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My housewarming party just ended. Four hours, nine people, three Conway Airmegas. All eating in the garage. Everyone fully masked indoors. I stayed masked the whole time. The kid was in her room with an Airmega outside her door. I have a little tickle in my nose and a wee tiny headache. I'm gonna be a wreck for the next ten days.
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Dec 3, 2023 23:55
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SardonicTyrant posted:Ok, I won't give up. I think I got an order place for it for tmrw 
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Dec 4, 2023 00:32
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Hungry Squirrel posted:My housewarming party just ended. Four hours, nine people, three Conway Airmegas. All eating in the garage. Everyone fully masked indoors. I stayed masked the whole time. The kid was in her room with an Airmega outside her door. Covid may be the most contagious virus we know of but it’s still not anywhere near guaranteed. you took apt precautions and did the best you could. stay positive, you’re not gonna get got
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Dec 4, 2023 01:01
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are expired RATs useless or just ‘less reliable’? also if the box label shows it is expired but the vials inside have a non expired date does that matter?
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Dec 4, 2023 01:26
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Solarin posted:are expired RATs useless or just ‘less reliable’? also if the box label shows it is expired but the vials inside have a non expired date does that matter? They might be extended, you can check here: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/home-otc-covid-19-diagnostic-tests Otherwise I think the failure mode would usually be failure to detect, but I don't know. Zugzwang or Bastard Tetris might though.
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Dec 4, 2023 01:50
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Hungry Squirrel posted:(..) I'm old enough to remember when it was just 2 girls, 1 cup.
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Dec 4, 2023 01:55
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I thought about trying a 12 Days of Christmas thing, but that takes effort and I just threw a party and I'm exhausted.
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Dec 4, 2023 02:08
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Hungry Squirrel posted:I thought about trying a 12 Days of Christmas thing, but that takes effort and I just threw a party and I'm exhausted. Fingers crossed you got through it unscathed; in all likelihood you did 
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Dec 4, 2023 02:11
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Pingui posted:They might be extended, you can check here: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/home-otc-covid-19-diagnostic-tests I thought I remembered Zugzwang a while back saying that if the control line shows properly, the test is valid. so no real way to know before taking the test if you're past expiration, but you can just take it and judge validity by the control line. again I might be wrong but I thought someone who actually knows this kinda poo poo said similar so grain of salt
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Dec 4, 2023 02:12
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stick your rats in the fridge mine are a year past expiration and when I thaw them out and test them they still get a strong C line
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Dec 4, 2023 02:28
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Pingui posted:They might be extended, you can check here: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/home-otc-covid-19-diagnostic-tests Zug likely knows more than me but the test materials do degrade over time, but a little secret of drug discovery is the expiration dates are generally how long they want to pay for testing. If the control line’s good you’re likely good, remember the RATs are less accurate than the nucleic acid based ones. Meanwhile: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.26.568730v1 Preprint just hit claiming the opposite of the imprinting of antibodies made after new bivalent vaccinations.
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Dec 4, 2023 02:41
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Steve Yun posted:stick your rats in the fridge I took one a few days ago on the second anniversary of its expiry, or at least the one printed on the box. The control line was robust. It was in a drawer at room temperature this whole time.
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Dec 4, 2023 02:49
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Steve Yun posted:stick your rats in the fridge 
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Dec 4, 2023 02:58
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I took the test and the control line was visible but very faint, and zero trace of the test line. Can’t do much about acquiring new tests in the short term, so I’ll just use another one of these tomorrow and give it another chance to throw a positive. Thanks for the info folks
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Dec 4, 2023 03:04
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Solarin posted:I took the test and the control line was visible but very faint, and zero trace of the test line. Can’t do much about acquiring new tests in the short term, so I’ll just use another one of these tomorrow and give it another chance to throw a positive. Thanks for the info folks Note that if you are in the US, your household can get 8 free tests; you can also use the free test to treat site to receive a test fairly rapidly and Paxlovid if it dings positive. Also free Paxlovid ends 31 December, at which point the unused doses will be scrapped and the price will increase to $1400. Free tests here: https://www.covid.gov/tests Test to treat: https://www.test2treat.org/ Pingui has issued a correction as of 03:40 on Dec 4, 2023 |
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Dec 4, 2023 03:29
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Is it confirmed the date is the 31st?
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Dec 4, 2023 06:00
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https://twitter.com/USCPSC/status/1731063738021695999 This is a lockdown.
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Dec 4, 2023 06:45
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Thoguh posted:Test2Treat is still going strong. We got a spare course for my wife this morning. Told them uninsured, unable to upload a picture of a positive test, and an hour later we got an email that a prescription had been sent to their mail order pharmacy for overnight shipping. hell yeah (american)
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Dec 4, 2023 06:58
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Platystemon posted:https://twitter.com/USCPSC/status/1731063738021695999 honestly my favorite time of the year vis-a-vis the US Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Dec 4, 2023 06:59
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https://twitter.com/KimRigden/status/1731427483650547912 comments for your  pleasure
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Dec 4, 2023 07:23
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Pooky posted:https://twitter.com/KimRigden/status/1731427483650547912 I’m just pleased to see a sip valve in the wild.
