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Why Am I So Tired
Sep 28, 2021
Wanting teeth is ableist.

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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
https://twitter.com/beyoncegarden/status/1708719565780193326?s=46

Beyoncé wearing a mask behind the scenes in her upcoming concert movie

Why Am I So Tired
Sep 28, 2021
Nothing like needlessly* drawing tens of thousands of people from across the country into gravely dangerous conditions while knowing better yourself.

* $$$

Woodsy Owl
Oct 27, 2004
Attention western Washington parents: North sound Pediatrics has 6mo-4yr Pfizer appointments available NOW, Intergalactic Pediatrics has Moderna for 6mo+ , appointments avail from on Oct 18

Chamale
Jul 11, 2010

I'm helping!



Why Am I So Tired posted:

Nothing like needlessly* drawing tens of thousands of people from across the country into gravely dangerous conditions while knowing better yourself.

* $$$

You don't become a billionaire by caring about the little people

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

Thoguh posted:

Just saw a guy dicknosing a cloth mask in October of the Year Of Our Lord Two Thousand And Twenty Three.

Everyone who masks properly reads this thread.

Everyone who masks poorly also reads this thread.

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

Why Am I So Tired posted:

Nothing like needlessly* drawing tens of thousands of people from across the country into gravely dangerous conditions while knowing better yourself.

* $$$

yeah…

https://twitter.com/young_tibby/status/1708874525880787063?s=46

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
https://twitter.com/mnisselle/status/1708978950255616168?s=46

DominoKitten
Aug 7, 2012

Nothing like a business savvy pop star wearing a better sealing, more effective mask than the vaccine Nobel Prize winners. What a world, what a world.

Raskolnikov2089
Nov 3, 2006

Schizzy to the matic

Glumwheels posted:

So i got this text today because I have a colonoscopy this week.

It was telling me there’s construction at the hospital and immunocompromised patients should wear a n95 mask due to dust and debris….

Hmm, no other loving reason to wear a mask?? This is a major medical center here that held on to masks longer than everyone else.

Have fun peeing out of your anus (butthole).

My colonoscopy team back in '21 was super helpful. I asked them if they would put my mask back on me asap and I woke up with my Aura securely attached. Naturally I took it off in a groggy haze to drink the most delicious apple juice ever made.

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

DominoKitten posted:

Nothing like a business savvy pop star wearing a better sealing, more effective mask than the vaccine Nobel Prize winners. What a world, what a world.

i laughed when a guy on the radio said that beyonce was a fat burnout in 2011, but just a scant decade later i'm like "god drat beyonce is one of the only intelligent entertainers in the world"

Shneak
Mar 6, 2015

A sad Professor Plum
sitting on a toilet.
My boss emailed me today demanding me to return to working in office because "the isolation period now is only 5 days." I told her I popped a positive test just yesterday and didn't feel comfortable being around others until I get a negative. She said "just wear a mask." This is the same person who visits their elderly mother every weekend. The best part is she usually doesn't even acknowledge my existence when I am there.

lol, lmao even.

Why Am I So Tired
Sep 28, 2021
Individual public health choices (the individual is your middle manager)

The Oldest Man
Jul 28, 2003

Why Am I So Tired posted:

Individual public health choices (the individual is your middle manager)

Drake no: government death panels
Drake yes: middle management death tyrants

DickParasite
Dec 2, 2004


Slippery Tilde

DominoKitten posted:

Nothing like a business savvy pop star wearing a better sealing, more effective mask than the vaccine Nobel Prize winners. What a world, what a world.

Not surprised that the self-made(ish) wealthy are more intelligent than the fail-grandkids of some 19th century robber barons who've been catered to their whole lives. The landlord class always falls for their own propaganda.

GATOS Y VATOS
Aug 22, 2002


Steve Yun posted:

https://twitter.com/beyoncegarden/status/1708719565780193326?s=46

Beyoncé wearing a mask behind the scenes in her upcoming concert movie



RIP to Beyoncé’s concert movie since it domes out the same day as Godzilla Minus One. :colbert:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7DqccP1Q_4

Soap Scum
Aug 8, 2003



Why Am I So Tired posted:

Wanting teeth is ableist.

we're like six months away from the emmanuel dude saying this in the new yorker

Gunshow Poophole
Sep 14, 2008

OMBUDSMAN
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Clapping Larry

Shneak posted:

My boss emailed me today demanding me to return to working in office because "the isolation period now is only 5 days." I told her I popped a positive test just yesterday and didn't feel comfortable being around others until I get a negative. She said "just wear a mask." This is the same person who visits their elderly mother every weekend. The best part is she usually doesn't even acknowledge my existence when I am there.

lol, lmao even.

Sounds like it's time to schedule a lot of meetings. with her.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

Why Am I So Tired posted:

Individual public health choices (the individual is your middle manager)

A Bag of Milk
Jul 3, 2007

I don't see any American dream; I see an American nightmare.
Got my free gov tests today. I indeed got four tests, all BinaxNow. Expiration date 6/26/23 which per FDA website is a 'real' expiration of 1/25/24.

