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Pie Colony posted:for anyone having trouble getting paxlovid, there's an online website that does same-day appointments called PlushCare. they have a free trial and the doctor i got just looked for ANY comorbidity -- BMI >25 counted for me with nothing else. not that she could really see how fat i was on camera looking forward to cumtown doing an ad read for covidchew.com, the best, fastest way to get no-questions-asked paxlovid
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Pie Colony posted:for anyone having trouble getting paxlovid, there's an online website that does same-day appointments called PlushCare. they have a free trial and the doctor i got just looked for ANY comorbidity -- BMI >25 counted for me with nothing else. not that she could really see how fat i was on camera It's cool that paying for insurance just gets you a base level of lovely healthcare in America and you get to pony up for these shady concierge services if you want the good stuff
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AppleNippleBOB posted:crossposting this advice, I’m not a dr, but the person who shared this w me is. p good info
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Thoguh posted:If they are bedridden but not in the hospital hooked up to oxygen then that’s what counts as mild. Which is stupid as hell and intentionally confusing on the CDCs part. It’s mild unless you’re almost dead. yeah it's pretty awesome that the definition is: "it is mild up until the point that you would be dead if not for miracles of modern medicine and oxygen extraction/delivery" lol
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Thesaurus posted:is a post interview dinner a thing for many jobs? Sounds awkward and hellish for everyone under normal circumstances yeah this struck me as incredibly weird tbqh A couple times I've had team dinners celebrating a new hire or even a departing coworker, but expecting someone to shmooze with you when you're dangling their employment future in your hands seems like some kind of weird flex. I did work one place where we had a "culture fit" interview block that we usually did over lunch, to keep it casual and break the day up, but it was very explicitly part of the interview block and also just served the basic function of giving someone food while we were interviewing them for 4-5 hours (that may have been at least 1-2 hours more than was necessary but that's another argument). My read is that employers right now are binary. My current and former employer are all "offices mostly closed, stay home as long as you want, if you do want to go in maybe you can but there's protocols etc around vaxx status / mask rules / etc". A few places I looked at before I took current job seemed to either be completely Open Biden, or trying to straddle some line that doesn't really exist. Flipside, even if the place that original OP was talking about is full Open Biden, if the position they are applying for is 100% remote and they just need to clear the interview gauntlet -- well, in that case, I'd decide if I thought the job was worth risking COVID exposure and then I would prolly n95 all the way on airports and everything else, but not wear a mask in the office, definitely do the dinner, probably do the cocaine after-event in the back of the CEO's Tesla, and then just hope for the loving best and get an airbnb for 5 days on my return to isolate my family.Z If the place is totally masks off, and OP's intention is to do anything other than this, then I would make it clear before getting on flight, "I am still masking, this isn't negotiable, I will be masked in your office and if you'd like to take me to a social event afterwards that's fine but I will also be fully masked there." No super vitriolic words, also zero apologies. If that causes them to say "actually, nah, don't come out", well, there you go. If they're just like "okay sure dude, you do you" and they still want to pay for the plane tickets to interview you, cool, they're personally being stupid but they are open minded and probably not judging you for it. Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:It's cool that paying for insurance just gets you a base level of lovely healthcare in America and you get to pony up for these shady concierge services if you want the good stuff I'm just back on the sweet teet of corp insurance now, and it's better than the private insurance I had -- but the private insurance was actually pretty god drat good and covered a lot of stuff I wouldn't have expected. It also cost $30,000 a year. Post tax. Before any utilization. 
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Well, taking a look at Iowa's cases so far this year Omicron peaked in mid January, we got to a minimum at the end of March, and since then cases have gone up 3x with about 30% growth each week in April. Wonder how high we're gonna end up going. Especially since no one is testing anymore so the real numbers are some multiple of this. code:
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Greg Legg posted:Here read this article comparing China's zero covid policy to the great leap forward if you need some anger to power you through this lovely week: oh my god this is an amazing hate-read. just full of absolutely bonkers poo poo. like #1 totally ignoring the fact that china lifted more people out of poverty than any country in history afaik but also there's some real zingers like this one: quote:At the same time, however, China didn’t develop an effective vaccine; its population was not made immune; and, most importantly, Chinese people did not get used to living with Covid. The result is that, in reality, China is presently more subject to the disease, and it could have a higher mortality rate if strict rules were suddenly relaxed. Moreover, the economy is coming to a halt and the country is becoming more isolated from the rest of the world, with massive consequences. ...but what if they don't suddenly relax the restrictions bro? also the chinese economy is growing faster than any large economy on earth lol ugh just pure propaganda it's not even like i'm free of criticism of china's handling (i think they could achieve the same goal in more efficient and humane ways) but this is all just made up
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gradenko_2000 posted:is there a recommendation for a CO2 monitor that isn't the aranet4 because that poo poo ain't cheap This was posted upthread, May be workable with just USB power and a phone to pair it to
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AppleNippleBOB posted:crossposting this advice, I’m not a dr, but the person who shared this w me is. ngl this seems like a Joe Rogan post.
