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Will there be an ongoing thread for those who reuse to stop quarantining, ever? If not, where will I fit in?
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wilderthanmild posted:Ohio has announced their new program to encourage vaccination. For 5 weeks, they will hold a million dollar lottery which will be drawn from the pool of vaccinated individuals in the state. I wonder if that will cause numbers to tick up again. The money is coming from their unused federal covid money too, which means there are more than 5 million dollars just kind of floating around for covid stuff that they can't find a "better" use for. lmao.
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May 12, 2021 23:22
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:Is "normal" where people go "oh yeah my 37 year old friend got covid and he's in the hospital but whatever" while they eat buffalo wild wings and also get covid? How many years on earth did it take you to finally understand how average human beings deal with tragedy that isn't theirs?
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May 15, 2021 13:42
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Covid sucks and watching people die sucks, but if someone chooses to drive without a seatbelt, go out in public without a mask/vaccination, or stick their wiener in a dark hole, that sounds like it's their problem. Making those things illegal just makes the consequences easier to digest (and laugh at).
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May 15, 2021 13:49
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I cant wait for the hottest and most fashionable syndrome 2022: PCSD (post covid stress disorder) and its inevitable insurance code denial.
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May 16, 2021 00:35
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I can't believe anyone would wear a mask (or two) and leave their eyes unprotected and their ear holes wide open. I already have to wear a mask, it isn't that much more effort to wear safety goes and ear protection too whenever I shop.
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May 16, 2021 17:50
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Can we even safely eat meat anymore? As we all know, vaccines won't make us completely immune, so the only safe option is to cover our holes. But how does this affect our food source animals like cows? We could maybe mask cows with some kind of makeshift feed-bag-type thing, but chickens seem logistically a lot more difficult. I'm afraid any meat might be a covid transmission vector now.
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May 16, 2021 18:51
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CaptainSarcastic posted:One of the problems in talking about immunity are the fuckwits out there who treat vaccination as some kind of anointment, where covid is simply not a concern anymore and they can lick all the lamp posts they want now and forevermore. Add in the CDC unexpectedly dropping "forget about masks if you're vaccinated" then it makes the whole situation really disturbing. I'm planning to keep wearing masks the same way I was for the indefinite future, but I'm also lucky I live in a place where I am unlikely to have idiots step up on me for doing so. So when the scientists say I can go without a mask because I'm vaccinated, and I follow their scientifically backed opinion, I'm a fuckwit? Do you wear a face shield with your mask in case someone sneezes in your eyes? Studies show people who wear glasses get covid less often, seems kind of careless to wear one and not the other imo.
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May 17, 2021 00:28
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So now if you believe the CDC and follow their guidelines, you're an idiot or ignorant of danger or something?
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May 17, 2021 01:45
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poverty goat posted:If you are vaccinated you should really take a deep breath and stop trying to imagine new doomsday scenarios that will affect you far in the future, and instead revel on the fact that you're really well protected from the idiots now and that their poor choices no longer pose an imminent threat to your health and well-being. In a year all of us who aren't idiots in America will be able to get booster shots if we need them unless western civilization has collapsed. Have you considered that it is far more interesting to imagine yourself as a future sufferer/survivor of a nuclear apocalypse/pandemic/chosen catastrophe and instead seek affirmation from other broken brains? I mean there's a lot of topics on this website about preppers and people with the same mentality.
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May 30, 2021 18:23
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I'm vaccinated and don't give a poo poo if someone else does t want to wear a mask because there's no law against me wearing one, and I'm vaccinated. It is not good and right to feel anxious and scared of other humans when you're already doing all you can to protect yourself. That's kind of the definition of life altering anxiety and a good reason to see a professional. They're other people too, who have lives and thoughts and vaccinations (some).
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May 30, 2021 22:36
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Something the glass-half-empty crew misses too is the fact that pretty much everyone said this isn't going anywhere quickly, and you might just have to accept this is a danger of leaving your home. There's a lot of dangers that can leave lasting damage from leaving your home. Lyme disease from ticks, the plague, cancer from exposure to chemicals and other things. At some point you'll just have to accept a level of risk needed to exist. It's not like you're likely to be eaten by a lion. And if you are, I would bet covid is not high on the list of everyday worries. And other diseases and stuff. They didn't go anywhere.
