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Gunshow Poophole posted:good move, this one. glad you were able to grab some and I hope you can take it easy while it works. rokit snuggles?? As we type!!
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Animal-Mother posted:The New Day: Um, there's no evidence that covid is airborn. It just travels indefinitely far through the air on droplets.
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Feb 21, 2024 22:39
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PROOF that covid is NOT air born: 1) Covid is equally airborne as measles 2) measles is not airborne its droplet based 3) therefore wash your hands
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Feb 21, 2024 22:43
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Have you all not considered that sickness is an opportunity to demonstrate to your boss how hard a worker you are? #HustleGame
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Feb 21, 2024 22:46
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Republicans only care about things before they're airborn. You're on your own after that.
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Feb 21, 2024 23:03
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NeonPunk posted:Florida stay winning with personal responsibility and medical freedoms lol insane and also destined to be a policy in schools nationwide within a year
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Feb 21, 2024 23:06
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everything is hosed
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Feb 21, 2024 23:32
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Mild symptoms such as a 105 degree fever.
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Feb 21, 2024 23:33
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The Oldest Man posted:I'm sure you know this but what you just said is "maybe if you say all the magic words and don't make waves the people who obviously don't care about your life and are putting it at risk because it's mildly inconvenient for them to do otherwise will change their minds" I'm not saying don't be upset about it, we all should be. More than upset. But the time to fight and make a scene is *now*, not when you are in there. Call up your local hospital, ask them what their policy is, and bitch *now*. I'm also not saying not to be an advocate for yourself. But goddamn, it is hard to do without getting the "difficult" label. God forbid you get "irrational", like this patient did. Again, if you got someone who likes you, ask them to come sit with you in the hospital. Even if they aren't up to kiss any nurse rear end for you, just being there helps.
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Feb 21, 2024 23:50
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Insanite posted:lol insane sure is!
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Feb 22, 2024 00:04
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Lmao that measles outbreaks in schools are now normal and not a big deal and vaccines are an individual choice (for parents)
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Feb 22, 2024 00:45
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going back in time ten years to lol at my younger self who doesn't realize how absofucked he is
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Feb 22, 2024 00:49
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I finally ended a phone conversation with my mom by angrily saying I was disappointed in her and the rest of my family about not masking. She used the “everyone makes choices that hurt people” line on me and I snapped. I could tell my response hurt her and now I feel terrible. I just want all this to end. Man, gently caress everything.
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Feb 22, 2024 01:00
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given the social production of a premature end of the pandemic, how do you justify caring about measles when effective vaccines exist and "most" people who contract the disease will be okay? love that my kid can't get her first MMR shot for another 6 months. as florida goes, so goes the nation.
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Feb 22, 2024 01:01
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Pooky posted:https://twitter.com/CovidintheChart/status/1760178263668982037 This is horrifying like jfc it's a black mirror episode. It's sadly not surprising though, tail end of my wife's cancer stuff was when mask requirements in WA hospitals dropped and while our doctor was still wearing them the nurses weren't and were in fact actively encouraging us to take them off during treatment. Undergoing chemo during covid seemed like incredibly unlucky timing but on hindsight getting diagnosed the same time what restrictions we had were actually implemented ended up being a surprising saving grace. That and her having a job that let her take FMLA for half a year and telework the second half without just finding an excuse to can her.
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Feb 22, 2024 01:39
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Humira is no longer offering a sharps container mailback program due to supply chain issues and by Pennsylvania guidelines I'm apparently just supposed to throw the container in the trash. And if I don't have a container I should use a laundry detergent bottle? This is all extremely normal.
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Feb 22, 2024 02:08
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cenotaph posted:Humira is no longer offering a sharps container mailback program due to supply chain issues and by Pennsylvania guidelines I'm apparently just supposed to throw the container in the trash. And if I don't have a container I should use a laundry detergent bottle? This is all extremely normal. Same situation with my wife's Stelara sharps. Just leave them on a playground somewhere so the local news can dress up their segments about how the homeless are destroying our cities.
