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Zodium: Jun 19, 2004

Platystemon posted:

That�s a hell of an act. What do you call it?

cybernetic capitalism.

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# ? May 25, 2024 15:24

Bastard Tetris: Apr 27, 2005; L-Shaped; Nap Ghost

The CVS website lets you add vaccines to your covid vaccination appt so I just added all my upcoming travel vaccinations

I�m like 99% sure they�re gonna cancel or I guess I�m getting the voltron of immune events

# ? Sep 24, 2023 09:11

empireofcrime: Nov 3, 2015; The crimes of this guilty land can never be purged away but with blood.

had my first Aura strap snap yesterday, at least it was while taking it off. What's the procedure to make it less likely, pre-stretching the straps before putting one on?
Also didn't see it posted, a nice little treat for the thread:
https://x.com/DrEricDing/status/1704952648271896669?s=20

# ? Sep 24, 2023 10:02

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

empireofcrime posted:

Also didn't see it posted, a nice little treat for the thread:

It�s pretty loving stupid, but you know what? At least it�s an articulable rationale, unlike whatever has been rolling around in the current officeholder�s noggin.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/06/president-biden-flaunts-not-wearing-mask-after-covid-19-exposure/70778723007/ posted:

President Joe Biden joked about not wearing a mask Wednesday following this week's positive COVID-19 test of his wife, first lady Jill Biden, sending mixed signals as White House officials insist the president is following CDC guidelines.

Biden walked into the White House State Dining Room holding − not wearing − a face mask before delivering remarks to a room of reporters, White House aides and stakeholders on a new contract between unions and shipping companies in West Coast ports.

"Let me explain to the press: I've been tested again today. I'm clear across the board," Biden said as he got underway, holding up a black face mask. "But they keep telling me, because this has to be 10 days or something, I've got to keep wearing it. But don't tell them I didn't have it on when I walked in."

After Biden spoke for about 10 minutes, the president left the room with his mask still in his hand, not over his face.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises individuals who were in close contact with someone infected with COVID wear a high-quality mask when indoors and around others for 10 days, in addition to regular testing and monitoring for symptoms.

[�]

But his public appearance without a mask contradicted White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who minutes earlier said Biden "is going to be masking in this 10-day period" in accordance with CDC recommendations.

[�]

"The president's going to continue to following CDC guidance," Jean-Pierre said of his interactions with world leaders at the summit. "That includes masking. That includes testing."

Biden's nonchalant attitude on masks Wednesday seemed a far cry from his COVID approach during the first two years in the White House, when he strictly followed CDC advice on masks. Much has changed, however, since the lockdowns that dominated the beginning of the pandemic, and much of the country retired their masks long ago.

That last paragraph violates all known notions of time. Physicists are stunned.

Platystemon has issued a correction as of 10:10 on Sep 24, 2023

# ? Sep 24, 2023 10:05

Zugzwang: Jan 2, 2005; You have a kind of sick desperation in your laugh.; Ramrod XTreme

Steve Yun posted:

back in high school debate class it was a common thing for people to chalk up problems to �it�s society� like they�re a constant of life until one girl said �we are society! if we don�t take responsibility for fixing things they�ll never get done�

This rules. Gonna have to use this often, on myself especially.

Platystemon posted:

That last paragraph violates all known notions of time. Physicists are stunned.

Follow (the) science.

# ? Sep 24, 2023 12:14

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

eyyyyy

# ? Sep 24, 2023 12:17

SpaceCadetBob: Dec 27, 2012

weird how that non-profit person could find this stretch of industrial workshops but cal/osha cant?!?

# ? Sep 24, 2023 12:31

mrbotus: Apr 7, 2009; Patron of the Pants

Do they mention masks or is it just about not being able/willing to use water?

# ? Sep 24, 2023 13:11

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

they mention that most of the guys don�t use masks, or if they use masks they�re dust masks which aren�t good enough

seems like wearing better masks and keeping particulates out of the air would keep them alive. if only there was an agency with the power to enforce them at work�

Steve Yun has issued a correction as of 13:20 on Sep 24, 2023

# ? Sep 24, 2023 13:18

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

Paxlovid is legitimately a miracle drug.

