https://weather.com/en-IN/india/coronavirus/news/2023-08-25-new-omicron-sub-variants-ba286-and-eg51-pose-no-risk-to-indians posted:

Amid Fresh COVID-19 Concerns, New Omicron Sub-Variants BA.2.86 and EG.5.1 Pose No Risk to Indians: Experts
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“BA.2.86 will not pose any danger to India, because India has been having Omicron since last almost 20 months,” added epidemiologist Dr Ishwar Gilada at the 55th Seminars on International Planetary Emergencies at Erice, Sicily, Italy, citing BA.2 and BA.4.

He noted that India has an edge over the two new variants, as the country has “since the beginning got good immunity so it will not affect India adversely”.
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"It is indeed too early to draw sweeping conclusions about the BA 2.86 COVID-19 variant. While it has made its presence known, we do not have sufficient data to assert whether it is more infectious than its predecessors. According to the reported cases, most of its symptoms are that of the flu variant, just like the EG.5.1 variant, the symptoms of the COVID-19 variant BA 2.86 are similar to that of the flu-like cold, cough, lethargicness, myalgia, fever, etc,” Dr. Tribhuvan Gulati, Lead Consultant, Diabetes, Obesity & Internal Medicine at the CK Birla Hospital, told IANS.
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Pingui posted:

Harold Fjord posted:

Just like, this week

Pingui posted:

hailthefish posted:

omw to check unread posts in this thread



yup that's posts

Bastard Tetris posted:

I am honestly fascinated at how the US’ response to the pandemic echoed to places like South Korea, thanks for the insight.

Gunshow Poophole posted:

key public health reportage from Weather.com

Gunshow Poophole posted:

key public health reportage from Weather.com

Rescue Toaster posted:

Yeah even though my immediate supervisors are fine with it I got asked to go through HR / Accommodation process because of some VP of gently caress-all's push to get people back in the office. So I'm assuming that's their way of saying No but not having to do it themselves and/or covering their rear end.

There's literally nowhere in the building with anything resembling decent ventilation, so it'd mean wearing a respirator all day and going out to my car even to drink water.

I guess if anyone has actually had luck getting approval for remote work through a corporate HR process I'd be happy to hear any advice. (Yes I'm actually immunocompromised. I should be able to get documentation from my Doc, though I'm not sure I can get them to explicitly say 'Let him work remotely.')

hailthefish posted:

omw to check unread posts in this thread



yup that's posts

mags posted:

i dont know whats with the surgical with you?

hailthefish posted:

the surgical is for keeping droplets of peoplesoup from going in my faceholes

i just decided to take a selfie before going into the dirty area to make a fun joke about ppe in the covid thread

tuyop posted:

hey what’s with the surgical?

StratGoatCom posted:

You know, if you want n95s the thread will give you a whole case, on us.

DickParasite posted:

For anyone not following the SAD thread about Boba Pearl's avatar doxing:

It turns out Boba Pearl was previously permabanned user Turtlicious.

StratGoatCom posted:

What are the disposable waterproof n95s anyway? Those would probably do a better job on people soup then surgicals as well as for covid.

Cup Runneth Over posted:

loving lol, I just found out about SPR through this too. this is incredible, what a gift, my cup runneth over

fosborb posted:

surgical n95s are 3M 1860s




goons being weird about selfies... loving universal

Strep Vote posted:

Just got some of these. Comfy but hard to seal on my tiny mandible.

The Oldest Man posted:

Cup n95s suck rear end. There's a surgical/splash rated Aura which has red headbands. I've actually seen them in the wild around here a couple times which I assume is from surgeons raiding the supply closet at work.

tuyop posted:

that’s probably a good use for them

not really gonna protect you from covid, though. and personally I’d be more concerned about a covid getting in my face hole than a peoplesoup

StratGoatCom posted:

What are the disposable waterproof n95s anyway? Those would probably do a better job on people soup then surgicals as well as for covid.

The Oldest Man posted:

Cup n95s suck rear end. There's a surgical/splash rated Aura which has red headbands. I've actually seen them in the wild around here a couple times which I assume is from surgeons raiding the supply closet at work.

The Oldest Man posted:

Cup n95s suck rear end. There's a surgical/splash rated Aura which has red headbands. I've actually seen them in the wild around here a couple times which I assume is from surgeons raiding the supply closet at work.

hailthefish posted:

the surgical is for keeping droplets of peoplesoup from going in my faceholes

i just decided to take a selfie before going into the dirty area to make a fun joke about ppe in the covid thread

Glumwheels posted:

Are swollen gums a symptom of COVID too? I’ve never had this before but I woke up with my gums inflamed.

Harold Fjord posted:

Generally it seems like Covid can cause inflammation anywhere it ends up.

Gunshow Poophole posted:

yeah it's this

was it calibanibal who was the tooth loss goon? I think he was trolling at first and then people started reporting tooth loss lol

fosborb posted:

they shouldn't do that. we have to save n95s for surgeons

Glumwheels posted:

Are swollen gums a symptom of COVID too? I’ve never had this before but I woke up with my gums inflamed.

Gunshow Poophole posted:

yeah it's this

was it calibanibal who was the tooth loss goon? I think he was trolling at first and then people started reporting tooth loss lol

Forseti posted:

wtf is SPR?

Harold Fjord posted:

PYF IK who bought herself transphobic avs