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Feb 22, 2024 02:12
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cenotaph posted:And if I don't have a container I should use a laundry detergent bottle? This is all extremely normal. I say this a lot, but getting real "downfall of the USSR" vibes from everything.
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Feb 22, 2024 02:15
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cenotaph posted:Humira is no longer offering a sharps container mailback program due to supply chain issues and by Pennsylvania guidelines I'm apparently just supposed to throw the container in the trash. And if I don't have a container I should use a laundry detergent bottle? This is all extremely normal. Good: Having a contingency plan for people who may need to dispose of used medical needles in the event of a disruption Bad: Making that the default plan hellworld, baybeee Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Same situation with my wife's Stelara sharps. Just leave them on a playground somewhere so the local news can dress up their segments about how the homeless are destroying our cities. For future thread archaeologists, PFC is just making dark humor here and this isn't a serious suggestion. We all know those news segments are happening regardless lol
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Feb 22, 2024 02:16
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Salt Fish posted:PROOF that covid is NOT air born:
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Feb 22, 2024 02:19
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Animal-Mother posted:I say this a lot, but getting real "downfall of the USSR" vibes from everything. My microwave died yesterday. It's less than three years old and it's the third microwave I've had die on me in 15 years and today this. What will tomorrow bring???
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Feb 22, 2024 02:45
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cenotaph posted:Humira is no longer offering a sharps container mailback program due to supply chain issues and by Pennsylvania guidelines I'm apparently just supposed to throw the container in the trash. And if I don't have a container I should use a laundry detergent bottle? This is all extremely normal. Hah, yah I was just trying to figure this out as well, cus my migraine meds were upgraded to "ooo baby you need to inject this poo poo". It feels really loving weird to throw a detergent bottle full of needles in my regular-rear end trashcan. But they are just as tough as these $5 little red "official" sharps containers that hold like 1/10 of the needles, and the screw cap does feel even more secure. These are colorado's guidelines: quote:Purchase a commercially available sharps container from a pharmacy or other source, or use a strong plastic or metal container with a screw-on or tightly secured lid to prevent accidental contact with the waste.
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Feb 22, 2024 02:56
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Baddog posted:It feels really loving weird to throw a detergent bottle full of needles in my regular-rear end trashcan. But they are just as tough as these $5 little red "official" sharps containers that hold like 1/10 of the needles, and the screw cap does feel even more secure. e: the thing with the labeling suggestions in Colorado's guidelines is that nobody is ever going to follow them
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Feb 22, 2024 03:03
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OP do you have any pharmacies that will accept sharps containers? edit: Also oh boy people weren't kidding about Paxlovid bitterness happening. Bleh
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Feb 22, 2024 03:05
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If those municipal waste workers don't want to get pricked by used needles, they should just stay home. The rest of us have moved on.
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Feb 22, 2024 03:07
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GATOS Y VATOS posted:OP do you have any pharmacies that will accept sharps containers? jolly ranchers
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Feb 22, 2024 03:10
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The plastic bag sliced bread comes in is pretty much the same thing as a laundry detergent container.
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Feb 22, 2024 03:15
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as a malortlover I enjoyed pax mouth, but my wife agreed that thread favoriteSteve Yun posted:jolly ranchers did the job.
