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tuyop
Sep 15, 2006

Every second that we're not growing BASIL is a second wasted

Fun Shoe

What? No we don't, we just sanction the behaviour and the seatbelt deniers just accept the social and legal costs they incur, if any.

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fosborb
Dec 15, 2006



Chronic Good Poster

Sushi The Kid posted:

Get this, my insurance never sent me any kind of bill, neither did the hospital. Month in the ICU is free right?

... did you happen to travel near fort detrick in 2013?

Donkwich
Feb 28, 2011


Grimey Drawer

tuyop posted:

Yeah I cannot wrap my head around the libbrain idea that all masks are equal.

lib brain treats the mask as a talisman that will ward off evil covid no matter how weak or ineffective it is

McNugget Buddy
Aug 14, 2021

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1451192989699637254

https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1451204216538738689

lol Jesus Christ

So instead of doubling the amount of doses per vial from 15 to 30 by switching to smaller 50mcg doses, the vial’s stopper only allows 5 additional doses to be pulled (20 total)

They nerfed their loving vaccine for nothing

Rah!
Feb 21, 2006


mod sassinator posted:

i can't believe there's still no no push to get people wearing more effective masks, especially in light of delta. walking around target last night and everyone is still wearing cloth poo poo or floppy surgicals. N95s and KN95s are super rare, and I can count on one hand the number of KF94's I've seen in the wild ever. it's the easiest little change that on the global scale would almost certainly start cutting down transmission.

also big lmao that they've just completely memory holed and dropped the whole idea of double masking surgical masks with cloth

yeah i've probably seen like a dozen people with n95s since this poo poo started

i was just reminded of the time i was wearing my n95, as always, and walking across a freeway overpass. Half way over, this old maskless lady entered the other end coming towards me. She could have chose the other side, which was totally empty, but no she continued walking towards me. Then when she got next to me, she scolded me for not crossing the street (a busy one, at that) to give her space. i told to wear a loving mask lol

Studio
Jan 15, 2008



McNugget Buddy posted:

They nerfed their loving vaccine for nothing

They can also sell more vaccines, OP

pillsburysoldier
Feb 11, 2008

Yo, peep that shit

Holding-your-breath strats

Rescue Toaster
Mar 13, 2003

Glumwheels posted:

Should I just buy 3m n95 masks instead? My wife won’t wear a respirator.

Absolute most important thing is fit. I bought like 6 different varieties of 3M and Moldex N95's to find one that fits me and one that fits my wife. The few that didn't fit at all I gave away, the couple that fit so-so I kept for just working with sawdust or whatnot.

I did finally get a respirator but yeah my wife is not crazy about it (she's not immunsuppressed like me but she is boosted now so whatever). But the N95's she has fit really well.

I have a pile of Powecom KN95's for any cases where I'm outside and might possibly have a neighbor walk up to me or something, I always have something at least in my pocket.

Louisgod
Sep 25, 2003

Always Watching
Bread Liar

McNugget Buddy posted:

lol Jesus Christ

So instead of doubling the amount of doses per vial from 15 to 30 by switching to smaller 50mcg doses, the vial’s stopper only allows 5 additional doses to be pulled (20 total)

They nerfed their loving vaccine for nothing

nah this is totally by design, that way they can get paid the exact same amount without adjusting anything, and Moderna doesn't give a poo poo if the rest is thrown away since they got theirs.

tuyop
Sep 15, 2006

Every second that we're not growing BASIL is a second wasted

Fun Shoe

Donkwich posted:

lib brain treats the mask as a talisman that will ward off evil covid no matter how weak or ineffective it is

I guess I really just don't understand magic.

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right

Cabbages and Kings posted:

they are both believers, vaxxed, etc but my parents are in their 70s and barely leave home and my brother is 50 and he and his wife are about to fly to the Czech Republic which I can tell is breaking my mom's brain slightly

I don't loving get it. I can understand thinking COVID is fake and getting on a plane to Czechland. I can't understand being double vaxxed, in line for a booster, having two kids who got through full blown COVID, and looking at the news right now and thinking "yep, for sure, flying to Europe to go sightseeing makes a lot of sense" :allears:

Although the Czech Republic had one of the worst covid outbreaks in the world Sept 2020 to May 2021 (much worse than the US!) their reported numbers then dropped really low and their cases & deaths have been lower than the US since late May, and their fully vaxxed rate also caught up with the US recently. Putting the dangers of an international plane trip aside, covid conditions actually looked better in the Czech Republic these last few months compared the the US ........ riiiiiiiiight up until a few weeks ago when cases started increasing again, and at the current rates their per capita case rate will catch up with the US in a few weeks.