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Jun 9, 2021 02:53
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It's almost as if countries value their own people more than other countries people, and only some places can make the vaccines.
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Jun 18, 2021 14:15
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Anyone know what the real risk is if I volunteer to work with dead bodies but also want to weaponize my disease anxiety as a tool of self righteousness? Curious for advice for a friend.
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Jul 6, 2021 20:30
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Self inflicted covid-19 PTSD is real and it is already inside this thread, among other places.
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Jul 31, 2021 03:06
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Can't wait for the inevitable generation of COVID-brains, like the lead poisoned generation, except more preventable.
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Aug 9, 2021 20:00
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Distrusting the government is not part of trusting a vaccine made by for-profit companies. Stop acting like you're doing some kind of good thing by remaining skeptical of things you barely understand. That's just called being human.
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Aug 11, 2021 13:43
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I'm going for a full house of mRNA vaccines, fingers crossed for the right ones available.
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Aug 13, 2021 22:24
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Platystemon posted:There’s no doubt in my mind that the Trump administration would be fast‐tracking vaccines for kids. Lmao I guess to elaborate, wow
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Aug 14, 2021 01:18
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:So are there any countries that went back to school already? And what happened, if not the usual "We opened for 3 days and got a big outbreak" Despite all the doom posting, some schools are just fine if they are far enough out in the middle of nowhere. A few of the rural elementary schoola around me made it a whole year last year with only a few individual student quarantines and no major teacher sickness's. It gets worse as the students get older and more able to move themselves around without parents though.
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Aug 16, 2021 20:33
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The Saucer Hovers posted:delta isnt wild style hth No, it is very different. But I think people who live in cities and suburbs really don't understand how little contact some people have with others. I'm not saying it'll be fine. I don't think it will be quite the immediate shutdown that populated schools might see though.
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Aug 16, 2021 20:45
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I don't think fluffy bunnies is someone you should be taking seriously regarding "socialization", as they post incessantly about a self-inflicted stress disorder. A big part of socialization is just being in a social structure with peers, with rules different than your own home's rules.
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Aug 17, 2021 01:37
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Covid or no, school is going to have to be in person for a lot of reasons, namely there's no daytime childcare other than school for a lot of America.
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Aug 17, 2021 01:39
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Michael Corleone posted:My friend who studied biology told me last year that if this spread to deer (Corvids?) that it would be some serious poo poo. Anyone confirm or deny this? Someone is going to eat covid deer.
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Aug 28, 2021 12:24
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Gologle posted:I'm pretty sure I'm sick right now and I really hope it isn't COVID. How can I get tested without going inside a store or clinic? Have you tried opening a maps app on your phone and searching? This might sound like a joke but it isn't at all.
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Sep 15, 2021 13:04
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The Modern Leper posted:My last word on this derail... I'm saying that it's not a functional tool for them, because for wide swaths of this population, qualifying as "overweight" (or even, for some, "obese") has no meaningful clinical significance. Everyone you know is fat, and you're afraid to admit it It's okay, pretty much everyone in America is fat, and a lot of the civilized world, if you look at the data.
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Nov 2, 2021 01:54
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It won't because the reason you're forced to take their mask is because the person doing the mask checking is not going to bother assessing if it is clean/dirty/new/old. That's a waste of their time compared to just telling you to shut the gently caress up and put on their mask. It's not matter of safety for you, it's a matter of time spent and safety for the employees who have to keep arguing with entitled people who won't just follow the rules.
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Dec 17, 2021 16:50
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It's going to be 4+ years from now and part of the population will have self withdrawn forever from public life and normal things like going out to eat for fear of catching a disease they are vaccinated against and that may or may not be serious. That's pretty funny.
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Apr 12, 2022 17:18
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King Vidiot posted:Well covidactnow just went CDC-compliant, so no more daily cases as they've gone to weekly-only, and anything under 200 per 100k is now "low". What a loving joke. There is literally no place left that's honestly reporting on covid cases now, and nowhere to point to say "look, see, we're in the exact same place we were this time last year, nothing's changed". Humans adapt to their environment, nobody wants to lose their job, and your options are be scared all the time or accept that you have no power over your life and just hope you won't get sick by staying away from sick people, namaste.
