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I find it hard to take in that you'd say you have major anxieties around health but can be in a gym during the most contagious wave of the pandemics yet or that you'd think double masking cloth or surgical did literally anything to protect you from omicron. If you aren't wearing n95 or better you aren't protecting anyone.
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AARD VARKMAN posted:I got boosted a week ago and couldn't see a mark where it went in and my other arm hurt like a bitch for days, anyone got any good conspiracy theories to explain this??? Cell reception must be better on that side
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Funky See Funky Do posted:I find it hard to take in that you'd say you have major anxieties around health but can be in a gym during the most contagious wave of the pandemics yet or that you'd think double masking cloth or surgical did literally anything to protect you from omicron. If you aren't wearing n95 or better you aren't protecting anyone. If you're not tremendously Online about the pandemic most sources are gonna tell you that surgical masks are fine and if you are tremendously Online about it but not in this thread specifically most sources are gonna tell you that the real protection comes from shoving aspirin uo your peehole
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Feb 14, 2022 23:48
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Funky See Funky Do posted:I find it hard to take in that you'd say you have major anxieties around health but can be in a gym during the most contagious wave of the pandemics yet or that you'd think double masking cloth or surgical did literally anything to protect you from omicron. If you aren't wearing n95 or better you aren't protecting anyone. Believe me, I have been back and forth with the gym issue. I didn’t go back until this last wave went down a significant amount. And honestly, sometimes you have to do some risk calculation when it comes to certain things. I was out for one month while Omicron took over, and I could already feel the hugely negative effect on my mental health. Kinda ironic to be risking my health while to try to improve my health… The whole thing is hosed. I’m at least only going to the gym while cases are low and well, when people are masked but now I’m not so sure?
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I don't think anyone is saying not to go to the gym period, just that you have to wear at least an N95 if you don't want covid. Ymmv but it seems very doable for lifting. If you're struggling with it for cardio, you might want to change your cardio to something like jogging or biking outside, or trying to find a machine you can fit somewhere in your place.
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Feb 15, 2022 00:07
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AARD VARKMAN posted:I got boosted a week ago and couldn't see a mark where it went in and my other arm hurt like a bitch for days, anyone got any good conspiracy theories to explain this??? Your isomers got flipped, just like in Doorways in the Sand.
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Feb 15, 2022 00:17
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liz posted:Believe me, I have been back and forth with the gym issue. I didn’t go back until this last wave went down a significant amount. And honestly, sometimes you have to do some risk calculation when it comes to certain things. I was out for one month while Omicron took over, and I could already feel the hugely negative effect on my mental health. I don't know where you are but cases are not low anywhere. And yeah it's hosed. Nobody has any good news for you. But if you care about your physical health and the health of people around you at least wear an n95.
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Feb 15, 2022 00:32
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AARD VARKMAN posted:I got boosted a week ago and couldn't see a mark where it went in and my other arm hurt like a bitch for days, anyone got any good conspiracy theories to explain this??? Always check your genitals. That's standard protocol when dealing with Big Pharma, especially when the men in black are the ones administering it.
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AARD VARKMAN posted:I got boosted a week ago and couldn't see a mark where it went in and my other arm hurt like a bitch for days, anyone got any good conspiracy theories to explain this??? The first shot was just a distraction. That's when they nab you with the real shot in the other arm (the real shot is full of chinese ebola measles and is specifically engineered to take down innocent hardworking white conservatives and no one else).
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I still dont get why The Gym industry didnt try beta testing doing free weight stuff outside. like dont go full crossfit crazy with tractor tires, just do some weatherized weights and adjustible benches.
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PhazonLink posted:I still dont get why The Gym industry didnt try beta testing doing free weight stuff outside. A fair number of the gyms out here actually did that--moving a lot of weights and equipment out in the parking lot (or other open space).