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Greg Legg posted:Here read this article comparing China's zero covid policy to the great leap forward if you need some anger to power you through this lovely week: China owes me cheap goods and if I don't get them at any cost in human lives I will be very cross
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still reading the article and oh my god it's so racist. tw if if you're chinese this next paragraph is extremely stupidquote:People may wish that the zero-Covid disaster could bring down President Xi Jinping. However, this seems at the moment unlikely because, as the Great Leap Forward proved, Chinese people have considerable tolerance for suffering and Chinese leaders have even greater resilience.  this article is written by a white person
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Soap Scum posted:oh my god this is an amazing hate-read. just full of absolutely bonkers poo poo. like #1 totally ignoring the fact that china lifted more people out of poverty than any country in history afaik It is loving INSANE
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Soap Scum posted:still reading the article and oh my god it's so racist. tw if if you're chinese this next paragraph is extremely stupid Having to stay in your home for a week while food is delivered: extreme suffering, intolerable debasement watching a million+ of your fellow citizens die while the government and your oligarch class tells you that you're on your own: extreme freedom, liberty
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As far as I can tell it is now over a month since the NYC wastewater surveillance data was updated on either the NYC or CDC data portals without any explanation. This information is explicitly described as an input into the CDC's community risk levels so definitely good transparency here.
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Greg Legg posted:It is loving INSANE the author is an italian journalist who mostly writes for Settimana News, which i checked out with google translate and it seems very obsessed with the catholic church so, idk, i guess it's not surprising his ideas are totally bonkers Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Having to stay in your home for a week while food is delivered: extreme suffering, intolerable debasement right, like, for everyone one video of people in shanghai struggling (or hell, even dying, just assume the premise) with the lockdowns, there could be 20 videos of people gasping for air and crying as they take their last breath and their family is in shambles around them. like do they just not realize one gets filmed and put online while the other doesn't but is still happening? (don't worry i know it's just anti-chinese racism)
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Soap Scum posted:the author is an italian journalist who mostly writes for Settimana News, which i checked out with google translate and it seems very obsessed with the catholic church so, idk, i guess it's not surprising his ideas are totally bonkers No, the latter definitely gets captured and archived, that's the whole point of HermanCainAward
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Thoguh posted:ngl this seems like a Joe Rogan post. can't say that it doesn't, but 1000 IU of vitamin d daily for a while is not gonna hurt you if you're coming out of the winter and not in the sun belt. might even help if you're deficient--half of americans are. makes far more sense to rectify deficiencies before you catch something, though. melatonin makes sense, as covid fucks up your sleep habits and getting more sleep = fighting illness better, anyway. low dose aspirin makes sense, though you should run it by your doctor.  pain relief and mucinex being used just as they would for any infection, sure. zinc is probably lol, but the post even says that. the pepcid is new to me, though. would probably run it by my doctor if i caught covid again. filing this all under "largely harmless hail marys because our treatment options aren't great." Insanite has issued a correction as of 15:12 on May 4, 2022 |
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Thoguh posted:ngl this seems like a Joe Rogan post. Nah, Joe Rogan was recommending people not get the vaccine if they were "young and healthy". All of that is just a "well hey here's what worked for me after I'd already been infected but ymmv"
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Insanite posted:can't say that it doesn't, but 1000 IU of vitamin d daily for a while is not gonna hurt you if you're coming out of the winter and not in the sun belt. might even help if you're deficient--half of americans are. again, I’m no dr - just crossposting Hey! So the Famotidine mechanism of action in COVID infection is still not clearly understood, but the benefits of it in reducing mortality, hospitalization, and severity are seen time after time in the studies we’ve seen over the last 2 years. Famotidine is a Histamine H2 receptor blocker, and studies seem to point to its ability to block and mediate histamine release as the most likely mechanism of action in reducing the total length of COVID symptoms and reducing severity. Normally, Famotidine is used for reduction of stomach acid in GERD and acid reflux, and also I’m combination with H1 blockers like Benadryl and Claritin/Allegra/Zyrtec in severe allergic reactions. So far, only Famotidine has been shown to be beneficial in COVID-19 infection. Melatonin is believed to work due to the SARS-CoV-2 inhibiting its release from the body as normal. Melatonin works in a variety of ways to help activate anti-inflammatory and antioxidant pathways, reducing cell damage and reducing the creation of damaging by-products of the immune pathway. Long story short: they don’t act directly to reduce a particular symptom of COVID infection, but rather help directly to reduce total severity of symptoms by reducing COVID’s ability to cause more damage in the body. If you haven’t started Famotidine 20mg daily yet, I recommend you start, as the earlier started seems to have the best results. Melatonin is beneficial as well and I recommend starting it, but Famotidine should definitely help overall.