E: it's not easy to pick which one of these countries I'd rather be in right now

https://ourworldindata.org/explorer...country=CZE~USA

Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Oct 21, 2021

papa horny michael
Aug 18, 2009

by Pragmatica
Biden administration specifically lead mask off efforts months and months ago to hopefully get more people vaccinated. there was no going back after that.

Rah!
Feb 21, 2006


McNugget Buddy posted:

https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1451192989699637254

https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1451204216538738689

lol Jesus Christ

So instead of doubling the amount of doses per vial from 15 to 30 by switching to smaller 50mcg doses, the vial’s stopper only allows 5 additional doses to be pulled (20 total)

They nerfed their loving vaccine for nothing

lol

:d2a:

Sushi The Kid
Sep 10, 2005
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fosborb posted:

... did you happen to travel near fort detrick in 2013?

Nah.

Edit: probably shouldn't post that.

papa horny michael
Aug 18, 2009

by Pragmatica

tuyop posted:

What? No we don't, we just sanction the behaviour and the seatbelt deniers just accept the social and legal costs they incur, if any.

Vaccine mandates, mask mandates, and seatbelt interlock systems all work for their intended purposes, but the government would rather passively bug people.

Notahippie
Feb 4, 2003

Kids, it's not cool to have Shane MacGowan teeth

tuyop posted:

What? No we don't, we just sanction the behaviour and the seatbelt deniers just accept the social and legal costs they incur, if any.

Fun fact: one reason why you don't see many European cars on American streets or vice-versa is the differing safety standards. European standards only require airbags to protect the areas where a seatbelted person would impact the car, American standards require airbags to protect a non-belted person.

UnfortunateSexFart
May 18, 2008

𒃻 𒌓ð’‰𒋫 𒆷ð’€𒅅𒆷
𒆠𒂖 𒌉 𒌫 ð’®𒈠𒈾𒅗 𒂉 𒉡𒌒𒂉𒊑


Asproigerosis posted:

lol australia lived in 1984 for a year and gave up anyway what a bunch of rubes

Here's people celebrating our failure at the stroke of midnight when lockdown ended (audio on)

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7021507657408318726

Trying to prevent death is bad, failing at it is GOOD! Wooo!

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/aginnt/status/1451238837515165701?t=05qG6DXtluBP44k-5xOWeA&s=19

BEAR GRYLLZ
Jul 30, 2006

I have strong erections for Israel.
Strong, pathetic erections.

fosborb posted:

and we will continue to learn nothing! the world proudly proclaims

https://twitter.com/DrZoeHyde/status/1451204563197829132?t=_wZYZ_k7xUf1j_TtaZ_1kA&s=19

issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding airborne AIDS

you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta catch it"

UnfortunateSexFart
May 18, 2008

𒃻 𒌓ð’‰𒋫 𒆷ð’€𒅅𒆷
𒆠𒂖 𒌉 𒌫 ð’®𒈠𒈾𒅗 𒂉 𒉡𒌒𒂉𒊑


fosborb posted:

and we will continue to learn nothing! the world proudly proclaims

https://twitter.com/DrZoeHyde/status/1451204563197829132?t=_wZYZ_k7xUf1j_TtaZ_1kA&s=19

I've had these exact mystery ailments for basically my entire adult life, never thought a virus may have caused it.

Teabag Dome Scandal
Mar 19, 2002


mod sassinator posted:

i can't believe there's still no no push to get people wearing more effective masks, especially in light of delta. walking around target last night and everyone is still wearing cloth poo poo or floppy surgicals. N95s and KN95s are super rare, and I can count on one hand the number of KF94's I've seen in the wild ever. it's the easiest little change that on the global scale would almost certainly start cutting down transmission.

also big lmao that they've just completely memory holed and dropped the whole idea of double masking surgical masks with cloth

The hospital system I work for is currently trialing a roll out of a ban on cloth masks for all visitors. Surgical masks are good enough tho.

mystes
May 31, 2006

Is GE all chuds?

Teabag Dome Scandal posted:

The hospital system I work for is currently trialing a roll out of a ban on cloth masks for all visitors. Surgical masks are good enough tho.
Just ban masks entirely! It's the american way!

mystes fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Oct 21, 2021

DR FRASIER KRANG
Feb 4, 2005

"Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

Teabag Dome Scandal posted:

The hospital system I work for is currently trialing a roll out of a ban on cloth masks for all visitors. Surgical masks are good enough tho.

at least the fit of a surgical is consistent. have you seen the wild rear end mask configurations people use when they can supply their own materials?

Cyber Punk 90210
Jan 7, 2004

The War Has Changed

Atrocious Joe posted:

Look at what Australian cops are doing to people who refuse to mask up

https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1450552971926835200?s=20

I've been heckling cops without masks on the subway but just little heckles. Guess it's time to ramp it up

papa horny michael
Aug 18, 2009

by Pragmatica
does anyone know if the ge /Lockheed Martin walkouts are union organized?

