Topo Chico Debarge posted:

i kinda wanted to make a 2022 predictions thread last month, but i didn't know if that would be gauche. like cspam is doomer, whatever. but theres variation in that. like i too think that your opinion is in the minority, but im just guessing.

mediaphage posted:

so i really think you could get away with just wiping things down with a germicidal cloth. also, ozone is actually a respiratory irritant and you want to minimize generating it in your house.

with that said, these masks are silicone, right? should be pretty stable on the silicone parts but who knows what it might be doing to anything else

it really seems like way more effort than you talk about. i'm not trying to pile on but i fail to see how this is easier (especially with constantly failing containers) than just using a wipe

mediaphage posted:

so i really think you could get away with just wiping things down with a germicidal cloth. also, ozone is actually a respiratory irritant and you want to minimize generating it in your house.

with that said, these masks are silicone, right? should be pretty stable on the silicone parts but who knows what it might be doing to anything else

it really seems like way more effort than you talk about. i'm not trying to pile on but i fail to see how this is easier (especially with constantly failing containers) than just using a wipe

Bearjew posted:

on a scale of 69 to 420, how over is covid

nexous posted:

1337

crepeface posted:

yoloer420 posted:

Yeah, I learnt that ozone is fairly rough, I now vent that outside.

It might be more effort during the initial setup, but right now, when I get home the procedure is as follows:

• enter garage
  
• drop mask, keys, etc into box
  
• walk into house
  
• use google assistant routine to activate UV lamps for 30 mins
  
• drop clothes in washing machine
  
• take shower
  

The mask, my keys, everything else are disinfected and waiting for me when I need them next. I'm coming to the realisation that I may be on the extreme end of cautiousness even for this thread.

Blitter posted:

Bearjew posted:

on a scale of 69 to 420, how over is covid

Rauros posted:

are you the guy that started yelling at me that i was unclean in the grocery store at 9PM, because i was wearing my half mask and scrubs from my veterinary shift?

Platystemon posted:

The nonsilicone parts of the body are polybutylene terephthalate. The straps are polyester/polyurethane, and the cradle is polyethylene.

Thoguh posted:

https://twitter.com/vprasadmdmph/status/1482760622890786818?s=21

Gotta do a bunch of unethical long term trials and see how many more kids die in the control group before we can do anything. Precautionary measures in the face of uncertainty do not merit consideration.

kreeningsons posted:

This reminds me of the time our IT guy used a company fire extinguisher to put out a fire in our office caused by faulty wiring, saving the company at the very least several hundred thousand dollars in damages. He was then fired because he wasn't trained to use a fire extinguisher. Also our company didn't even have a fire extinguisher training program. Also he was a volunteer fire fighter.

Blitter posted:

yoloer420 posted:

Yeah, I learnt that ozone is fairly rough, I now vent that outside.

It might be more effort during the initial setup, but right now, when I get home the procedure is as follows:

• enter garage
  
• drop mask, keys, etc into box
  
• walk into house
  
• use google assistant routine to activate UV lamps for 30 mins
  
• drop clothes in washing machine
  
• take shower
  

The mask, my keys, everything else are disinfected and waiting for me when I need them next. I'm coming to the realisation that I may be on the extreme end of cautiousness even for this thread.

Blitter posted:

yoloer420 posted:

Yeah, I learnt that ozone is fairly rough, I now vent that outside.

It might be more effort during the initial setup, but right now, when I get home the procedure is as follows:

• enter garage
  
• drop mask, keys, etc into box
  
• walk into house
  
• use google assistant routine to activate UV lamps for 30 mins
  
• drop clothes in washing machine
  
• take shower
  

The mask, my keys, everything else are disinfected and waiting for me when I need them next. I'm coming to the realisation that I may be on the extreme end of cautiousness even for this thread.

Blitter posted:

Platystemon posted:

The nonsilicone parts of the body are polybutylene terephthalate. The straps are polyester/polyurethane, and the cradle is polyethylene.

Lawlicaust posted:

This is normalcy now. Large portions of the population being fed to the number grinder every day with varying levels of protection. 40% higher mortality rate. Likely an average lifespan less than 70 in a few more years. Every store at the verge of running out of stock of most items on any given day. Emergency services slow to respond. Long lines for any healthcare. Everyone with a “X person I’m related to, grew up with, etc died of Covid” that increases in number every years. 80% of the world denying reality while shoveling down blooming onions and baby back ribs.