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Feb 22, 2024 03:19
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Baddog posted:
Don't worry about it. It turns out it's fine because recycling is fake and nobody is going to be sorting through those bottles to recycle them
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Feb 22, 2024 03:21
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Steve Yun posted:jolly ranchers I'm not fond of really sweet things like that but I'll try something similar though- I got some riccola lozenges for my throat and it seems to help for a short while. I'll get something that tastes better. Thanks! edit: Actually I wonder if something like red hots would work? I'll give it a shot. I don't like going to the market even masked for long. I don't want to spread anything 
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Feb 22, 2024 03:21
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Baddog posted:I'm not saying don't be upset about it, we all should be. More than upset. But the time to fight and make a scene is *now*, not when you are in there. Call up your local hospital, ask them what their policy is, and bitch *now*. People don't have a choice about "making a scene" when they go to the hospital if they want to avoid getting socially murdered there my dude. There are literally no options other than asking your doctor to wear a mask on your behalf, they won't do it by default and you don't get to pick someone understanding when you need to go to the ER. And calling up your local hospital and complaining about their masking policy doesn't help an immune compromised person avoid getting infected with COVID because it changes nothing. This reeks of telling people to protest the right way when the ask is literally, "please don't give me a disease that could kill me," which is I guess a step up from your earlier post telling people who need to be admitted that they should just trust their own respirator when they're more than likely not going to be physically able to keep it on. The Oldest Man has issued a correction as of 03:26 on Feb 22, 2024 |
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Feb 22, 2024 03:24
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somebody said werthers candies were terrible on pax
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Feb 22, 2024 03:25
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The Oldest Man posted:People don't have a choice about "making a scene" when they go to the hospital if they want to avoid getting socially murdered there my dude. There are literally no options other than asking your doctor to wear a mask on your behalf, they won't do it by default and you don't get to pick someone understanding when you need to go to the ER. And calling up your local hospital and complaining about their masking policy doesn't help an immune compromised person avoid getting infected with COVID because it changes nothing. This reeks of telling people to protest the right way when the ask is literally, "please don't give me a disease that could kill me," which is I guess a step up from your earlier post telling people who need to be admitted that they should just trust their own respirator when they're more than likely not going to be physically able to keep it on. Why are you always reading 10x into my posts than is there, and taking them the absolute worst way. Have you even been in a hospital lately? Or ever? What do you want me to say, what is the correct theological position for you?
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Feb 22, 2024 03:46
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Steve Yun posted:somebody said werthers candies were terrible on pax They're terrible anyway tho 
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Feb 22, 2024 03:48
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:The point of a sharps container is that it is plainly and clearly labeled so the people handling it know what to expect, and as such it follows an alternate disposal route (usually an incinerator). Telling people to stick sharps into a laundry detergent bottle and huck it in the trash is basically saving money and subjecting municipal waste workers to increased risk. Also this program was free and I use those ginormous dispenser laundry detergent things which is going to be unwieldy. I have to call the Geisinger pharmacy tomorrow for a refill. Maybe they'll take up the slack. It's great that in the ~14 years I've been doing this it's gone from 1. The pharmacy is in Tennessee for some loving reason and they do the sharps program. 2. The pharmacy has changed and the new one doesn't handle this so you have you call the manufacturer. 3. The mail isn't picking up due to covid so you have to take it to the post and breath all over the employees which is safer? 4. The mail is picking them up again. 5. gently caress you use a bleach bottle.