Oracle
Oct 9, 2004

Shneak posted:

My boss emailed me today demanding me to return to working in office because "the isolation period now is only 5 days." I told her I popped a positive test just yesterday and didn't feel comfortable being around others until I get a negative. She said "just wear a mask." This is the same person who visits their elderly mother every weekend. The best part is she usually doesn't even acknowledge my existence when I am there.

lol, lmao even.

Rely on Covid short term memory loss, don’t go in, when she asks claim she never talked to you about any of this.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
If you’re good to go after five days, a positive test on the sixth day must be an entirely new infection, am I right? 🤣

Oracle
Oct 9, 2004

Platystemon posted:

If you’re good to go after five days, a positive test on the sixth day must be an entirely new infection, am I right? 🤣

reset the clock

Precambrian Video Games
Aug 19, 2002



I've just started testing negative (and tasting and smelling) again, I don't want to think about a possible second rebound.

I don't know how much of the smell loss was congestion but on the worst day I could barely smell ground coffee and got nothing from a jar of cardamom seeds. The next day I got a faint whiff from the cardamom and now I can barely believe it had no effect a few days ago.

Gunshow Poophole
Sep 14, 2008

OMBUDSMAN
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Clapping Larry

eXXon posted:

I've just started testing negative (and tasting and smelling) again, I don't want to think about a possible second rebound.

I don't know how much of the smell loss was congestion but on the worst day I could barely smell ground coffee and got nothing from a jar of cardamom seeds. The next day I got a faint whiff from the cardamom and now I can barely believe it had no effect a few days ago.

For me this was a particularly brainfuckling experience, as my instinctive reaction was to think "this cheap tea just doesn't brew correctly", and like "gosh must be something wrong with this... wait a minute"

a nice slant equivalent to people without a theory of mind or empathy.

hailthefish
Oct 24, 2010

there's a reason the number of furious 1 star reviews for Yankee Candles is such a good covid indicator

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/thedigitaldash_/status/1708940741353902516?t=HX1pAw2COx55GAiZvaKl0w&s=19

... yes

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

eXXon posted:

I've just started testing negative (and tasting and smelling) again, I don't want to think about a possible second rebound.

I don't know how much of the smell loss was congestion but on the worst day I could barely smell ground coffee and got nothing from a jar of cardamom seeds. The next day I got a faint whiff from the cardamom and now I can barely believe it had no effect a few days ago.

this was me pretty much exactly, except my hearing instead of my sense of smell. covid, what can't it do!

Ferdinand Bardamu
Apr 30, 2013

bed bugs are endemic already. I always put my luggage in my accommodation's bathroom.

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

GATOS Y VATOS posted:

RIP to Beyoncé’s concert movie since it domes out the same day as Godzilla Minus One. :colbert:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7DqccP1Q_4
holy poo poo what an awesome trailer and lmao beyonce going for taylor swifts bodycount

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

Why Am I So Tired posted:

Just want to put all three of those related Nate Holdren / Death Panel pieces together for easy clicking and reading and linking. I set aside a big chunk of time this afternoon to sit down and go through them all together without any distractions, and they really felt like essential reading. Thanks Zugzwang and Tzen for sharing and highlighting them. So many insightful quotes and concepts expressed very clearly and passionately.

https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2022/03/21/depoliticizing-social-murder-covid-pandemic/
https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/social-murder-with-nate-holdren
https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/s23-how-capitalism-kills-covid-and-social-murder
:hai:

Tzen
Sep 11, 2001

i got google fiber webpass and my internet is very very fast now, it owns
the cherry on top is this email prior to upgrading,



"Dear [name],

We have you scheduled for a service appointment on [date]. We almost always arrive right on time, but we ask for your patience and understanding if our technician is a bit delayed due to disruptions in our operations related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. We'll do our best to update you if we are running late.

Your health and safety is our top priority. We are taking proactive precautionary measures to limit risks. Our technician will arrive with personal protective equipment, including disposable gloves and shoe covers. Our team is also using hand sanitizers and washing hands frequently, including before and after every customer installation.

We also ask for your help in keeping our team safe. If you or anyone in your home isn't feeling well, we kindly ask that you cancel or reschedule your appointment. If you'd like to make any changes to your appointment, please reply to your open support ticket or send an email to to support@webpass.net. Also, to the extent feasible, please maintain physical separation (6 feet or more) from our technician while they complete their work.

Thanks for being a Webpass customer.

Google Fiber Webpass
"

bolding mine

ctrl-f mask, lol nope
lol when the tech showed up without a mask, but had rubber gloves and shoe covers on
thankfully they were fine putting on the kf94 i handed them

lmao at everything

Zugzwang
Jan 2, 2005

You have a kind of sick desperation in your laugh.