Go outside in your respirator and just look at restaurant, bars, stores. Most people have accepted this as reality. They may complain a little bit but they are all onboard with rolling the dice for a beer or appetizer. We are the people who haven’t accepted the new normal and want the world to be better or different. As we should of course.

Normalcy will never break down because it just keeps shifting year after year into the abyss.

Topo Chico Debarge posted:

i kinda wanted to make a 2022 predictions thread last month, but i didn't know if that would be gauche. like cspam is doomer, whatever. but theres variation in that. like i too think that your opinion is in the minority, but im just guessing.

mediaphage posted:

the first bit of both of these is door, right? whats on the bottom, is it letters? i don't really remember my asl alphabet (though i should probably relearn it).

mediaphage posted:

the first bit of both of these is door, right? whats on the bottom, is it letters? i don't really remember my asl alphabet (though i should probably relearn it).

Lastgirl posted:

no, the first sign is the Open sign, the Door sign is double gesture, this is one time gesture

the rest is just Biden finger spelled alphabetically

Lenin Stimpy posted:

Oh my god I love this guy so loving much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrOzY86YcEM

e: this is his intro class for a course he's teaching

hobbesmaster posted:

its so cool that a pair of brits were tired of people like this and published the perfect rejoinder https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC300808/

20 years ago too!

AppleNippleBOB posted:

I'm cruising the 'net looking for some good n95s - just saw that our buddies at Zoro have those vented Milwuakee's in stock.
This design seems cool, have read reviews that they aren't as long lasting because of the gasket seal mechanism.

https://www.zoro.com/milwaukee-10pk-n95-valved-respirator-48-73-4014/i/G9136642/


They also have.... this in stock

https://www.zoro.com/save-phace-terminal-sum2-mask-3013050/i/G503450729/

Animal-Mother posted:

If The Walking Dead happened in real life, zombies would be expected to keep going to work.

Blitter posted:

Chard posted:

is there a doomer equivalent of the hopium furry? feels like an unfilled niche, maybe i should start making horny $

Tulip posted:

i always wonder how these things make money for grifter

I guess you could approach honeywell/3M and maybe they'd be willing to give indirect ad revenue

hobbesmaster posted:

its so cool that a pair of brits were tired of people like this and published the perfect rejoinder https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC300808/

20 years ago too!

best paper ever posted:

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a medical intervention justified by observational data must be in want of verification through a randomised controlled trial.
...
In addition, the use of parachutes is itself associated with morbidity and mortality.
...
However, as with all interventions, parachutes are also associated with iatrogenic complications. Therefore, studies are required to calculate the balance of risks and benefits of parachute use.
...
The relevance to parachute use is that individuals jumping from aircraft without the help of a parachute are likely to have a high prevalence of pre-existing psychiatric morbidity. Individuals who use parachutes are likely to have less psychiatric morbidity and may also differ in key demographic factors, such as income and cigarette use. It follows, therefore, that the apparent protective effect of parachutes may be merely an example of the “healthy cohort” effect.
...
However sinister doctors may be, there are powers at large that are even more evil. The parachute industry has earned billions of dollars for vast multinational corporations whose profits depend on belief in the efficacy of their product.

McNugget Buddy posted:

The family friend who I said was on ECMO and pulled through had a change of heart for like a week with nothing but positivity on social media, but now they're back to posting antivaxx stuff

Can you be addicted to chuddery, I don't understand it

nexous posted:

my disinfection protocol is leaving my half mask in the car. hth

The Wisest Moron posted:

Anyone use the Envo Mask N95s? They look amazingly comfortable. This review seemed pretty good:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9dpfoMdXG28

Lenin Stimpy posted:

Oh my god I love this guy so loving much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrOzY86YcEM

e: this is his intro class for a course he's teaching

Steve Yun posted:

public service announcement: all car windows block UV rays from the 1990’s onward. getting sun in your car will not disinfect masks

however 4 days of sitting around will

Schnorkles posted:

some actual percentage of this thread just doesn't actually leave the house, so you're comfortably within a standard deviation at most.