3-4 hours after my first dose, my symptoms were essentially gone. I'm about to take my third dose and I feel fine, just the tiniest bit of mucus in the upper throat but no congestion, no cough, no fever.

# ? Sep 24, 2023 13:37

StratGoatCom: Aug 6, 2019; Our security is guaranteed by being able to melt the eyeballs of any other forum's denizens at 15 minutes notice

Shiroc posted:

Whenever the issue comes up of "its not individuals, its society, you can't change things on the individual level," it makes me wonder when the gently caress anyone thinks they will change society if there is no discipline or accountability for things that actually are fully within their power now.

Starting up my vanguard party where the rule is that everyone can do whatever they feel like at all times until we get the reins of power, at which point then there are some things everyone has to commit to.

My attitude has been for the most part 'forgive them father, they know not what they do, and the factors about the rampant incompetence of those in power leading to similar outcomes. but yourself, or those you can persuade? Don't give much of a drat about meat eating but this is the the doom thread where there's actually a considerable deal on the personal level you can do things about for you and anyone who you can persuade.

Edit: also loving lovely, my dad is getting absentminded oldbrains as what might be the worst variant yet hits. :bick:

StratGoatCom has issued a correction as of 13:51 on Sep 24, 2023

# ? Sep 24, 2023 13:46

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

may I have a light beer while on Paxlovid, as a Sunday football treat?

# ? Sep 24, 2023 14:03

Pingui: Jun 4, 2006; WTF?

Some potentially important Paxlovid news for UK residents in this article, which is mainly about how UK politicians managed to ruin a perfectly functional system.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/24/changes-to-covid-treatment-system-in-england-could-lead-to-postcode-lottery posted:

Changes to Covid treatment system in England �could lead to postcode lottery�
Patients have been left confused and frustrated with no centralised system for obtaining medicines

Changes to the way Covid treatments are obtained by those most at risk from the disease could lead to a �postcode lottery� for access, experts have said, with charities warning patients have been left confused and frustrated by the new system.

Previously, people eligible for Covid treatments in England were contacted by their local Covid Medicines Delivery Unit (CMDU) once they reported testing positive for the virus.

But in late June the system changed, with arrangements for prescribing Covid medications, which include antivirals and neutralising monoclonal antibodies, devolved to the 42 NHS integrated care boards (ICBs) in England.

Patients were informed that if they tested positive they should contact their GP practice, NHS 111 or a specialist. However some ICBs have a different procedure, for example requesting that patients contact their local CMDU.

Now experts have warned the shift is leaving eligible patients struggling to get hold of Covid treatments.

�Nurses on the British Liver Trust helpline regularly receive calls from people with a liver condition who find themselves in a state of uncertainty regarding their eligibility for antiviral treatment,� sad Pamela Healy, chief executive of the British Liver Trust. �The callers often express frustration and confusion, as they have not been adequately informed about whether they qualify for such treatment or how to go about accessing it.�

Azeem Majeed, a professor of primary care and public health at Imperial College London, added that the new system puts the onus on eligible patients to work out how to get hold of the medications.
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The concerns come amid a delay to new guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) that is poised to expand the pool of adults eligible for the nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir antiviral treatment to include all those aged 70 and over, as well as people with a body mass index of 35 or above, people with diabetes, and people with heart failure � should they have Covid and do not need supplemental oxygen.

However despite confirming there is no stock or supply issue around the drugs, NHS England has asked for a delay, citing �operational implications� which it says were not fully considered in the appraisal.
(..)

# ? Sep 24, 2023 14:11

euphronius: Feb 18, 2009

lol it should be otc. idiots

# ? Sep 24, 2023 14:12

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

euphronius posted:

lol it should be otc. idiots

I got mine for free yesterday, which is nice. are they doing that for everyone with a scrip?

# ? Sep 24, 2023 14:13

Pingui: Jun 4, 2006; WTF?

mdemone posted:

I got mine for free yesterday, which is nice. are they doing that for everyone with a scrip?

