Raskolnikov2089 posted:

Doesn't look like Cue has any more "soon to expire" tests on sale, fortunately Aptitude Metrix is now available on their website without signing up for the waitlist so I just ordered with them. They're way cheaper than Cue so I'm happy.

DR FRASIER KRANG posted:

my kids fourth grade teacher is out all week with Covid and the school can't source a substitute so he gets shuffled around to other classrooms.

Steve Yun posted:

Bored Ape (the NFT people) had a convention where they used UV lights thinking they were black lights. They were using 254nm uv

https://twitter.com/atomicthumbs/status/1721602536225091716?s=46

tuyop posted:

this, you should know, has always happened. in fact it happened to you your entire childhood!

also you’re lying and that could never happen here to my family and children we have a good school and community!

Hungry Squirrel posted:

The unmasked movers left five hours ago. I had three masked friends helping me unpack until about two hours ago. Every window and exterior door in the house has been open all day, and I've run a Corsi cube in each room, in turn, for an hour (I only have two cubes, so only two rooms at a time. They're 20x25, 3M 2200 series, though).

I can probably take my mask off, yes?

EDIT that the furnace fan has also been running all day with a brand new MERV 13 filter.

Insanite posted:

just got pre-k enrollment fliers from my city

10 months until no precautions i take matter wooooohooooooo

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Is this a poo poo post?

Downvotes. Lolz

We're on the backside of a global pandemic. Asking if there are a bunch of viruses around is about the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Yes, there are viruses around.

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Not sure what's going on but seen a bunch of people wearing masks again driving around in their cars alone 🙄.....

Praying this nonsense doesn't kick off again.

Why Am I So Tired posted:

I love how consistently triggered these ghouls are by seeing someone wearing a mask in their car. It upsets them so much more than mass death and disability.

Platystemon posted:

Chamale posted:

now that the outbreak is underway, the venue has started requiring servers to wear masks and gloves. The executives, of course, are allowed to keep breathing on each other as much as they want.

Chamale posted:

"In play, run(s)" is how baseball's website tells you that a team has just scored. This is probably norovirus, but it's funny to note that now that the outbreak is underway, the venue has started requiring servers to wear masks and gloves. The executives, of course, are allowed to keep breathing on each other as much as they want.

DickParasite posted:

Mrs. Parasite got her booster two weeks ago, despite falling into the "not recommended" category. They did not ask for a referral or anything, she just booked it and got it.

I got my booster back in late June before the advice changed. Personally I plan on getting a booster every six months or so until the Man makes it impossible or they come up with some pan-coronavirus super vax.

Chamale posted:

"In play, run(s)" is how baseball's website tells you that a team has just scored. This is probably norovirus, but it's funny to note that now that the outbreak is underway, the venue has started requiring servers to wear masks and gloves. The executives, of course, are allowed to keep breathing on each other as much as they want.

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A looming widespread Santa shortage could threaten the beloved annual Christmas photo this festive season.
One talent agency said in the last three years fewer Australians applied for the top job due to COVID-19.
But with the return to normal, the agency is struggling to bring talent numbers back to pre-pandemic levels in the lead up to December.

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Hutton said becoming a Santa's Helper was a great way for seniors to be more involved in the local community and interact with young people.
Santa veteran, Tony Hooper, said the the role was perfect for older Australians who were interested in returning to the workforce.

Platystemon posted:

Moddddddsssss! The penal colonists are reverting to criminal behaviour!

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

The vaxx cops are gonna hunt me down and repossess my moth juice

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

ILLEGAL MOTH JUICE

adebisi lives posted:

I thought the moth juice was legal now.

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

The vaxx cops are gonna hunt me down and repossess my moth juice

Baddog posted:

They are in australia, I think only old/sick people are supposed to be allowed it there.

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

The recommendation in Australia used to be that everyone get a booster every 6 months but they just changed that to only getting a booster once a year (unless you're over 65 or severely immunocompromised) and since I already got a shot earlier this year the current guidance says I shouldn't get another shot until sometime in 2024.
Also the recommendation is that Novavax boosters should only be given to people whose original shots were also Novavax (unless they had an extreme reaction to the mRNA shots) so my shot was doubly illegal.