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gradenko_2000 posted:is there a recommendation for a CO2 monitor that isn't the aranet4 because that poo poo ain't cheap I settled on this one because I pretty much don't trust anything with a flashy landing page these days: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01966BZDY It's supposed to get here tomorrow, I'll let you guys know how it goes but caveat I have nothing to compare to Edit: Also I kinda treat unknown random electronics like I do used cars. Hand crank windows are better there because they don't really ever break for the most part. Likewise, I go for simple to the point designs for unknown stuff. 
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Nocturtle posted:As far as I can tell it is now over a month since the NYC wastewater surveillance data was updated on either the NYC or CDC data portals without any explanation. This information is explicitly described as an input into the CDC's community risk levels so definitely good transparency here. yeah at this point i'm just going with "so many people have COVID in NYC we can't even monitor anymore." My dad wants me to come out to the burbs to visit him but I'm feelin like now might be worse than ever.
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text editor posted:No, the latter definitely gets captured and archived, that's the whole point of HermanCainAward i've seen the sub, it's mostly facebook posts with names blacked out. it's not useless but it's not super visceral. i'm talking camera up in your face as you take out the vent and then gasp and gasp and cry because you literally can not loving breathe and you're suffocating in open air and your family is screaming sobbing as you die i have never once seen a video like that and i don't think i ever will. but it has, effectively, happened at least 20,000,000 times, and probably more. the point i'm making here is that it's easy to viscerally feel the suffering that a poorly executed city-wide lockdown can bring when you have videos of people screaming and crying being posted to reddit or tiktok every day, and it's harder to viscerally feel the pain of people choking to death on their own lungs when you've literally never seen a video of it happening and the best you get is "well cdc says another 3k died today" and a herman cain angel warriors post -- at least for most people. but the difference in visceral reaction has absolutely no bearing on which thing is actually worse because the promotion of one and erasure of the other is the point of the Covid Is Over propaganda campaign
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NeonPunk posted:Beside if you want something that really does work against Covid that is over the counter, just get loads of CBD gummies. hmm, I'm laying in bed dying but I've only got thc gummies within reach worth a shot i guess
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Tulip posted:yeah at this point i'm just going with "so many people have COVID in NYC we can't even monitor anymore." I’m up the valley and three family members comin to dinner tonight who were in the city all weekend not great! wonder if maybe I’ll just wear a mask while I cook and eat after they’re gone
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i used that paxlovid hookup posted earlier (truepill) and I've been denied. lol guess I'll die glad they got my $29
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Soap Scum posted:the author is an italian journalist who mostly writes for Settimana News, which i checked out with google translate and it seems very obsessed with the catholic church so, idk, i guess it's not surprising his ideas are totally bonkers The site has loose ties to the Gray Zone, which has some interesting takes on covid. Speculating on regime change because a country is determined to keep people from getting sick is something that was joked about in previous threads, but here it is.
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NeonPunk posted:Beside if you want something that really does work against Covid that is over the counter, just get loads of CBD gummies. I'm not made of money
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Stevie Lee posted:i used that paxlovid hookup posted earlier (truepill) and I've been denied. lol guess I'll die ugh, gently caress. someone else posted another call plushcare. there might be other options, i don't know much beyond this. who the gently caress knows. sorry though  that's so loving stupid and i'm livid for you that the situation is so stupid
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text editor posted:This was posted upthread, to get a DIY aranet4 you could combine that with a cheap ESP32 board with an integrated e-ink screen, a rechargeable battery from ebay, a 3D printed case, and a little bit of programming if you really wanted you could even write your own phone app bc the ESP32 boards tend to have bluetooth heck maybe the NDIR CO2 sensor from that thing is available for purchase more cheaply than the sensiron AG thingy
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Thoguh posted:In the office this morning for the first time in a while because some customers are visiting. The aranet4 is saying that it’s between 600 and 620 ppm in my office which is good so I’m not bothering to keep the mask on so rip me if that’s what gets me. Looking forward to being the only masked person for the lab tour and conference room stuff later. uh
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Ebola Roulette posted:Lmao I have a BS in microbiology which is literally a degree in disease ecology and epidemiology was a loving elective My history and sociology degrees are closer to epidemiology than any bio degree. How disease spreads is dependent upon how the organism behaves.
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Thoguh posted:In the office this morning for the first time in a while because some customers are visiting. The aranet4 is saying that it’s between 600 and 620 ppm in my office which is good so I’m not bothering to keep the mask on so rip me if that’s what gets me. Looking forward to being the only masked person for the lab tour and conference room stuff later. RIP nerd better luck next infection
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