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Feb 15, 2022 03:57
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Funky See Funky Do posted:I don't know where you are but cases are not low anywhere. And yeah it's hosed. Nobody has any good news for you. But if you care about your physical health and the health of people around you at least wear an n95. Cases are dropping everywhere right? They wouldn’t be opening stuff back up if it wasn’t good news. It’s basically post covid times at this point. I had a meal out yesterday with the wife and it was marvelous.
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Feb 15, 2022 04:27
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the good news is the old timey kind where you get introduced to jesus.
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PhazonLink posted:I still dont get why The Gym industry didnt try beta testing doing free weight stuff outside. I was loling when the gym people were organizing workouts on the statehouse steps or whatever as a protest about the gyms being closed. Like obviously you're doing just fine without being inside that room.
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Betty Wight posted:Cases are dropping everywhere right? They wouldn’t be opening stuff back up if it wasn’t good news. It’s basically post covid times at this point. I had a meal out yesterday with the wife and it was marvelous. Cases have been going up and down since the pandemic began. I'm not sure why you want to say it's all over all of a sudden when this has happened numerous times before, although I wish it were too. It has been getting better, but that doesn't mean give up all precautions and start having sex with bats and pangolins. Do what you have to do but follow the guidelines and be cautious.
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Pennywise the Frown posted:that doesn't mean give up all precautions and start having sex with bats and pangolins. Do what you have to do Make up your mind motherfucker
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Betty Wight posted:Cases are dropping everywhere right? They wouldn’t be opening stuff back up if it wasn’t good news. It’s basically post covid times at this point. I had a meal out yesterday with the wife and it was marvelous. The 7-day average in the US is falling but is still greater than the peak of the delta wave, lol
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There will be some times that are better than other times, but it would take a hell of a lot to get to "post covid" times.
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Zugzwang posted:There will be some times that are better than other times, but it would take a hell of a lot to get to "post covid" times. We're maybe getting there if the nasal vaccines work as intended, and don't get evolved around by a variant of covid, but until the meantime, we have an actual deltacron discovered in England, Australia, possibly France, and America too, so we're probably in for a few laughs until that happens though.
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zone posted:We're maybe getting there if the nasal vaccines work as intended, and don't get evolved around by a variant of covid, but until the meantime, we have an actual deltacron discovered in England, Australia, possibly France, and America too, so we're probably in for a few laughs until that happens though.
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dwarf74 posted:Seems like "deltacron" is more of a scary headline than an actual concern, though. shhhhh, let them have this
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I would also like a good nasal vaccine  Seems like we’ll have to wait and see on Deltacron. It has cropped up in a few places. I imagine we are all dreading the eventual formation of a Unicron variant if a Uni[something] variant ever emerges that can have coronavirus sex with a [something]cron variant.
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Zugzwang posted:I would also like a good nasal vaccine that comes from zoonosis from a dyslexic unicorn
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I hope we get a good variant name soon, these last few have been lame.
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Mr.Pibbleton posted:I hope we get a good variant name soon, these last few have been lame. Time to switch to metal band names. Cattle Decapitation. Desecration. Napalm Death. “Ah bugger I’ve tested positive, must be that Morbid Angel that’s going around”.
