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cr0y posted:Do we think it's possible covid will fitness trap itself or nah because of the multiple animal reservoirs?
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Zugzwang posted:Seems like virtually every mammalian species can get it. Of course, how severe it’ll be in them is unknown, but IMO it’s pretty drat concerning how many possible animal reservoirs there are. Both for us and for the animals. one of my favorite things is when people ask me "do you think it will become endemic", yep it'll be just the common cold. in fifty thousand years.
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Apr 2, 2022 02:44
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cr0y posted:Do we think it's possible covid will fitness trap itself or nah because of the multiple animal reservoirs? I think covid is gonna mutate itself into omega man varrient and kill all humans. it is designed to fight superior bat immune systems, our efforts are only a momentary amusement to it
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Apr 2, 2022 02:45
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well it gives me great pride and relief to say that my PCR was negative so my 36hr bout of diarrhea was soemthing else  tbh im mostly glad i dont need to convalesce for weeks but avoiding all the other stuff is dope too
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also some of the ways that pathogens become less lethal over time is that people with suboptimal MHC alleles for presenting immunogenic antigens for a particular disease die off. and then over time more people are carrying the good alleles for handling a particular pathogen so its less harmful to the population. so its not like its getting weaker so much as everyone who would be susceptible is getting dead
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hekaton posted:also some of the ways that pathogens become less lethal over time is that people with suboptimal MHC alleles for presenting immunogenic antigens for a particular disease die off. and then over time more people are carrying the good alleles for handling a particular pathogen so its less harmful to the population. excuse me, this is d&d,. you aren't allowed to accuse the US government of genocide here.  can we get a b+30 for this disinfo spreader?
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Apr 2, 2022 02:52
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mdemone posted:one of my favorite things is when people ask me "do you think it will become endemic", yep it'll be just the common cold.  hekaton posted:so its not like its getting weaker so much as everyone who would be susceptible is getting dead
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Apr 2, 2022 02:54
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 two years ago today. CDC wouldnt recommend masks until April 3
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Apr 2, 2022 02:56
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hekaton posted:also some of the ways that pathogens become less lethal over time is that people with suboptimal MHC alleles for presenting immunogenic antigens for a particular disease die off. and then over time more people are carrying the good alleles for handling a particular pathogen so its less harmful to the population. Good it'll be over when it's out of people to kill.
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Apr 2, 2022 03:15
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Trixie Hardcore posted:You don’t do them to have a legally binding document, you do them so the people in your life have guidance regarding your wishes. The double vent scenario was what prompted us doing them but it’s not a likely scenario. More likely would be one of us incapacitated while the other is left to make the hardest decisions possible and while we both have communicated to each other what we want, having that guidance in writing might help in that moment, if it ever comes to that. ya i agree w all this, just pointing out POA can and will ignore them so youre still trusting whomever to adhere to it.
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Apr 2, 2022 03:22
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Zugzwang posted:Seems like virtually every mammalian species can get it. Of course, how severe it’ll be in them is unknown, but IMO it’s pretty drat concerning how many possible animal reservoirs there are. Both for us and for the animals. Guessing virologists have known and sounded the alarm about this for decades, but modern global society provides unprecedented conditions for viral evolution. Probably at no time in the history of life has a virus had access to so many infection and transmission opportunities in multicellular animals, and consequently been able to evolve so quickly. A single mutated virus in South Africa infected a sizeable fraction of humanity within a couple of months. That must never have been possible before, ever. A variant that could cross-infect humans, chickens, pigs and cows would in principle be able to reach ~5% of total animal biomass. This is starting to look kind of plausible.
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Apr 2, 2022 03:23
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Chad Sexington posted:My PCR came back negative, woohoo it really was just a rogue stomach bug. 
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Apr 2, 2022 03:26
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it’s pretty shocking how many people are dead and how little everyone seems to care.
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Apr 2, 2022 03:28
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Joementum posted:it’s two large Indian reservations Yikes my bad
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Apr 2, 2022 03:29
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I’m honestly pretty depressed about covid still. which is weird seeing that it’s over.
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Apr 2, 2022 03:29
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Stereotype posted:it’s pretty shocking how many people are dead and how little everyone seems to care. When you deliberately dismantle the bonds between people, people stop caring about people. Capitalism works!
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Apr 2, 2022 03:31
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Pillowpants posted:HHS data is this unlabeled graph also for pediatric hospitalizations?
