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Good news for all my coworkers out sick with "that bug that's going around" time to go back to the office!
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 17:00 |
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# ? May 27, 2024 02:49 |
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:it's week two of my company getting serious about annoying people about coming in to work. D- for effort.
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 17:00 |
Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:the school closures are three and a half years in the past now and they will never, ever, ever let them pass into history. They will be shrieking about how school closures harmed kids a decade from now. Local radio here ran a bit about how the city school district "fell behind on services to disabled students by 600,000 hours and still hasn't made up for it." there was a segment on NPR the other day about "chronic absenteeism" in public schools and how to address it of course covid was not mentioned a single time
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 17:20 |
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:it's week two of my company getting serious about annoying people about coming in to work. Not sure what line of work you're in, but my large employer is continuing to hire remote and there's no push for anyone to come back. I'm in a high-visibility role that would generally require some travel and have explicitly said "no" due to COVID concerns. Zero pushback on that. My wife's company also had a large remote presence in the "before times" and continues to do so, so that's another option. We're both in tech roles for non-tech companies (insurance and healthcare). Not sure what specific openings are available, but PM me if you want the names of the companies.
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 17:22 |
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Baddog posted:Heh, telling people lies ("meeting them where they are") for 4+ years now is what led to people not believing them anymore and to stop listening. Also for the first year of the pandemic the CDC was utterly beholden to Trump and literally sat by while he said the dumbest poo poo. People who hated Trump saw the CDC for what they were, most of the people who loved Trump were never going to listen to the CDC anyway, their reputation was hosed and they never got it back. Also there was already a growing trend in anti-vaxx and vaxx conspiracies and I have a hunch that the whole QAnon thing turbocharged everything to do with conspiracies including anti-vaxx and anti-medical establishment in general. Snowglobe of Doom has issued a correction as of 17:35 on Feb 13, 2024 |
# ? Feb 13, 2024 17:26 |
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:it's week two of my company getting serious about annoying people about coming in to work. big local employer here went through a few cycles of this, then their stock price poo poo the bed and they started just firing whoever wasn’t there on a given day so now their glassdoor is a nightmare of very mad people and people writing positive reviews presumably at gunpoint
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 17:27 |
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Griz posted:there was a segment on NPR the other day about "chronic absenteeism" in public schools and how to address it Two of my aunts are teachers, and two of my friends are a middle school teacher and a college professor. They all "gave up" on taking precautions in 2022 and are seemingly never not sick. All of their schools had multiple weeks in 2023 where they shut down entirely due to widespread illness. I sent them all Coway Airmega 400s for their classrooms and I beg them to wear masks to no avail. Two of their spouses have Long COVID and they STILL won't wear a mask anymore, I think mainly due to peer pressure (they're in rural school districts) and the futility of it all. What a nightmare.
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 17:29 |
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Neat, I was hoping there would be an authoritative action that would make my masking stance look even more unhinged with my spouse. Thanks public health!
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 17:38 |
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yellowD posted:https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1757415581400358994 lmfao
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 17:39 |
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:Neat, I was hoping there would be an authoritative action that would make my masking stance look even more unhinged with my spouse. Thanks public health! There always seems to be another level to this. Next year CDC recommends spitting directly into the mouths of people you sit next to on the bus, to keep your immune system well exercised.
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 17:43 |
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Pingui posted:
Bruce Hussein Daddy posted:They want this to be true so bad lmao
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 17:45 |
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Griz posted:there was a segment on NPR the other day about "chronic absenteeism" in public schools and how to address it i assume lockdowns were to blame and that only a renewed emphasis on presenteeism was the solution
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 17:50 |
Insanite posted:i assume lockdowns were to blame and that only a renewed emphasis on presenteeism was the solution if they keep going with this poo poo they're gonna end up with Kamala's policy of throwing parents in jail if their kid gets sick too much quote:Malkus points to some low-cost options — like texting or email campaigns to increase parental involvement and encourage kids to get back in school – but says these, alone, aren't "up to the scale of what we're facing now."
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 17:56 |
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Insanite posted:link? been eyeing those euro combo tests. right here I saw a French shop as well but didn't get the link even with a downright criminal amount of shipping/customs cost they're still... less than half as expensive as rapids off the shelf here. also there's one study out there lamenting the "poor sensitivity" at like 80% and I'm like lmao please
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 18:01 |
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Well, at least nuking the brains of the next generation gives me better job security.
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 18:10 |
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It's gonna
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 18:14 |
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Gunshow Poophole posted:right here I saw a French shop as well but didn't get the link I can buy them off the shelf here in Australia but last time I checked they were AUS$24 for a pack of 2 which is US$16 Snowglobe of Doom posted:I finally found a store here in Melbourne which sells the combo covid/flu A+B/RSV rapid tests. I should go have another look, I'm guessing that demand hasn't been high so they might be on sale now
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 18:19 |
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Griz posted:there was a segment on NPR the other day about "chronic absenteeism" in public schools and how to address it I listened to I think the same segment, from their podcast, and “illness” was brought up a few times and dismissed almost out of hand by the ”expert” they got to talk up the problem
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 18:38 |
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Potato Salad posted:Well, at least nuking the brains of the next generation gives me better job security. Just don't change jobs or you'll have the problem I'm having where the person training me doesn't have any brain cells left
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 18:51 |
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Gunshow Poophole posted:right here I saw a French shop as well but didn't get the link Ty good lord is that shipping hefty but I am still considering looks like it’s 76 bucks flat to me. wonder when these things expire—way less of a compelling case if they’re useless in a few months.