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Feb 22, 2024 04:02
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Washington State's Respiratory Illness Dashboard. Positive clinical cases (tests administered at CLIA certified or CLIA waived labs) as reported by healthcare facility.  pre:Cases Changes in state counts reported: week of: 3wk ago 2wk ago 1wk ago This week Wkly Trend Total Feb 11 - - - + 2,385 ↓ 18.9% 2,385 Feb 04 - - 2,831 + 111 ↓ 5.2% 2,942 Jan 28 - 2,919 171 + 13 ↓ 10.4% 3,103 Jan 21 3,275 160 22 + 5 ↑ 9.6% 3,462 Jan 14 246 34 33 + 1 ↓ 6.5% 3,158 Thru 2023 52 75 364 + 26 155,269  pre:ED Visits Changes in Recent Counts: week of: 3wk ago 2wk ago 1wk ago This week Wkly Trend Total Feb 11 - - - + 884 ↓ 17.4% 884 Feb 04 - - 1,064 + 6 ↓ 8.2% 1,070 Jan 28 - 981 131 + 54 ↓ 12.7% 1,166 Jan 21 1,155 126 54 - ↑ 16.4% 1,335 Jan 14 -6 50 - - ↓ 16.0% 1,147 Thru 2023 51 - - - 52,561 New hospital admissions in Washington state facilities with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 as reported by the state and HHS. Numbers are a reflection of 'healthcare encounters' and not representative of individuals nor of residence. Most recent week of data is incomplete.  pre:Hosp. Admissions Changes in Recent Counts: week of: 3wk ago 2wk ago 1wk ago This week Wkly Trend Total Feb 11 - - - + 345 ↑ 3.9% 345 Feb 04 - - 371 - 39 ↓ 6.7% 332 Jan 28 - 372 -16 - ↓ 4.3% 356 Jan 21 398 -26 - - ↓ 3.6% 372 Jan 14 9 -9 - - ↑ 5.8% 386 Thru 2023 5 -1 - - 15,299  pre:Beds in Use Changes in Recent Counts: week of: 3wk ago 2wk ago 1wk ago This week Wkly Trend Total Feb 11 - - - + 1,953 ↓ 10.9% 1,953 Feb 04 - - 2,191 - ↓ 2.2% 2,191 Jan 28 - 2,233 7 - ↓ 9.1% 2,240 Jan 21 2,478 -14 - - ↑ 0.6% 2,464 Jan 14 - - - - ↓ 10.7% 2,450 Thru 2023 - - - - 100,135  pre:ICU in Use Changes in Recent Counts: week of: 3wk ago 2wk ago 1wk ago This week Wkly Trend Total Feb 11 - - - + 224 ↓ 8.6% 224 Feb 04 - - 245 - ↓ 2.8% 245 Jan 28 - 259 -7 - ↓ 2.7% 252 Jan 21 259 - - - ↑ 19.4% 259 Jan 14 - - - - ↓ 18.4% 217 Thru 2023 - - - - 11,361 pre:Deaths Changes in Recent Counts: week of: 3wk ago 2wk ago 1wk ago This week Wkly Trend Total Feb 11 - - - - - - Feb 04 - - - + 35 ↑ 12.9% 35 Jan 28 - - 28 + 3 ↑ 3.3% 31 Jan 21 - 29 1 - ↓ 38.8% 30 Jan 14 41 7 1 - ↑ 36.1% 49 Thru 2023 11 2 1 + 1 1,660
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Feb 22, 2024 04:06
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Seriously the second order effects of the government not facilitating isolation for infected people are some of the most morally horrific. having to care for yourself or your loved ones and then also doing that in the context of being a potential walking viral bomb is agonizing. Death to America basically. On the plus side I made a donation to a collective in Chicago area and got one of their stickers so (timely) it's joining Lulu on my new to me laptop. Clean Air Club helps bands and artists have safer shows. Not ironclad obvi but they're like a tool library for purifiers :3 
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Feb 22, 2024 04:12
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Baddog posted:Why are you always reading 10x into my posts than is there, and taking them the absolute worst way. Have you even been in a hospital lately? Or ever? "drat, it's loving lovely that that person was mistreated, whoever those nurses and/or doctors are who are responsible for such treatment ought to be named and fired" the end that's it, there is no need to go down the rabbit hole of how an immune compromised person suffering from pain needed to employ A Better Strategy to get care
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Feb 22, 2024 04:55