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Apr 2, 2022 03:31
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empty whippet box posted:excuse me, this is d&d,. you aren't allowed to accuse the US government of genocide here. Sorry I'm not a D&D mod
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Apr 2, 2022 03:32
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Stereotype posted:it’s pretty shocking how many people are dead and how little everyone seems to care. Yeah, this hits me every now and then and it's pretty hosed up.
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Apr 2, 2022 03:34
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Stereotype posted:it’s pretty shocking how many people are dead and how little everyone seems to care. literally just let over a million people die. N O W H I R I N G
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Apr 2, 2022 03:36
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Nocturtle posted:Guessing virologists have known and sounded the alarm about this for decades, but modern global society provides unprecedented conditions for viral evolution. Probably at no time in the history of life has a virus had access to so many infection and transmission opportunities in multicellular animals, and consequently been able to evolve so quickly. A single mutated virus in South Africa infected a sizeable fraction of humanity within a couple of months. That must never have been possible before, ever.
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Apr 2, 2022 03:38
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MLK Ultra posted:literally just let over a million people die. hehe. They didn't matter anyway
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Apr 2, 2022 03:45
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It's also fun because the remaining social media presence is selected for being good enough to avoid mass death and also still having time to post, which means that we will never learn poo poo about what just happened.
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Apr 2, 2022 03:46
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Imagine a social media network populated by the people who died from covid + their families who aren't in denial
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BIG-DICK-BUTT-gently caress posted:ya i agree w all this, just pointing out POA can and will ignore them so youre still trusting whomever to adhere to it. Guess I’m just gonna hope my loved ones honor my wishes if that day ever comes? Stereotype posted:it’s pretty shocking how many people are dead and how little everyone seems to care. Some people don’t care. But some people are so terrified of the abyss that they use aggressive denial as a defense mechanism to avoid confronting reality and maybe in a way those people care a little. Nocturtle posted:Guessing virologists have known and sounded the alarm about this for decades, but modern global society provides unprecedented conditions for viral evolution. Probably at no time in the history of life has a virus had access to so many infection and transmission opportunities in multicellular animals, and consequently been able to evolve so quickly. A single mutated virus in South Africa infected a sizeable fraction of humanity within a couple of months. That must never have been possible before, ever. Well when you put it this way it sounds like a rapidly spreading super virus that infects all mammalian life is inevitable so what I’m hearing is covid is over.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Imagine a social media network populated by the people who died from covid + their families who aren't in denial Facebook of the Dead?
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Imagine a social media network populated by the people who died from covid + their families who aren't in denial  drat now I want to read hell-twitter
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Pie Colony posted:good tips, thanks. i got a prescription! but had it sent to the wrong pharmacy so now i have to wait 1-2 hrs for them to transfer it (which is dumb cause it took them 5 seconds to send it in the first place) 45 minutes of that is waiting on hold trying to get one of the two people at cvs or whatever to answer the phone, the rest of it is waiting for their pharmacist to become available or motivated enough to print something and fax it
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Nocturtle posted:A variant that could cross-infect humans, chickens, pigs and cows would in principle be able to reach ~5% of total animal biomass. This is starting to look kind of plausible. Just humans, cows, and pigs make up half of all land vertebrate biomass. 
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Chamale posted:Just humans, cows, and pigs make up half of all land vertebrate biomass. insects are animals you bigot
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WE NEED MORE DONKEYS WE NEED MORE DONKEYS WE NEED MORE DONKEYS WE NEED MORE DONKEYS WE NEED MORE DONKEYS
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PostNouveau posted:Died WITH a plane crash The plane had a pre-existing condition. Fun fact: they came to rest in a bean field. It was actually pilot error.
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Apr 2, 2022 04:40
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Nearly a 265k day for S. Korea, seems like this variant has a long tail, well if you don't have any masking requirements or social distancing.
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Death By The Blues posted:Nearly a 265k day for S. Korea, seems like this variant has a long tail, well if you don't have any masking requirements or social distancing. This oroborus seems to have a long tail
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Chamale posted:Just humans, cows, and pigs make up half of all land vertebrate biomass. wait why are there so many water buffalo?
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empty whippet box posted:wait why are there so many water buffalo? Asia
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It's real bizarre to go back in time  We had a chance 
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Pingui posted:Also challenge trials are very ethical and cool, which is why this line gets honorable mention: It’s sad that they made a bunch of people sick for nothing, probably people who were desperate for the participation “compensation”. The only thing accomplished was to pad the researchers’ résumés. They will not affect public policy or behavior.
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mdemone posted:
Texas is pulling the same trick it does with automobile deaths, where it outdoes California, despite California having a third more population.
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empty whippet box posted:wait why are there so many water buffalo? Grown for food in India and other parts of Asia
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