Deep Dish Fuckfest posted:

nice to see the optimism of the 60s and 70s regarding diseases disappearing is making a comeback

but much like penicillin and the 20 or so antibiotics invented afterwards, i think we'll find out that bacteria, viruses and other pathogens are a lot better at keeping up with whatever we come up with than we are at keeping up with what they come up with

CPU Abuser posted:

But bacterial resistance to antibiotics was always always going to happen.

Platystemon posted:

You are Worf.

SARS-CoV-2 is the alien of the week.

Louisgod posted:

wearing an N95 and shopping in the evening really makes a huge difference

Notorious R.I.M. posted:

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.24.477490v1

Close relatives of MERS-CoV in bats use ACE2 as their functional receptor

Other CoVs are sitting out there just one mutation away from the next zoonosis. Exciting!

The Oldest Man posted:

Looks like cope's back on the menu boys

WSJ posted:

Allysia Finley
Member, Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal

Allysia Finley is a member of the Journal's Editorial Board.

Ms. Finley joined The Wall Street Journal in 2009 after graduating from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in American Studies. During college, she edited the opinions section for The Stanford Review and wrote columns for The Orange County Register.

thechosenone posted:

Lol if Japanese long lives are from wearing masks and not getting trash jumbled into their DNA constantly by viruses.

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

lol I didn't know about Microcovid. I plugged in my 20 minute biweekly grocery run in an N95 and it's very high risk. hell yeah

mycomancy posted:

Actually this is a very good point. Some of these recent studies showing that diseases we rarely think of, like EBV, do massive long term damage to people, and if you're avoiding getting your DNA turned into a landing pad for every viral genome in existence you're probably better for it.

CPU Abuser posted:

So I guess we're not talking about an "Edward Holmes" level virologist writing this, now are we?

gradenko_2000 posted:

I've vaguely heard reports that Omicron BA.2 is two and a half times more infectious, but relative to what? Omicron regular? Delta?

https://www.ssi.dk/-/media/arkiv/su...12022.pdf?la=da posted:

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Status BA.2
In a short time, Omicron has become the dominant variant in Denmark due to its increased growth potential. Worldwide, BA.1 is the most frequent sub-variant, according to GISAID 98%, while BA.2 is approx. 1.6%. BA.1 has been the most frequent sub-variant in Denmark until the beginning of January, but within the last few weeks BA.2 has developed rapidly, and it is estimated that the variant became dominant in Denmark during week 2. BA.2 thus spreads rapidly, and accounts for an ever-increasing proportion of Omicron cases. Preliminary calculations indicate that BA.2 is effectively more than one and a half times more contagious than BA.1. The same pattern with increase in BA.2 - is not seen as markedly in other countries. In the UK, Sweden and Norway, there is also an increase in BA.2 cases, but there are relatively not nearly as many BA.2 cases as in Denmark. The reason for this difference is not yet known, but it may be important that there are differences in vaccination coverage or in contact patterns on the basis of restrictions, population density, etc.
BA.2 differs from BA.1 by several mutations in the spike protein, including in the receptor binding domain (the part of the virus that binds to the airways). It is not yet known what effect these mutations have in relation to infectivity and evasion of immunity after previous infection or vaccination, or severity.
BA.2 was first detected in the Capital Region, but the geographical distribution in recent weeks is similar to the distribution of BA.1 with geographical spread to the whole country, and there is no immediate clear signs of discrepancies between BA.1 and BA.2 in relation to distribution by sex or age. Preliminary analyzes do not suggest that BA.2 is associated with an increased risk of hospitalization. More detailed analyzes of BA.2s infectivity and ability to dodge antibodies after previous vaccination and infection is ongoing.
Considerations about whether one can be infected with BA.1, and then BA.2, are still of a theoretical nature and unclear at present, but SSI follows this in Denmark and internationally.
(..)

quote:

