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Been wearing a mask for 2 weeks!! (self.MasksForEveryone)

A little while ago, I made this post asking for some advice on confidence when wearing a mask, since this year is my first year of high-school and I was really anxious about wearing one. I honestly didn't expect much. But you guys were so kind and thoughtful in your responses that I pulled up my big kid pants and wore on the next day.

I've been wearing a mask now for two weeks, which is so exciting for me!! I know it isn't long but it's officially made its way into my normal routine, and I no longer feel uncomfortable wearing one to class. I didn't realize how easy it would be to forget I'm wearing one before this, and to just like. Exist? It's like a weight's been lifted off my shoulders, I feel so much more confident and comfortable knowing that I'm not only doing the right thing, but that I'm no longer going against what I KNEW was right.

I was surprised that most of the comments I got at school were from my teachers instead of students? Most were fine or considerate, one was sort of an rear end, but other than that I haven't gotten anything from students, even ones I see / talk to regularly. I'm really glad for that because I feel a lot more ready to answer any questions than I did the first few days. I've also gotten some comments from my mom and my sister, but they've lessened a bit, and I know they won't be able to sway me.

I know it's hard sometimes. I see posts nearly every day about someone having a tough time dealing with wearing a mask, and I get it. I know this is a happy post but I do feel left-out a lot. Wearing a mask now has only made me feel more isolated and disgusted when I see other people not wearing one(someone I see regularly in class went to a concert unmasked, then told me all about it the next day. bad vibes). But I hope you can all find peace in doing the right thing, especially for at-risk(like me) and disabled people.

Thank you all for the help!! Have a nice one :]

DickParasite posted:

Whoopsie boopsie hybrid immunity doesn't confer robust immunity.

https://twitter.com/RajeevJayadevan/status/1724684569469911116

genericnick posted:

That has to be sampling bias at this point no? If you never got hit by Omicron your biohazard protocols are on point.

genericnick posted:

That has to be sampling bias at this point no? If you never got hit by Omicron your biohazard protocols are on point.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00325-5/fulltext#%20 posted:

Collectively, these data support the hypothesis that the increased risk of Omicron reinfection after an initial Omicron infection was a result of unique differences in biological responses to the initial infection, not an underlying immune defect or immunosuppression.

Dren posted:

Could someone point to the current best advice for getting pax?

Raised by Hamsters posted:

I tried test2treat a few weeks ago when it was all the rage. It let me get through the whole thing and then just straight up ghosted me and sent no pax.

euphronius posted:

99% of Americans are in those categories

Baddog posted:

The channels are doubled up because I use some (thinner) prefilter material as well (big industrial-ish space).

Large commercial fan welded on top of the whole thing, not the prettiest, but eh. Prolly would look way better made out of wood.

I used channel from these folks - https://www.midweststeelsupply.com/store/6063aluminumarchitecturalchannel. But yah, it ended up not being the cheapest thing to slap together.

Pingui posted:

The authors speculate that it might be down to the cohort losing antibodies quicker and a simple re-up on the vax would do the trick.

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Gunshow Poophole posted:

some great prospects for brain fog at government administration:

I've been applying for a state licensure for some time now. Turns out "some time" was longer than it should have been because:

The agency first sent my confirmation to the wrong email address, off by one letter! There it went into the ether of a nonexistent account. They caught this mistake at some point.

however whoever filled out the form for the confirmation, and likely is directly doing the compliance and database work, also fat-fingered an additional digit onto my serial number. It's 8 digits long instead of 7.

amazing how tiny fuckups can compound

Feste posted:

Whatever happened to Anthony J Leonardi on Twitter/Bluesky? I tried to look him up and he was gone.

Saw some people calling him a charlatan in this ongoing Taylor Lorenz dust-up. But then again those were people misinterpreting the swiss-cheese model to mean not getting vaccinated at all so

DominoKitten posted:

I guess this is another item to add on the "if you get got, things to attend to" pile alongside trying to access Paxlovid and extreme resting with gradually returning to normal activity.

tuyop posted:

do not wait until you have covid to access paxlovid

Feste posted:

Whatever happened to Anthony J Leonardi on Twitter/Bluesky? I tried to look him up and he was gone.
(..)

Samuel Glompers posted:

Do Canadians even have a choice? At least in BC, they won't give it to you unless you're immunocompromised or old.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43587-023-00519-6 posted:

Abstract
Aging is a major risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases, and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is linked to severe neurological manifestations. Senescent cells contribute to brain aging, but the impact of virus-induced senescence on neuropathologies is unknown. Here we show that senescent cells accumulate in aged human brain organoids and that senolytics reduce age-related inflammation and rejuvenate transcriptomic aging clocks. In postmortem brains of patients with severe COVID-19 we observed increased senescent cell accumulation compared with age-matched controls. Exposure of human brain organoids to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) induced cellular senescence, and transcriptomic analysis revealed a unique SARS-CoV-2 inflammatory signature. Senolytic treatment of infected brain organoids blocked viral replication and prevented senescence in distinct neuronal populations. In human-ACE2-overexpressing mice, senolytics improved COVID-19 clinical outcomes, promoted dopaminergic neuron survival and alleviated viral and proinflammatory gene expression. Collectively our results demonstrate an important role for cellular senescence in driving brain aging and SARS-CoV-2-induced neuropathology, and a therapeutic benefit of senolytic treatments.

tuyop posted:

Canadians cannot access paxlovid

shazbot posted:

couple married dudes I know are convinced they have mono cause they have a sore throat and extreme fatigue

Glumwheels posted:

There’s a sign at the pond where my parents take my kids that avian flu is going around and don’t get close to the migratory water fowl.

Thoguh posted:

I gotta live my life.