Louisgod
Sep 25, 2003

Always Watching
Bread Liar

mystes posted:

Is GE all chuds?

Just ban masks entirely! It's the american way!

every single person walking in that video look like stereotypical chuds

mystes
May 31, 2006

mod sassinator posted:

i can't believe there's still no no push to get people wearing more effective masks, especially in light of delta. walking around target last night and everyone is still wearing cloth poo poo or floppy surgicals. N95s and KN95s are super rare, and I can count on one hand the number of KF94's I've seen in the wild ever. it's the easiest little change that on the global scale would almost certainly start cutting down transmission.

also big lmao that they've just completely memory holed and dropped the whole idea of double masking surgical masks with cloth
Are you expecting this push to come from liberals or from chuds?

Edit: or from Fauci, lol

mystes fucked around with this message at 19:15 on Oct 21, 2021

Slider
Jun 6, 2004

POINTS
The interest people have after seeing a proper n95 or respirator is just lol

Yeah bitch I've had asthma my whole life life and I like breathing as is currently

Slider
Jun 6, 2004

POINTS
You motgerfucker!!!!

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

mystes posted:

Just ban masks entirely! It's the american way!

I'm waiting for this part to come, I know it's coming at some point, just a matter of who tries it first

mdemone
Mar 14, 2001

Phigs posted:

I don't fear needles but one day I was getting a mole removed and since needles don't bother me I decided to watch the doctor injecting the local anesthetic. She pushed in the needle and it went way further than I was expecting and then she tilted it up a little bit before injecting. My body just immediately reacted with extreme nausea, my face flushed, my whole body felt 'fuzzy' like blurred sensation, and it felt like my body couldn't decide between fainting and throwing up. It was pretty amazing. I guess humans just really instinctively don't like stuff to be stuck in their flesh and then moved around. That experience made me think the people who hate needles probably think about it moving around whereas the rest of us just imagine a clean in and out.

classic vasovagal reaction. I've done it a few times

Fireside Nut
Feb 10, 2010

turp


UnfortunateSexFart posted:

Here's people celebrating our failure at the stroke of midnight when lockdown ended (audio on)

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7021507657408318726

Trying to prevent death is bad, failing at it is GOOD! Wooo!

lol cheering on impending death and disablement



lol at the cough halfway through



everything is always so loving stupid

Vishass
Feb 1, 2004


I tried finding news of this that wasn't on like FreedomEagle.chud and all I saw were 2 local TV stories that showed 15-30 people on the side of the road.

I think a walkout happened, but I'm suspicious they just attached an unrelated selfie video and threw out "750 employees"

pillsburysoldier
Feb 11, 2008

Yo, peep that shit

I would walk out and have a big, long lunch.

Then wfh

Teabag Dome Scandal
Mar 19, 2002


poo poo POST MALONE posted:

at least the fit of a surgical is consistent. have you seen the wild rear end mask configurations people use when they can supply their own materials?

i have a friend who is still sewing them for people

Bob Socko
Feb 20, 2001


They're better off, GE is a monstrous company. Go out there and find someplace that treats you like a person. :unsmith:

Why Am I So Tired
Sep 28, 2021

Fireside Nut posted:

everything is always so loving stupid

Lacrosse
Jun 16, 2010

>:V


Quebec Bagnet posted:

one of the most vivid memories i have of the entire pandemic is from a few months ago when i was walking down the street and saw someone jackhammering a sidewalk while wearing a surgical mask on their chin

Silicosis is a hoax! Wake up sheeple!

Glumwheels
Jan 25, 2003

https://twitter.com/BidenHQ
Thanks for the mask chat, I’ll get a sampler of kf94 from behealthy and some moldex 3m n95 masks to see what we like best. We like the powecom masks but wanted to up our game a bit and get something better. I’m a little paranoid now heading into winter. The powecom straps loosen quit a bit after awhile too.

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Tjadeth
Sep 16, 2012

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
2nd Battalion
VOLUNTEER
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Phigs posted:

I don't fear needles but one day I was getting a mole removed and since needles don't bother me I decided to watch the doctor injecting the local anesthetic. She pushed in the needle and it went way further than I was expecting and then she tilted it up a little bit before injecting. My body just immediately reacted with extreme nausea, my face flushed, my whole body felt 'fuzzy' like blurred sensation, and it felt like my body couldn't decide between fainting and throwing up. It was pretty amazing. I guess humans just really instinctively don't like stuff to be stuck in their flesh and then moved around. That experience made me think the people who hate needles probably think about it moving around whereas the rest of us just imagine a clean in and out.

can people usually not... feel the needle?

I always thought doctors were trying to tell a soothing lie when they say "just a pinch" instead of "notable prick followed immediately by the uneasy sensation of something moving under your skin"

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