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 19:05 |
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yeah if it's a short expiration (package insert says shelf life is 24 months! but obvi no manufacture date until you get em in your hands) then I'll just distribute to infospace and my local lefty groups here
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 19:12 |
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Everyone cross bubonic plague off your 2024 pandemic bingo card Oregon resident caught the bubonic plague from their cat, local officials say quote:A pet owner in Oregon has caught the bubonic plague from their cat in a rare example of the potentially deadly illness surfacing in the United States, local authorities have said.
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 19:21 |
69 Euro is TOO MUCH for shipping for me, when I can get just-covid tests for free here. I went to my favourite domestic mask supplier website and saw that they at least have these guys: https://www.ppe-supply.com/products/ecotest-covid-19-flu-test that are OUT OF STOCK augh $9CAD/test which is still more than I want to pay but that's a lot better than loving around with international shipping. It does seem like they let you order 1870 Aura's by the carton, though, which seems new. They're on sale right now any Canada goons, $640CAD/440 Masks and they ship from Toronto.
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 19:28 |
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yellowD posted:https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1757415581400358994 What an absolute failure of a society. I feel like crying and screaming. lmao!
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 19:30 |
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At least now that we're at zero days it can't get any worse.
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 19:34 |
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Lacrosse posted:Just don't change jobs or you'll have the problem I'm having where the person training me doesn't have any brain cells left Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 19:36 |
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Salt Fish posted:At least now that we're at zero days it can't get any worse. That's what I think every time!
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 19:39 |
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Salt Fish posted:At least now that we're at zero days it can't get any worse. now, now, it can always get worse, just use your imagination. who knows, maybe the CDC will recommend infants get their covid antibodies through mandatory covid infections
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 19:45 |
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nice buboes lol
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 19:48 |
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cdc sucks rear end. here's a small positive thing, this black trans person who has barely 1000 followers got 50k views/10k likes on a slideshow about motivations for wearing a mask https://www.tiktok.com/@the_great_tabby/photo/7334516400477703466 i know the situation sucks but it's good to be reminded there are other people out there including lots outside of cspam who know the score and appreciate your mitigation efforts and all
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 19:58 |
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Salt Fish posted:At least now that we're at zero days it can't get any worse. They're going to ban masks next, aren't they
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 20:02 |
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We need to meet people where they're at (restaurants and hospitals)
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 20:03 |
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Why Am I So Tired posted:They're going to ban masks next, aren't they i've entered exactly one place that had a big sign saying no masks, and they seemed serious about it. my solution? I started coughing exactly as I entered, hacking and clearing my throat. I caught eyes with someone behind the counter, they said nothing. no biggie.
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 20:07 |
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U-DO Burger posted:now, now, it can always get worse, just use your imagination. who knows, maybe the CDC will recommend infants get their covid antibodies through mandatory covid infections Nah, I'm imaging that the next worse thing is that they're going to gatekeep medicine even more. I don't mean paxlovid, I mean all prescription medications.
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 20:16 |
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NeonPunk posted:Nah, I'm imaging that the next worse thing is that they're going to gatekeep medicine even more. I don't mean paxlovid, I mean all prescription medications. Medicine is for closers!! You wanna pop them pills and cure them ills, you gotta show that you've a productive member of society
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 20:18 |
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Medicine is for closers!! You wanna pop them pills and cure them ills, you gotta show that you've a productive member of society I was thinking more like "You have bacterial pneumonia, but you're young and healthy! I don't think you need antibiotics since it will not help all that much. Tell you what, I'm going to prescribe you some salt water and just gargle it, you'll get better in no time!"
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 20:26 |
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Speaking of whooping cough, this guy I posted about recently:
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 20:30 |
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NeonPunk posted:I was thinking more like "You have bacterial pneumonia, but you're young and healthy! I don't think you need antibiotics since it will not help all that much. Tell you what, I'm going to prescribe you some salt water and just gargle it, you'll get better in no time!" A friend of mine recently had kidney surgery and they were short on heparin, at one of the largest cancer centers in one of the largest states in the US.
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 20:36 |
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There's no reason for drug manufacturers in the US to make common, low-margin (and essential) medications anymore when there's a glorious field of dick pills and psoriasis medications to chase after, so we're going to end up with gatekeeping of WHO essential medicines just because no one here's making them.
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# ? Feb 13, 2024 20:37 |
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Why Am I So Tired posted:They're going to ban masks next, aren't they I stepped into the lobby of a gas station and the guy ahead of me asks the clerk 'have you gotten robbed lately' and I can't help but think he was insinuating I was about to rob the store because I had a mask on
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