DR FRASIER KRANG posted:

it's week two of my company getting serious about annoying people about coming in to work.

it looks like maybe 15% commitment on that front. literally just empty desks with post it notes saying whose desk it is.

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."

DR FRASIER KRANG posted:

it's week two of my company getting serious about annoying people about coming in to work.

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.

This is the final straw, people will say "see the CDC finally admitted we can go in sick now, it's not a big deal, the whole thing was overblown the whole time"

But no one in public health seems to see how one thing leads to the other, they are just standing around like "what can we tell them to get them to listen to us again".

That and I guess it's an election year and Biden is behind in the polls. We gotta run just a tiny bit to the left of eugenics and fascism to pull this one out.

DR FRASIER KRANG posted:

it's week two of my company getting serious about annoying people about coming in to work.

it looks like maybe 15% commitment on that front. literally just empty desks with post it notes saying whose desk it is.

Griz posted:

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

Pingui posted:

yellowD posted:

https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1757415581400358994

haha dropping the 5 day quarantine and hospital acquired infection reporting. I am losing my loving mind here. How is any of this real

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!

Pingui posted:

The new reality — with most people having developed a level of immunity to the virus because of prior infection or vaccination

Bruce Hussein Daddy posted:

They want this to be true so bad lmao

Griz posted:

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

Insanite posted:

i assume lockdowns were to blame and that only a renewed emphasis on presenteeism was the solution

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."

Higher-cost options for schools to consider could include door-knocking campaigns, sending staff on student home-visits and requiring that families of chronically absent students meet in-person with school staff.

Insanite posted:

link? been eyeing those euro combo tests.

Gunshow Poophole posted:

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

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

I finally found a store here in Melbourne which sells the combo covid/flu A+B/RSV rapid tests.



I've been keeping an eye out and most pharmacies don't seem to stock them, I guess there's not much call for them

Griz posted:

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

Potato Salad posted:

Well, at least nuking the brains of the next generation gives me better job security.

Gunshow Poophole posted:

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

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.

The plague was responsible for the Black Death in medieval Europe and elsewhere which killed millions of people and devastated the continent. In modern times it has become much rarer.

Local officials said the unnamed person in rural Deschutes county, Oregon, had probably caught the plague from their pet, which was displaying symptoms of the disease.

“All close contacts of the resident and their pet have been contacted and provided medication to prevent illness,” said Dr Richard Fawcett, Deschutes county health officer, in a statement.

The case is the first example of the bubonic plague in Oregon since 2015. It is usually found in the area being carried by squirrels, chipmunks, mice and other rodents.

Symptoms of the plague begin two to eight days after exposure to an infected animal or flea and may include fever, nausea, weakness, chills, muscle aches and visibly swollen lymph nodes called buboes, which give the plague its name.

“Fortunately, this case was identified and treated in the earlier stages of the disease, posing little risk to the community. No additional cases of plague have emerged during the communicable disease investigation,” the county said in a statement.

Pingui posted:

yellowD posted:

https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1757415581400358994

haha dropping the 5 day quarantine and hospital acquired infection reporting. I am losing my loving mind here. How is any of this real

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

Salt Fish posted:

At least now that we're at zero days it can't get any worse.

Salt Fish posted:

At least now that we're at zero days it can't get any worse.

Salt Fish posted:

At least now that we're at zero days it can't get any worse.

Why Am I So Tired posted:

They're going to ban masks next, aren't they

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

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.

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

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Speaking of whooping cough, this guy I posted about recently:

... has been coughing so severely that his doc made him test for pertussis today. He's been coughing so hard that it made him throw up.

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!"

Why Am I So Tired posted:

They're going to ban masks next, aren't they