Ramrod XTreme

Tzen posted:

lol when the tech showed up without a mask, but had rubber gloves and shoe covers on
lmao

RandolphCarter
Jul 30, 2005


you’re gonna feel silly when it turns out Covid is a sickness of the sole.

sonatinas
Apr 15, 2003

Seattle Karate Vs. L.A. Karate
my spouse’s boss who exclaimed covid is over has now had it 2x in 2 months along with their whole family. couldn’t go to sleep due to severe coughing.

went to a cookout on Sunday and few people did not show up due to covid infections.

it’s just the flu!….that I get at least 2x a year

Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right
I went to the supermarket at about 4pm and there were a lot of parents there who'd dragged their sick kids along, I could hear them coughing all over the store. Also none of these kids covered their mouths at all when they coughed so they constantly had plumes of virions spraying out of their faces like a firehose

Pingui
Jun 4, 2006

WTF?
Does anyone have access to this article? - it looks interesting, though I am not sure what a "forum article" is.

https://www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X(23)00268-8 posted:

Sleeping monsters: chronic infections in COVID-19 pathogenesis

Abstract
We each harbor several chronic infections that can reactivate in response to various stressors and cause serious disease. In this forum article, we consider the reactivation of chronic microbial infections in the context of COVID-19.

Keywords
COVID-19 disease
herpesviruses
chronic microbial and viral infections
CMV
EBV
Toxoplasma

Computer Serf
May 14, 2005
Buglord

Pingui posted:

Does anyone have access to this article? - it looks interesting, though I am not sure what a "forum article" is.

this is pretty bad considering what’s known with viruses like Toxoplasmosis causing brain damage. Specifically to basolateral amygdala, an area that manages fight or flight responses.
Fatal Attraction Syndrome

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1474704916659746 posted:


The Relation of Toxoplasma Infection and Sexual Attraction to Fear, Danger, Pain, and Submissiveness

Many parasites, so-called manipulators, are known to induce changes in the behavior of their hosts to increase their own fitness. Such changes are also induced by a parasite of cats, Toxoplasma gondii. The most remarkable change is the fatal attraction phenomenon, the switch of infected mice’s and rat’s native fear of the smell of cats toward an attraction to this smell. The stimuli that activate fear-related circuits in healthy rodents start to also activate sex-related circuits in the infected animals. An analogy of the fatal attraction phenomenon has also been observed in infected humans. Therefore, we tried to test a hypothesis that sexual arousal by fear-, violence-, and danger-related stimuli occurs more frequently in Toxoplasma-infected subjects.
(..)

It was shown that in the infected rats expressing fatal attraction, Toxoplasma is able to reprogram the brain’s genetic machinery by specific demethylation of certain regulatory elements of genes (Dass & Vyas, 2014).

Toxoplasmosis posted:

a laboratory-reared rat is placed in a box with a few drops of cat urine in one corner it will avoid the corner with the cat urine. The rat will also secrete stress hormones, increase vigilance, and be less likely to feel pain. Rats have an innate fear of cues of cats being nearby. Now, if a rat similar in all aspects with the first rat with the exception it has been previously infected with T. gondii is placed in the same box, this infected rat does not avoid the corner with the urine [4, 5]. Some infected rats are even attracted to the odor. In other words, T. gondii removes the innate fear of rats and converts it, in at least some individuals, into attraction

it’s known people are getting brain damage from covid, along with immune damage that reactivates latent viruses like herpes, ebv, and toxoplasmosis. so damage to parts of the brain that deal with risk assessment, fear, trust, anticipating the results of a decision, and even the ability for metacognition and general sensory awareness are potentially damaged if not from hypoxia but direct viral and autoimmune autoantibodies eating parts of the brain.

RandolphCarter
Jul 30, 2005


ordered a box of v flex from 3m yesterday and the estimated delivery date was the tenth. just got an email saying they’ll be here tomorrow and panicked that I had payed the crazy price for fast shipping, but nope just lucky I guess.

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SixteenShells
Sep 30, 2021

Pingui posted:

Does anyone have access to this article? - it looks interesting, though I am not sure what a "forum article" is.

Me neither, but they have a bit in their article submissions page that explains it:

quote:

Forum articles are short pieces that aim to highlight for a very broad audience a significant recent development in the field or to raise awareness about a topic of general interest. Possible topics can include future outlook essays that serve to introduce or encourage research in a new field, reflections and new insights on long-standing questions and debates, and general analyses of common scientific practices or tools used in a field. Forum articles should not include unpublished data, simulations, or meta-analyses. Although subjective, a Forum article should not be used to dwell excessively on the author's own research or to excessively criticize the research of others, except where criticism is constructive. The introduction of hypothesis and models is encouraged, and the articles should be written with a very personal perspective, but it is important to mention other viewpoints where they exist to place the work discussed in a context for the nonspecialist reader. Our audience ranges from student to senior scientist so articles must be accessible to a wide readership. Please avoid jargon, but do not oversimplify: be accurate and precise throughout.

seems like a pretty good idea to me

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