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Apr 19, 2022 15:01
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mom and dad fight a lot posted:That's little comfort to people who have family members suffering long-term effects. It sucks but I don't know that blaming one person for a sickness helps in any way other than feeling righteously indignant. There are so many people walking around sick every day that it was now bound to happen sometime unless you want to forgo life in society altogether. My post is more about finding peace with the world you're forced to live in instead of actively choosing to make yourself emotionally miserable by becoming a misanthrope because you just now realized people are universally selfish poo poo.
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Apr 19, 2022 16:01
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liz posted:Well this no mask thing on the planes and airports is definitely weird and unsettling… What if I told you about the uncovered mucus membranes in your eyes and how vulnerable they are to any direct dispersal? I hope you have a bubble suit and full helmet, because it might get stuck in any hairs and come out later after a shake.
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Apr 22, 2022 00:45
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Mozi posted:speaking truth to power has its dangers Some heros live long enough to become villains
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Apr 28, 2022 19:22
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Here in Midwest America nobody gives a poo poo. Nobody. And if any one of you shared your views like "everyone going to a wedding should have a recent test" most of your workplace would laugh you out of the building. That's life here.
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May 13, 2022 00:39
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liz posted:I wish people could understand all this… I’m decently active and walk about 5 miles everyday give or take plus the gym, and pretty much all my trips involve hiking of some kind so when I freak out about not wanting get loving covid it’s because I value my health and active lifestyle. You know the fear is real when people feel their real life is a video game simile.
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May 19, 2022 00:39
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I'm Crap posted:Care to Toxx for it? How many cases do you consider "not an epidemic/pandemic", and by when? Lol what is this guy's problem? Covid paranoia gone to your head?
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May 21, 2022 05:35
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Facebook Aunt posted:On the upside everyone being covered in chlorinated water probably helps a little with fomites. When you rub your eyes with your chlorinated hand you probably won't transfer anything. On the downside it's impossible to wear a mask. Unless you can rig up some kind of N95 snorkel??? If you want, you could end up like this guy, forever convinced that any and all crowd contact is inherently too dangerous to do. Or you could trust in your vaccinations, health, and the general understanding that you could be totally safe (and forego most of what makes living in a non-rural human society nice). Nothing against rural places, but they don't have the same density of communal places.
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Jun 1, 2022 00:29
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Mu Zeta posted:So you're supposed to inform people that they are not required to wear a mask even if they don't have a mask on anyway? Have you never worked with the military? Procedure is king sometimes, logic be damned.
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Jun 4, 2022 01:18
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Nam Taf posted:Humans are generally really bad at understanding long-tail odds. "A lot" of people might find it baffling, but the overwhelming majority have simply ignored it as, at best, something that might happen to people that are not them. I am not disagreeing with you that some people will take precautions due to the vague and poorly understood consequences, however many multitudes more will take that vagueness and poor understanding and use it to ignore the risk as something that won't happen to them and so ignore any precautions that might help alleviate it. I think you're attributing "they don't care" to people when it's more like for most of America it is "if you don't act normal then your entire social life and family life will be over, and you probably won't have a job anymore". Fundamental attribution error, etc.
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Jun 8, 2022 12:45
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I think covid is excellent because it lets both ends of the crazy come out in public. Whether someone acts like there's not a pandemic going on, or stays home and eschews showing their unmasked face ever again, I can gloat with superiority that I am "doing the right thing" and someone will enthusiastically agree and someone else will scream at me.
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:I'm genuinely curious, how do you reconcile this view of life with even the "pandemic is over, unmask and get back to normal!" CDC releasing studies estimating 1 in 5 infections result in long COVID? It's called you only get one life and most people who are participating in society is because we're already forced to at work, and/or would rather risk something than spend all of it cooped up and far away from our hobbies and social lives out of fear. A life ruled by fear of possible consequences is not much of a life imo.
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