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Stickman posted:The problem with COVID when it comes to risk management is that the most likely outcome has always been that you’ll be end up being okay after one infection, even if you are high risk and unvaccinated. It’s just that it the odds are comparatively bad and it’s very high-risk infection to be so common. People who get it and come out okay often end up thinking their efforts to avoid infection were wasted when in reality they were simply some of the many lucky ones, and they or the people they infect may not be so lucky next time. It’s a feedback loop into fallacious thinking that’s a fundamental problem with public health (and risk management it general). Exactly. Until we get form of lasting protection from the worst ravages of the virus (long-term damage, long covid, t cell depletion) by means of better vaccine, natural immunity (lol), or the virus using up all the low-hanging mutation opportunities, the concepts of "personal risk calculus" and "the pandemic being almost over (again, for real this time)" will be the carrot the wonk class uses to march the working class to continued death & long-term morbidity in the name of slightly better profits. Even the vaccinated are highly susceptible to long covid (or in media parlance, "don't worry, you're a full 54% less likely to contract it if you're vaccinated!"). And since you can contract Covid multiple times, even within the current wave, the potential for massive numbers of people (including perhaps even you dear reader) to get permanently maimed by multiple covid infections is still great. 1/4 of Americans have reported symptomatic covid cases, and each of those 87 million people (and the other ~90 million asymtomatic victims) has played Russian roulette with every one of a dozen organ systems covid is known to attack. People can get the virus and "feel fine" despite suffering multiple permanent organ injuries they probably won't even know about for 10 years, then go out and crow about how covid is no big deal. S w a y z e fucked around with this message at 16:33 on Feb 15, 2022 |
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no no, covid is over. we need no safety. because I have FEELINGS you see. people are tired of safety, here let us argue semantics now. *cough cough*
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How have life insurance companies been weathering the storm? Presumably all the extra payouts they are having to make would play a role on their bottom lines, right?
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Funky See Funky Do posted:I don't know where you are but cases are not low anywhere. And yeah it's hosed. Nobody has any good news for you. But if you care about your physical health and the health of people around you at least wear an n95. My zip code is at 2.6 % down from a peak of like 25% so yes, I actually consider that “low” compared to what we were dealing with around Christmas. But yeah, better safe than sorry, I think I will go with the N95s either way. Side note: today is my vaccinaversary 
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A Strange Aeon posted:How have life insurance companies been weathering the storm? Presumably all the extra payouts they are having to make would play a role on their bottom lines, right? Looks like payouts tripled over typical years. I have seen a few articles that some are saying they wont pay out if you're unvaxxed. But likely they're still making money hand over fist. That sixth yacht might need to wait a month or two.
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liz posted:My zip code is at 2.6 % down from a peak of like 25% so yes, I actually consider that “low” compared to what we were dealing with around Christmas. I just received a set of these bad boys https://www.stealthmask.co.uk/collections/professional-masks/products/stealth-lite-pro-reusable-ffp3-facemask-5pk They seem like a decent intermediary step between an n95 (hard to breathe through) and a full on elastomeric respirator. I go back to the gym for the first time since Omicron started tomorrow. I've already tested the seal on the Stealth and it seems good, and I can already tell that it's way easier to breathe in. if you like I can let you know how it goes?
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naem posted:no no, covid is over. we need no safety. because I have FEELINGS you see. It's more like, why the absolute gently caress are people like this allowed within 10 feet of the opinion section of "progressive" media outlets? Why do we have to tolerate 10 of these people spouting dumb poo poo for every one person professing a sober view of the situation? The line between journalistic incompetence and malpractice was never even allowed to be established before they started ordering people out to go get disabled.
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QuarkJets posted:The 7-day average in the US is falling but is still greater than the peak of the delta wave, lol
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My state's numbers are dropping rapidly, and I'm very glad to see it. Back to the gym next week, I reckon. That's going to feel so nice.
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S w a y z e posted:It's more like, why the absolute gently caress are people like this allowed within 10 feet of the opinion section of "progressive" media outlets? Why do we have to tolerate 10 of these people spouting dumb poo poo for every one person professing a sober view of the situation? The line between journalistic incompetence and malpractice was never even allowed to be established before they started ordering people out to go get disabled. when and if there's even one person that's a big improvement over the general state of media in the 2000s
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:when and if there's even one person that's a big improvement over the general state of media in the 2000s I swear to god these talking heads have at least the body count of the iraq war shills
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S w a y z e posted:I swear to god these talking heads have at least the body count of the iraq war shills 
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A Strange Aeon posted:How have life insurance companies been weathering the storm? Presumably all the extra payouts they are having to make would play a role on their bottom lines, right? Not great, Cotton quote:(The Center Square) – The head of Indianapolis-based insurance company OneAmerica said the death rate is up a stunning 40% from pre-pandemic levels among working-age people.
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