Yes, current Paxlovid supplies are government purchased (delivered last year). Once those supplies are gone however...

# ? Sep 24, 2023 14:17

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

Pingui posted:

Yes, current Paxlovid supplies are government purchased (delivered last year). Once those supplies are gone however...

what you're saying is that I should spend a week doing a half dozen telehealth calls and stock up a shitload of it

# ? Sep 24, 2023 14:26

SixteenShells: Sep 30, 2021

mdemone posted:

what you're saying is that I should spend a week doing a half dozen telehealth calls and stock up a shitload of it

There's databases your name goes into, youll probably have to wait 90 days between batches

# ? Sep 24, 2023 14:44

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

SixteenShells posted:

There's databases your name goes into, youll probably have to wait 90 days between batches

those sons a bitches

# ? Sep 24, 2023 14:47

Kragger99: Mar 21, 2004; Pillbug

Must be nice having Paxlovid as an option. Up here in Canada we get to buy Vicks Vapo-rub.

# ? Sep 24, 2023 14:48

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

Kragger99 posted:

Must be nice having Paxlovid as an option. Up here in Canada we get to buy Vicks Vapo-rub.

this is America. we have been getting killed and maimed by the healthcare kraken for centuries. let us have this one case of socialist medicine

# ? Sep 24, 2023 14:51

Pingui: Jun 4, 2006; WTF?

mdemone posted:

what you're saying is that I should spend a week doing a half dozen telehealth calls and stock up a shitload of it

Nominally there are still ~10 million unused doses (half of the total order), remaining:
https://aspr.hhs.gov/COVID-19/Therapeutics/orders/Pages/default.aspx

# ? Sep 24, 2023 14:52

Pingui: Jun 4, 2006; WTF?

Kragger99 posted:

Must be nice having Paxlovid as an option. Up here in Canada we get to buy Vicks Vapo-rub.

It is only a matter of time before you have access, as the gatekeeping is mainly based on age.

# ? Sep 24, 2023 14:57

Oracle: Oct 9, 2004

mdemone posted:

may I have a light beer while on Paxlovid, as a Sunday football treat?

as alcohol is processed by the liver I�d err on the side of caution. Same with acetaminophen.

# ? Sep 24, 2023 15:16

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

Oracle posted:

as alcohol is processed by the liver I�d err on the side of caution. Same with acetaminophen.

Bah.

that reminds me that my telehealth provider explicitly said I could take Tylenol, lol

Advil is in, Advil is hot, Advil it's gonna be

# ? Sep 24, 2023 15:42

Glumwheels: Jan 25, 2003; https://twitter.com/BidenHQ

empireofcrime posted:

had my first Aura strap snap yesterday, at least it was while taking it off. What's the procedure to make it less likely, pre-stretching the straps before putting one on?
Also didn't see it posted, a nice little treat for the thread:
https://x.com/DrEricDing/status/1704952648271896669?s=20

His mask probably looked like my wife�s mask, full of makeup.

# ? Sep 24, 2023 15:43

NeonPunk: Dec 21, 2020

Wasn't there like evidence back in 2020 where there was a noticeable drop in sales of foundation and lipsticks sales while there was a boom in eyeliners sales?

# ? Sep 24, 2023 15:45

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

NeonPunk posted:

Wasn't there like evidence back in 2020 where there was a noticeable drop in sales of foundation and lipsticks sales while there was a boom in eyeliners sales?

yeah that was definitely a thing.

# ? Sep 24, 2023 15:45

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

anybody else got tips for how to help Paxlovid finish the job?

like should I bother trying to wash out my sinuses or is it not going to matter until I go off the Pax?

# ? Sep 24, 2023 16:28

ram dass in hell: Dec 29, 2019

The Oldest Man posted:

The political and bureaucratic apparatus in this country appears to be a corpse to superficial inspection but some folks at OSHA looked at COVID and were like "drat, this is a workplace hazard" and wrote a bunch of draft rules about mitigating it that leaked onto the internet in April 2021. Rules that, if they were put into force, would have made employers liable for people getting injured by COVID if they contracted it on the job and the employer was found to not be following the rules on things like air quality control. Plus the precedent that if those rules were strengthened later, people would have to comply or face regulatory action or lawsuits.