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Dec 4, 2023 07:24
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me in the bg when i forget my mask
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Dec 4, 2023 07:26
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I recently did a trip to Taiwan and back with my half-mask. It bruised my nose  But I didn't get covid
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Dec 4, 2023 07:30
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fosborb posted:honestly my favorite time of the year vis-a-vis the US Consumer Product Safety Commission Turkey Fryer Immolation Speedrun 100%
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Dec 4, 2023 07:31
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Mola Yam posted:me in the bg when i forget my mask he’s checking his fever temperature
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Dec 4, 2023 07:56
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Pooky posted:https://twitter.com/KimRigden/status/1731427483650547912 who is this person and why is there a flood of covidiots in her replies
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Dec 4, 2023 09:20
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Cup Runneth Over posted:who is this person and why is there a flood of covidiots in her replies IMC is targeting masks today  https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1731557247061565468
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Dec 4, 2023 09:22
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IMC should have to wear a full face opaque mask. Upside down paper bag also acceptable.
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Dec 4, 2023 09:38
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Ian Miles "Incel Corner" Cheong
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Dec 4, 2023 09:40
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icantfindaname posted:Is it confirmed the date is the 31st? Yes, from Pfizer: Pingui posted:Impressive Friday afternoon news dump; I hope everyone enjoyed the tools while they had them. And from the government (where the date isn't explicitly mentioned, but the timeline is): Pingui posted:Some details on the change to private market Paxlovid. Now nominally speaking access should still be possible, as mentioned in Becerra's letter to the industry, but I would personally be disinclined to be quite as optimistic as this: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023...-community.html posted:(..)
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Dec 4, 2023 11:25
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Philadelphia is only banning ski masks for now, but I think that we all know that the laws won’t stop there, not in every city. https://apnews.com/article/philadelphia-ski-mask-ban-4f2213f3551f85dfb94ecb7e7228580c
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Dec 4, 2023 13:33
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Today I know personally 3 of my coworkers calling out sick today and I've never seen that many bus still parked at the yard this morning. It's definitely here and hitting hard. Mask up and stay safe y'all
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Dec 4, 2023 14:43
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Platystemon posted:Philadelphia is only banning ski masks for now, but I think that we all know that the laws won’t stop there, not in every city. i'm looking forward to someone on chemo legally challenging our future national mask bans and then losing handily
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Dec 4, 2023 15:34
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Thoguh posted:Test2Treat is still going strong. We got a spare course for my wife this morning. Told them uninsured, unable to upload a picture of a positive test, and an hour later we got an email that a prescription had been sent to their mail order pharmacy for overnight shipping. I just tried for a second round using a different email, phone, and postal address; it actually started connecting me to a person. I do not want to talk to a person. I'm pretty sure I clicked the same options as last time, though. Is there a new choice-pattern that's more effective in getting a prescription without talking to a person?
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Dec 4, 2023 15:59
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Do I have to do anything special if my paxlovid arrives at CVS? Because it's not on my profile and the pharmacist over the phone said they don't see it, but I just got a call half an hour ago that it arrived at the store.
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Dec 4, 2023 16:44
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SardonicTyrant posted:Do I have to do anything special if my paxlovid arrives at CVS? Because it's not on my profile and the pharmacist over the phone said they don't see it, but I just got a call half an hour ago that it arrived at the store. nah, should be able to just go pick up as long as you can verbally identify yourself (name, dob, phone, address). i think the pharmacy interfacing software some of the pax mills use is a little janky so weird little glitches like not attaching to your profile happen. but if you got the call, i'd go grab it
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Dec 4, 2023 16:53
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SardonicTyrant posted:Do I have to do anything special if my paxlovid arrives at CVS? Because it's not on my profile and the pharmacist over the phone said they don't see it, but I just got a call half an hour ago that it arrived at the store. this sort of sounds like dealing with CVS for anything, tbh
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Dec 4, 2023 17:06
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Soap Scum posted:nah, should be able to just go pick up as long as you can verbally identify yourself (name, dob, phone, address). i think the pharmacy interfacing software some of the pax mills use is a little janky so weird little glitches like not attaching to your profile happen. but if you got the call, i'd go grab it
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Dec 4, 2023 17:18
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Hungry Squirrel posted:I just tried for a second round using a different email, phone, and postal address; it actually started connecting me to a person. I do not want to talk to a person. I'm pretty sure I clicked the same options as last time, though. Is there a new choice-pattern that's more effective in getting a prescription without talking to a person? FWIW my wife and I filled it out the same, and I ended up having to talk to someone on the phone and she didn't. I think the site is just glitchy, help told me that wasn't supposed to happen. Are they trying to connect you to a doctor or to customer service? I had a ten second call with a doctor - he just asked me if he was speaking to me, if my birthday was correct, and said sorry that I got infected and Paxlovid is on the way.
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Dec 4, 2023 18:20
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Pingui posted:Note that if you are in the US, your household can get 8 free tests; you can also use the free test to treat site to receive a test fairly rapidly and Paxlovid if it dings positive. lmfao just remembered Psaki trying to be a master tactician when a reporter asked about sending tests to people. "so what are we supposed to do? send a test to everyone in the country? then what?" lmfao
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