Platystemon posted:

https://i.imgur.com/cYK4OYn.mp4

trashy owl posted:

i just don't understand why y'all keep posting so much, with so much concern, if as you seem to think, none of this matters and we're all delusional. it's a lot of work for something you Don't Care About!

ibid posted:

Shiroc posted:

please stop making really awful posts about people you dislike like this

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Nothing has confirmed the lingering intrusive thought that I've wasted the last decade of my life like texting the sentence "Elon has blocked Catturd" to several different people on a Sunday morning and not realizing this is insane until much later on.

Platystemon posted:

Ibid, have you made a single post on this site outside of this thread and its immediate predecessor?

ibid posted:

Shiroc posted:

If the thread is gassed its because the thread has been targeted for years and people desperately scrutinize every post to see what can cause big stupid drama conflagrations and what can draw people who might be shocked and appalled by the issue of the moment to make it louder.

I think people do need to be extremely careful of paxlovid since the contraindications are serious and handing it out to friends and family is stupid but I don't care if people work with doctors to get stuff ready before getting infected.

Colin Mockery posted:

my parents want me to visit them in a couple weeks but they won't mask anymore because no one else does and they don't want to look like crazy freaks, so im going to roll the dice because i love my parents more than i love my lungs

pray for me, thanks

Mekchu posted:

lmao

Jingoro posted:

Maybe kramering into the thread to trans-splain to our trans prior IK who basically got harassed already by trolls into deciding it's not worth it is not the best look for you?

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Oracle posted:

this smells like ‘correlation=causation’ to me. Is it not equally as likely the number polio does on your immune system makes you more susceptible to opportunistic infection from enterovirus? Though I could also see a combination one-two punch type thing, like how measles wipes your immune memory giving other infections carte blanche that you thought you’d beaten.

Colin Mockery posted:

my parents want me to visit them in a couple weeks but they won't mask anymore because no one else does and they don't want to look like crazy freaks, so im going to roll the dice because i love my parents more than i love my lungs

pray for me, thanks

bedpan posted:

expanded my paxlovid hoard today. went to the pharmacy and said I was the paxlovid inspector and walked away with 50 boxes

Colin Mockery posted:

my parents want me to visit them in a couple weeks but they won't mask anymore because no one else does and they don't want to look like crazy freaks, so im going to roll the dice because i love my parents more than i love my lungs

pray for me, thanks

bedpan posted:

expanded my paxlovid hoard today. went to the pharmacy and said I was the paxlovid inspector and walked away with 50 boxes

Al! posted:

gently caress i thought i was supposed to stockpile hydroxychloroquine

Indoor Dying posted:

We'll have to pray for them too because you can be the one passing an infection to them. Are you okay with rolling those dice? You can very easily wear a mask while seeing them (please do)

Bastard Tetris posted:

is the new Clone High good? I loved the original but 20 years later I have way less time for TV

Bastard Tetris posted:

at any rate whatever new variant is dominating is popping the gently caress off and hospitalizations are increasing at an unnerving rate, two friend groups went on interstate vacations and both turned into nearly 100 percent infections.

Oracle posted:

You can try to buy it off Amazon though they've jacked up the price precipitously, or from a reseller like biosenseclinic.com. Neither really ships quickly unfortunately. I personally am going to make my own because its literally just iota-carrageenan and sterile saline solution, which you can make with distilled water as noted by Playstemon. I personally would boil the distilled water for about a minute just to ensure that nasties like acanthamoebia aren't a concern.

Colin Mockery posted:

im not sure how i feel about inhaling something i buy off amazon... is that where people are getting their nasal spray?

Petey posted:

I quickly scrolled through 500+ posts of mostly forums drama.

The only addition I have to say is that my understanding is that now that Paxlovid is fully authorized, it can be prescribed off-label for several reasons, including in advance of e.g. travel, or because you are worried about future access generally. For example, I got a prescribed course of Paxlovid before a two-week trip in Japan this summer, in case I tested positive while there and couldn't get access to it while abroad. I now have a box of Paxlovid on hand because I didn't end up testing positive.

If I run into a Glumwheels type situation — pharmacies closed for weekends or holidays or whatever — I'd probably just start from this box, which functions mostly to buffer access challenges due to the everyday limits of institutions (like it being the weekend or a holiday).

One policy intervention I'd like to see, actually, is the preemptive prescription and provision of a course of Paxlovid to every qualifying person, to have on hand in case they test positive. That seems like something you could do in our system from medical records — identify people with qualifying conditions and no disqualifying contraindications, and just send them a Paxlovid prescription with a letter explaining why they should take it. Or at least something to their doctor. I suppose this might kick up some kind of conspiracy theory big pharma backlash like the mandates did, but it might also not do that if you just send them a free thing with an explanation of what it does rather than mandate it. I'm sure there are more complicated reasons here why we don't do this, but it's hard to shake the feeling that some of it is not just institutional failure.

icantfindaname posted:

Cops and doctors are one thing, the one professional group you should openly spit on if you see them in public are public health professionals. If one of them says the sky is blue, open a window and confirm for yourself

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-cases-area-symptoms-uk-b2396498.html posted:

UK Covid cases in your area as infections rise and new variants emerge
Check how rife Covid is in your local area with our map, as concerns raised about new variants like Eris

Covid cases have continued to rise in the UK after new variants emerged this summer, the latest data has revealed.

A new strain of the disease, BA.2.86, was detected in the UK on 18 August, having only been found in three other countries in the world so far: Israel, Denmark and the US.