That dead-rear end could not be allowed to happen. The biden admin ripping their masks off in June 2021 and saying covid is over, mild, and fine, even as Delta was ripping through India so badly they ran out of wood for the funerary pyres in Delhi was the direct reaction of the entrenched neoliberal elites to a state bureaucracy that isn't fully captured trying to do its job. You want to try to protect people from a disease? gently caress you, we'll re-invent reality and disappear the disease entirely. That was the response. OSHA leadership scrapped almost the entirety of the draft rules and the rest is history.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/safety/osha-covid-19-rule-intended-to-cover-all-workers-draft-shows

# ? Sep 24, 2023 17:19

redreader: Nov 2, 2009; I am the coolest person ever with my pirate chalice. Seriously.; Dinosaur Gum

My wife just got her shot and the shot giver at cvs informed her that's it's a two-dose.

I'm pretty sure that's a lie but just checking here. First I've heard of it.

Edit: wife asked if she was sure, the lady checked the Moderna site which said it was a two dose.

redreader has issued a correction as of 17:28 on Sep 24, 2023

# ? Sep 24, 2023 17:19

Woodsy Owl: Oct 27, 2004

redreader posted:

My wife just got her shot and the shot giver at cvs informed her that's it's a two-dose.

I'm pretty sure that's a lie but just checking here. First I've heard of it.

Edit: wife asked if she was sure, the lady checked the Moderna site which said it was a two dose.

Hope she didn't get the pediatric dose.

Absurd

# ? Sep 24, 2023 17:31

tangy yet delightful: Sep 13, 2005

Maybe the shot giver meant it's a two-dose if you're completely unvacinated? Your wife should have said well let me go ahead and schedule that second dose in 3 months. lol

# ? Sep 24, 2023 17:37

fosborb: Dec 15, 2006; Chronic Good Poster

tangy yet delightful posted:

Maybe the shot giver meant it's a two-dose if you're completely unvacinated? Your wife should have said well let me go ahead and schedule that second dose in 3 months. lol

even unvaccinated, I'm having trouble finding recommendations for adults to get two doses.

kids 6mo to 4 years are supposed to have at least 3 doses, so they recommend to keep taking the 2023-24 booster 2 months apart until they get there

dosing with lots of citations
https://secure.medicalletter.org/TML-article-5067a

# ? Sep 24, 2023 17:42

Woodsy Owl: Oct 27, 2004

Unvaxxed adults can get a single Moderna or Pfizer 2023-2024 shot. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-...this%20vaccine. Scroll to "ages 12 years and older"

# ? Sep 24, 2023 17:48

StratGoatCom: Aug 6, 2019; Our security is guaranteed by being able to melt the eyeballs of any other forum's denizens at 15 minutes notice

Father Wendigo posted:

This is indeed a baffling mystery! *cough*

https://twitter.com/1goodtern/status/1705914524694376715?t=yZBDUzEWLkCRtrcy3ru8jw&s=19

# ? Sep 24, 2023 17:51

Teenage Riot: May 25, 2010

Long Lockdown in action

# ? Sep 24, 2023 17:53

Zugzwang: Jan 2, 2005; You have a kind of sick desperation in your laugh.; Ramrod XTreme

it's baffling because Covid is mild now, some doctor on TV said so

# ? Sep 24, 2023 17:56

U-DO Burger: Nov 12, 2007

mdemone posted:

I got mine for free yesterday, which is nice. are they doing that for everyone with a scrip?

they are supposed to, but I had to pay for mine

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# ? May 25, 2024 15:24

Stoop Kid: Jan 17, 2007; Afraid to leave his stoop.

if you have insurance, check with your pharmacy benefit. mine was covered but I called and checked.

How have people�s reactions been to the new juice? i just got covid + flu 15 minutes ago

# ? Sep 24, 2023 18:42

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