The number of daily covid 19-related deaths has been rising slightly in recent weeks. So far, there are an average of 13 covid 19-related deaths daily in January 2022 compared to an average of 10 covid 19-related deaths in December 2021 and an average of 6.5 covid 19-related deaths daily in November 2021.
As with the admissions, it is estimated that a greater proportion of covid-19-related deaths will be due to causes other than covid-19 when the incidence is as high as it currently is in society. The number of deaths where a positive SARS-CoV-2 test has been found within 30 days in advance must also be expected to be affected by the high infection rates in society in general, and the number of covid-19 related deaths may be overrated. Data from the monitoring program EuroMOMO at SSI show that a significant excess mortality has been seen in Denmark from week 49 in 2021 to week 1, especially among the 75+ year olds. Similarly, in many European countries a marked excess mortality is seen, not only in the older age groups, but also among people aged 45-64 years. There are no immediate causes for this excess mortality to point to other than the widespread infection with the covid-19 delta variant. As mentioned, the development in excess mortality until the end of December 2021 is primarily assessed to reflect the delta variant, but due to post-registrations, data for recent weeks are uncertain, so whether the development continues now that the infection is primarily driven by omicron can not yet be assessed.

https://www.euromomo.eu/graphs-and-maps/ posted:

jetz0r posted:

all the 3m half masks are chonky fuckers, with the secureclick being an absolute unit. a small north 7700 would be my pick for the lightest high quality respirator. it doesn't have any extra plastic shell, just the silicone face piece and the ports for filters and exhaust.

https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2022/01/28/city-finally-delivers-covid-poop-data posted:

City finally delivers COVID poop data

McCracAttack posted:

Oh hell yes!

Hatebag posted:

Well i hate going in the grocery store because it's full of rear end in a top hat morons like every other place in america so mainly i like the curbside pickup because I don't have to navigate my cart around a bunch of idiot fuckers who walk too god drat slow or just get in the way

Steve Yun posted:

gradenko_2000 posted:

someone talk me out of (or not) getting a 7700 even when I already have a 6200

gradenko_2000 posted:

someone talk me out of (or not) getting a 7700 even when I already have a 6200

Steve Yun posted:

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

For real, though, is there an efficacy difference between the way I had the filters in the first pic vs swept back?

gradenko_2000 posted:

someone talk me out of (or not) getting a 7700 even when I already have a 6200

SplitSoul posted:

has now had the U.S. equivalent of a 3 million case day!

Uglycat posted:

I still have 800 posts to catch up on, since my shift ended, but

Op didn't say they was anything wrong. OP just took "working at a gas station" as an indication that the worker is poor. And it is.

OP also suggested that, as hosed up as it is, avoiding poor people is a strategy some wealthy folk employ (generally), and that it is a relativity effective way for a wealthy person to avoid covid.

Because wealthy people have concierge doctors, wfh options, and PTO.

OP also poured themselves as from a wealthy family, but has some awareness of social justice, limited perhaps, but far more than your average wealthy person.

Now, OP doesn't mention that the reason new variants spread so fast is because we're still allowing the jet set to wreck the atmosphere globetrotting.

All wars are class wars, covid is no different.

Also, covid splits the PMC. Professors, teachers, librarians, are now poor, as they don't have WFH options, concierge doctors (though they do enjoy insurance) or adequate PTO. Contrast this with similarly paid computer touchers, who are now quite wealthy.

gradenko_2000 posted:

someone talk me out of (or not) getting a 7700 even when I already have a 6200

Frosted Flake posted:

I asked this in CANPOL wrt to the insane trucker thing or this new strain of Canadian conservatism that’s clearly imported from the states:

When people say Boomers are getting radicalized on Facebook, how are they using the platform?

I haven’t used it regularly in years, now just for messenger and to put up photos for family not on insta. If I remember, there is still the wall, status updates, likes and comments. I never got a handle on pages or groups, or how people interact with them, I feel like that there wasn’t much there before?

I take it whatever is going on isn’t like scrolling through the feed on instagram and liking your friends’ photos, where are these Boomers running into insane right wing ideology and the cultural resentments of the petty boug? Just their friends posting it within their social circle of ~150 people?