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1st-level divination (ritual)

Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a yew leaf)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

For the duration, you can sense the presence and location of poisons, poisonous creatures, and diseases within 30 feet of you. You also identify the kind of poison, poisonous creature, or disease in each case.

The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.

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I see people asking if they can have cantrips.

Can I have a class ribbon feature? I want the level 3 paladin feature where you become immune to disease

I get sick alot and my lungs are shot because of it. Diseases that effect that lungs scare me.

There is no single thing in the entire power fantasy of DND that compares to being immune to disease for me.

https://time.com/6331503/airport-covid-flu-rsv-tracking/ posted:

Here’s How the CDC Will Track Viruses Over the Holiday Travel Season
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In the latest iteration of the program, passengers at four airports—John F. Kennedy in New York, San Francisco International, Logan in Boston, and Dulles—volunteer to swab their noses and Ginkgo genetically analyzes any positive tests at its labs for the presence of SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV.
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In coming years, the program will add testing for dozens of other viruses and bacteria, as well as for mutations that signal that viruses or bacteria have become resistant to existing treatments. Eventually, Friedman says her team is hoping take air samples from airports to provide additional data on pathogens, and to bolster the program’s ability to know where in the world pathogens are coming from, and whether the strains entering the country pose any threat to public health because existing treatments won’t be able to control them.

One group of such pathogens that will eventually be screened include the parainfluenzas, which can contribute to croup or pneumonia, and can be dangerous for young babies. “There are no public genomes for some of these respiratory pathogens—none for parainfluenza 3, for example, and none for human metapneumovirus—so we will be getting the first sequences that we are able to look at more closely,” says Casandra Philipson, a computational biologist at Concentric. “We’re excited about establishing a global baseline dataset for these viruses. The more we make public, the more we can contribute to better general knowledge about these pathogens.”

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42796-0 posted:

Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 is primarily transmitted through droplets and airborne aerosols, and in order to prevent infection and reduce viral spread vaccines should elicit protective immunity in the airways. The neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) transfers IgG across epithelial barriers and can enhance mucosal delivery of antigens. Here we explore FcRn-mediated respiratory delivery of SARS-CoV-2 spike (S). A monomeric IgG Fc was fused to a stabilized spike; the resulting S-Fc bound to S-specific antibodies and FcRn. Intranasal immunization of mice with S-Fc and CpG significantly induced antibody responses compared to the vaccination with S alone or PBS. Furthermore, we intranasally immunized mice or hamsters with S-Fc. A significant reduction of virus replication in nasal turbinate, lung, and brain was observed following nasal challenges with SARS-CoV-2 and its variants. Intranasal immunization also significantly reduced viral airborne transmission in hamsters. Nasal IgA, neutralizing antibodies, lung-resident memory T cells, and bone-marrow S-specific plasma cells mediated protection. Hence, FcRn delivers an S-Fc antigen effectively into the airway and induces protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-11-nasal-vaccine-covid-preclinical.html posted:

Researchers develop a nasal vaccine that prevents COVID-19 in preclinical studies
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Zhu and his team developed a technology that leverages the body's natural mechanism to transport the COVID-19 spike protein into the cells of the airway, where the local immune system can learn to recognize the virus.

The mechanism they tapped into uses a protein called neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) to carry antibodies across epithelial cells. The researchers developed and patented a technology to bind their chosen human antibody to FcRn. Then, they attached the spike protein from SARS-CoV-2 to FcRn and sprayed it into the noses of mice.

The team then exposed the mice to ancient SARS-CoV-2, delta, and omicron variants of COVID-19. All unvaccinated mice exposed to the Delta variant died, while most vaccinated mice (83-100%) survived. Although mice exposed to major omicron variants survived, the researchers found significantly reduced inflammation and virus loads in vaccinated mice compared to unvaccinated mice.

Comparing results in mice that had the Spike protein delivered by nasal vaccine, versus injection, the researchers found that the nasal vaccine triggered a significantly more potent immune response in the airway and lungs. Consequently, the researchers also found that the nasal vaccine, but not the intramuscular vaccine, dramatically reduced SARS-CoV-2 airborne transmission.
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