious knowledge about the impact of additional jabs," he added.

Epidemiologists now suggest that it is unrealistic that herd immunity can be reached solely with the use of vaccines, though they remain crucial to contain the pandemic.

High vaccination rates are also necessary to "to unload the pressure from healthcare systems" that desperately need to treat other diseases pushed to the backburner by Covid, Dr Kluge said.

The Delta variant is considered to be 60 per cent more transmissible than the previous dominant variant Alpha, and twice as contagious as the original virus.

The more contagious the virus, the higher the bar for reaching herd immunity, which is when enough people are immune that the virus stops circulating.

That can be obtained either by vaccination or natural infection.

SplitSoul posted:

I thought I knew what that felt like after having dealt with it for more than two decades, but I guess not. They admitted me after I mentioned familial heart issues, but I'm apparently a picture of health as far as that's concerned.

Digestion also triggers it somehow, so that's awesome.

mdemone posted:

okay this is really making me rethink my feeling that "the vanguard" is a misguided way to approach political change.

we need a people's army rolling across the globe, and we need it yesterday.

put needles in arms now

CynicallyTested posted:

that’s what you think a hypothetical people’s army should by doing…?? lmfao

mystes posted:

At this rate I can't even imagine what mu is going to be like.

empty whippet box posted:

goodbye covid thread, I dared to say that I don't think it's cool to call people 'retard' casually all the time so now im getting av changed and harassed and poo poo so i am just not gonna post anymore see ya later!!!! probably never!! I shouldn't have spent $5 to wipe my av because i am very poor but I don't feel like going around having bigoted slurs attached to all my posts and the harassment is probably going to continue so w/e im just done

pillsburysoldier posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/debdrens/status/1437204246009688069

SplitSoul posted:

Also weed suddenly fucks me up in a bad way now and I still don't know what's wrong. What a fun week. Just wonderful.

Zantie posted:

This is how I spend my weekends now, making animations of cases growing in Washington state over time. Next on my list is hospitalizations!

https://i.imgur.com/mU7GOsZ.mp4

[Edit] The little '+' next to some dates in Jan. are estimates as I'm missing those three weeks.

mastershakeman posted:

I saw f9 in theaters while masked since I had a horrible cold . It ruled , great time

I'll see dune as well but not sure if I'll n95 vs respirator. Probably n95 to avoid dealing with the scolds

Koirhor posted:

i mean when asked if someone is overweight people imagine the average bloated american land whale but that extra 10lbs of beer gut is enough to do damage.

5’10” dude should ideally weight 155 lbs

gradenko_2000 posted:

QAnon and pizzagate started circulating specifically after Epstein was arrested. Not only is it a way to bury google search results, it's also a way to be able to write-off anyone investigating "conspiracy theories" as being a QAnon-er

turd in my singlet posted:

BMI "overweight" only matters if you don't have any muscle. 155 is tiny for 5'10"

Shear Modulus posted:

when mods put in a request to blank or change a person's title/avatar it doesnt happen automatically but still goes into the mod queue where it sits until an admin approves it

McNugget Buddy posted:

I had the bright idea to eat nothing but Oreos for a couple days a few years ago, and I started getting chest pain in the middle of the night. Took a multivitamin and it went away within a couple hours.

Giving yourself scurvy isn't fun

Blackhawk posted:

RIP Auckland, 33 cases today, so still bouncing around the southern suburbs, very unlikely we get to go down a restriction level for at least another week. Got my first taste of titers today too finally.

Chard posted:

post pics bithc

Steve Yun posted:

Reseated skull mask still looks cool even without exhale filter yay

SplitSoul posted:

I thought I knew what that felt like after having dealt with it for more than two decades, but I guess not. They admitted me after I mentioned familial heart issues, but I'm apparently a picture of health as far as that's concerned.

Digestion also triggers it somehow, so that's awesome.

Shifty Nipples posted:

Uh I didn't realize it had become ok to use the r word here I think that is kind of hosed up and not cool.

nomad2020 posted:

I hate BMI, if you want to see how fat you are in a way that predicts the likelihood of your heart exploding try waist to hip ratio. larger than .9 means you're fat, above 1 is obese. Less than .8 is the opposite problem.

example. your rear end is 40" so your waist better be 36" or less.

Doctor posted:

I'm due back in class tomorrow to teach for the first time in over a year and a half and I have already started drinking tonight. University of British Columbia already sending out multiple exposure notices in their first goddamn week. Luckily my uni isn't quite as crazy big as UBC but even so. These loving capitalist pigs are marching us right back into the COVID mines without a shred of remorse. I pleaded to go online, or to delay class start dates, but everything was denied. I really did try.

mastershakeman posted:

Mr Hootington posted:

Lmao you should empathize with these people!


What a loving joke

smoobles posted:

what's the R word? rtump?

Helith posted:

I’m not embarrassed to say I squeed out loud when I saw your kitten
just too adorable