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Bold lines in the tables are new since the previous update. Olympic Peninsula & Northwest Wash.  pre:Olympic Peninsula & Northwest Wash. County Shed ID Ref. Date Trend 7-Day Change Jefferson PT (1) Feb-14 DOWN - 30% Mason Biobot (4) Feb-10 UP + 85% Skagit ANA (1) Feb-15 DOWN - 40% Skagit MV (1) Feb-15 UP + 20% Whatcom LYN (1) Feb-15 UP + 35%  pre:North Puget Sound [1 of 2] County Shed ID Ref. Date Trend 7-Day Change Island COUP (1) Feb-09 DOWN - 40% Island OH (1) Feb-16 UP +110% Snohomish APP (1) Feb-15 DOWN - 20% Snohomish ARL (1) Feb-15 DOWN - 45% Snohomish EVR (1) Feb-14 UP + 50% Snohomish STAN (1) Feb-14 UP + 50% Snohomish 256 (3) Feb-19 UP + 15%  pre:North Puget Sound [2 of 2] County Shed ID Ref. Date Trend 7-Day Change King BWT (1) Feb-14 UP + 35% King KCS (1) Feb-14 UP + 35% King WSPT (1) Feb-13 STEADY ± 0%  pre:South Puget Sound & Southwest County Shed ID Ref. Date Trend 7-Day Change Clark MRPK (1) Feb-14 UP + 45% Clark SNCK (1) Feb-15 UP + 15% Clark VWS (1) Feb-14 UP + 50% Lewis Biobot (4) Feb-03 n/a -- Pierce CC (1) Feb-16 DOWN - 15% Pierce PUY (1) Feb-12 UP +110% Thurston LOTT (1) Feb-14 UP + 25%  pre:North & South Central Wash. County Shed ID Ref. Date Trend 7-Day Change Benton WRCH (1) Feb-15 UP + 95% Chelan WEN (1) Feb-15 UP + 60% Grant EPH (1) Feb-14 UP +210% Kittitas ELL (1) Feb-15 STEADY ± 2% Okanogan BRW (1) Feb-15 UP + 30% Yakima YAK (1) Feb-15 UP +120%  pre:Northeast & Southeast Wash. County Shed ID Ref. Date Trend 7-Day Change Franklin PAS (1) Feb-16 STEADY ± 8% Spokane RP (1) Feb-16 STEADY ± 7% Spokane SPK (1) Feb-16 UP + 65% Walla Walla WALLA (1) Feb-15 STEADY ± 1% Whitman PLM (1) Feb-16 DOWN - 25% White diamond dots are from most recent CDC/NWSS (Ref. (2) ) data scaled to supplement missing or out-dated data when available. Because each of these four groups use different normalization methods, different smoothing methods, and different averaging/location identifiers, the concentration of virus is not comparable between locations. See reference links at the bottom of this post for more details. There are 33 sewersheds distributed across 6 charts grouped by region then alphabetized by county and sewershed. The tables below contain WADoH or NWSS/WSS IDs (to match their respective dashboards), Date last sampled, Trend (based on the change between the averages of the two most recent weeks), and 7-Day Change (approx. amount the trend has increased or decreased). All data presented are smoothed in some degree to even out inconsistent sampling dates and extreme highs and lows. Most sewersheds are sampled 1-3 times a week and are published within a week. Some locations are late reporting by 10 days or more so be sure to note your sewershed's Date in the table or graph. Locations that are more than two weeks old will have n/a listed under Trend to indicate there it is out of date. References with links to details on y-axis units, normalization protocols, data limitations, and sampling methods:
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The Oldest Man posted:"drat, it's loving lovely that that person was mistreated, whoever those nurses and/or doctors are who are responsible for such treatment ought to be named and fired" I mean that would be nice, but at this point that's pure fantasy. I think plenty of hospitals even rehired all the chuds who got fired for not getting vaccinated, didn't they? The person reporting the situation that kicked off this discussion wants to be anonymous, because they are afraid. We *all* should be calling our local hospitals and pushing them on their covid policies, not just the immune compromised. I don't understand what you are not getting about "the time to push for policy change is when you are healthy(ish), not when you need someone to change your wet bedsheets". At that point you're absolutely at their mercy, and some of them are vindictive and petty as gently caress. This isn't just a masking issue - getting on the wrong side of someone when you are in pain is surprisingly easy. That's part of why you need a friend there, to hopefully smooth things over and mediate and remember to say "please and thank you" for you. Or just to run down and get a blanket off the stack, instead of you hammering the call button and becoming "omg that guy in 4 wants something AGAIN." I'm talking practical advice here, not theory crafting a perfect world where the overwhelming percentage of the population who are assholes have all been fired. If you think that calling your hospital and asking about their covid policy is also useless, that's fair. But at least it's doing something, rather than just "those nurses and/or doctors are who are responsible for such treatment ought to be named and fired the end"
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