There is currently just one confirmed case with the variant in the UK, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said in their latest update. The person has no recent travel history which they said “suggests a degree of community transmission within the UK”.
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The overall Covid-19 hospital admission rate for week 32 was 3.00 per 100,000 population, an increase from 1.97 per 100,000 in the previous report.
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“It [ed. EG.5.1] is likely to be dominant by September when kids return to school and adults to work or university, plus we start spending much more time inside,” she said.
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Bastard Tetris posted:

my initial advice to be normal online remains

https://newsroom.heart.org/news/covid-19-may-trigger-new-onset-high-blood-pressure posted:

A new study in the journal Hypertension finds SARS-CoV-2 infection is significantly associated with the development of high blood pressure in adults with preexisting heart conditions or those who were older, Black or male
Research Highlights:

• An analysis of more than 45,000 people infected with SARS-CoV-2 found a significant association between the virus and the development of persistent high blood pressure among those with no prior history of high blood pressure.
  
• In addition, people with COVID-19 infection and no history of high blood pressure were significantly more likely to develop persistent high blood pressure compared to people with the influenza virus.
  
• People with COVID-19 who are over age 40, men, Black adults or those with preexisting conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease or chronic kidney disease, had an elevated risk of developing high blood pressure, according to the study.

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The analysis found:

• 21% of people hospitalized with COVID-19 and 11% of those who were not hospitalized for COVID-19 developed high blood pressure, compared to 16% of people hospitalized with influenza and 4% of those not hospitalized for influenza.
  
• People hospitalized for COVID-19 were more than twice as likely and those not hospitalized are 1.5 times more likely to develop persistent hypertension compared to people hospitalized and non-hospitalized with influenza, respectively.
  
• People infected with SARS-CoV-2 who were over 40 years old, Black adults or those with preexisting conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease or chronic kidney disease, had an elevated risk of developing high blood pressure.
  
• Persistent high blood pressure was more common among people infected with SARS-CoV-2 who were treated with vasopressor and corticosteroid medications during the pandemic.

“Given the sheer number of people affected by COVID-19 compared to influenza, these statistics are alarming and suggest that many more patients will likely develop high blood pressure in the future, which may present a major public health burden,” Duong said. “These findings should heighten awareness to screen at-risk patients for hypertension after COVID-19 illness to enable earlier identification and treatment for hypertension-related complications, such as cardiovascular and kidney disease.”
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https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.21174 posted:

Abstract
BACKGROUND:
SARS-CoV-2 may trigger new-onset persistent hypertension. This study investigated the incidence and risk factors associated with new-onset persistent hypertension during COVID-19 hospitalization and at ≈6-month follow-up compared with influenza.

METHODS:
This retrospective observational study was conducted in a major academic health system in New York City. Participants included 45 398 patients with COVID-19 (March 2020 to August 2022) and 13 864 influenza patients (January 2018 to August 2022) without a history of hypertension.

RESULTS:
At 6-month follow-up, new-onset persistent hypertension was seen in 20.6% of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and 10.85% of nonhospitalized patients with COVID-19. Persistent hypertension incidence among hospitalized patients did not vary across the pandemic, whereas that of among hospitalized patients decreased from 20% in March 2020 to ≈10% in October 2020 (R2=0.79, P=0.003) and then plateaued thereafter. Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 were 2.23 ([95% CI, 1.48–3.54]; P<0.001) times and nonhospitalized patients with COVID-19 were 1.52 ([95% CI, 1.22–1.90]; P<0.01) times more likely to develop persistent hypertension than influenza counterparts. Persistent hypertension was more common among older adults, males, patients with preexisting comorbidities (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease), and those who were treated with pressor and corticosteroid medications. Mathematical models predicted persistent hypertension with 79% to 86% accuracy. In addition, 21.0% of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 with no prior hypertension developed hypertension during COVID-19 hospitalization.

CONCLUSIONS:
Incidence of new-onset persistent hypertension in patients with COVID-19 is higher than those with influenza, likely constituting a major health burden given the sheer number of patients with COVID-19. Screening at-risk patients for hypertension following COVID-19 illness may be warranted.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/21/covid-vaccine-stocks-jump-as-new-variants-emerge.html posted:

Covid vaccine stocks jump as new variants emerge ahead of fall shot rollout

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4162874-a-third-of-adults-believe-covid-19-vaccines-caused-thousands-of-sudden-deaths-poll/ posted:

A third of adults believe COVID-19 vaccines caused thousands of sudden deaths: poll
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The new polling data found that a third of adults believed the COVID-19 vaccines “caused thousands of sudden deaths in otherwise healthy people,” with 10 percent believing that claim to be “definitely true” and 23 percent saying it was “probably true.” Another 34 percent said it was “probably false” and 31 percent said that claim was “definitely false.”

Nearly a third of people also said they believed the parasitic deworming medication ivermectin was an “effective treatment for COVID-19.” Among the naysayers, 44 percent said that claim was “probably false” and 22 percent said it was “definitely false.”
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In the same poll, roughly a quarter of people said they believed vaccinations against measles, mumps and rubella caused autism in children and that COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility. No evidence has so far been found to indicate that immunization against SARS-CoV-2 affects male or female fertility.
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Mad respect to you for sticking with it. But IMHO that looks horrible. I don’t even like to wear the chin attachment for my MTB helmet, as it’s too claustrophobic. YMMV.

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Actually, was fairly comfortable!

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Can you share a link to where I could buy a mask like that please?

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Dunno. My job issued it to me

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I see scrubs and a hospital badge. Please, PLEASE tell me you're an ER doc.

Just lie if you have to.

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ICU nurse. Sorry to disappoint!