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Do not procrastinate on your boosters like my wife and I who are currently marveling at how weird it is not to be able to smell anything.
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Nov 28, 2021 00:16
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Why would that doctor think a particular case was likely to be omicron?
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Nov 28, 2021 00:43
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Of course the CDC uses “2019-ncov” in their urls instead of “covid-19”.
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Helios Grime posted:Sorry yeah it's worded pretty poo poo as it's mostly just a shower thought. This is basically “what are the odds of a double vaxxed person getting two breakthrough cases.” I doubt there are any real stats on that yet.
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Nov 30, 2021 13:57
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quote:What remained unclear, however, was how the Pentagon planned to enforce the mandate for members of the National Guard while they are on state duty. Most of the time, including when they are training, members are on state duty and answer to their governor. The answer to this brain teaser was, “we won’t pay them and their service won’t count.”
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Nov 30, 2021 22:20
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It feels weird there doesn’t seem to be any way to self-report positive home tests in the US? Do any states have that?
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Dec 1, 2021 15:08
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Bad Purchase posted:i guess i'm not familiar with the rapid tests you can get at home, never used one. last time i went by a pharmacy (in the us) i saw one for around $25 on the shelf. spending that daily or 2x per week indefinitely would sting for sure, but i don't know that any places are requiring employees to shell out yet. that was just the proposed rule that hasn't gone in effect (and may never). The ones in the pharmacy for $25 are two packs because they are meant to be used serially since a single negative isn’t that reliable.
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Dec 1, 2021 22:52
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Tiny Timbs posted:I'm fine with it when I can sit outside. Lots of places have propane heaters for the winter now Last winter we really learned the limits of those around February. At a certain point with wind and temp, you can be a foot away and not even feel it. Guess it works better if it’s somewhat temperate in winter rather than loving freezing.
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I tend to think a lot of people who lose their sense of taste really just can’t smell. Given that, it’s got to be weird and mental to not even be able to taste sweetness.
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quote:Connecticut is unusual in that it imposes a “luxury goods” tax on specified purchases. The tax rate on luxury goods is 7.75% and applies to sales of motor vehicles over $50,000, jewelry over $5000, and clothing, footwear and accessories over $1000 Normal sales tax is 6.35%.
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Dec 7, 2021 13:45
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I think the only real “lockdown” in the US was that week or two in March 2020 where everything just shut down for a bit.
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Dec 7, 2021 17:11
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ChairmanMauzer posted:Sure, but is the difference between take out and dine-in worth risking your life over? Honestly don’t think most vaxxed people consider eating out as a “risking your life” behavior at this point.
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Dec 7, 2021 22:06
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cubicle gangster posted:I got covid on Saturday - double vaccinated but hadn't had the booster yet - not been too sick but I'm booked in for regeneron tomorrow. Huh, I’m surprised they are doing any real treatments for mild cases.
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Just interesting how different it is in different areas. The sheet they gave my wife when she tested positive a few weeks ago just gave typical OTC cold symptoms treatments, and said “if you feel worse, come in” and “if you have shortness of breath, go to the ER.” This is with very high vaccination rates in a Northeast state.
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quote:“Starting the week after Thanksgiving, the demand for the monoclonal antibodies started to far exceed our capacity to deliver it, so we needed to move to a more restrictive criteria,” said LeeAnn Miller, Yale New Haven’s chief pharmacy officer. “If you are fully vaccinated, you’re not going to be prioritized as high as those who are not fully vaccinated.” Connecticut vs Florida
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Dec 11, 2021 16:12
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Florida isn’t even that bad as far as vax rates although I suspect that is because of the generally older population. #21 out of 50.
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Dec 12, 2021 04:34
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As far as the contact tracing app on the iPhone and such, apparently the contact tracer who calls you is supposed to tell you a code to enter. That seems like something no one would ever do.
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Dec 12, 2021 22:48
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Zil posted:I mean they probably did catch it, just were asymptomatic. OTOH, I’d expect considerate people to do a lot of testing if they live with someone who tested positive.
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Dec 15, 2021 17:09
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I thought all the JNJ people were already being told to booster up with mRNA ASAP?
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Dec 16, 2021 23:41
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Ha, sitting waiting after my booster, nurse asks someone for their vaccine card and they said they had it on their phone.
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Dec 17, 2021 18:22
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thunderspanks posted:?? Yeah, the nurse was asking so she could write the booster dose on it. I guess it isn’t unusual though for people to have lost or damaged their original card in the 6-7 months.
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Dec 17, 2021 18:49
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The guy next to me on my plane ride last week was wearing a mask plus face shield. So it does happen…
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Dec 17, 2021 19:31
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I follow Bob Wachter who is the Chair at UCSF Dept of Medicine and doesn’t post much and only retweets interesting experts: https://mobile.twitter.com/Bob_Wachter
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Another somewhat obvious bit of advice for the airport is not to hang out in the crowded boarding area if you can help it. Lots of poor masking, bad airflow, people on phones and eating, etc.
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Dec 18, 2021 15:48
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Who has been boosted for four months already?
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Dec 18, 2021 19:57
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Yeah, I apparently completely lost track of time since Pfizer boosters were authorized on September 22. Which is three months ago, so close enough to four. Time flies when everything is terrible.
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Dec 18, 2021 23:38
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We were able to get testing done at the local urgent care when CVS / Walgreens had no availability at all.
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Dec 19, 2021 04:22
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In other Covid news, SNL is having issues.quote:
https://pitchfork.com/news/charli-xcx-caroline-polachek-and-christine-and-the-queens-saturday-night-live-performance-canceled/
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Dec 19, 2021 04:24
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Spaghett posted:Oddly enough, it's bad smells that i can't smell. I can still smell the good smells. Similar thing for me… Three weeks in and I can smell candles and soap but not like cat food or farts. I guess it must be different smell receptors? I need to learn more about our sense of smell.
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Gee, maybe should have just done a third normal dose Moderna:quote:Currently, Moderna's booster is administered as a 50-microgram dose. The company announcement noted that its 50-microgram booster dose increased antibody levels 37-fold and a 100-microgram booster dose increased antibody levels 83-fold compared with levels seen before a booster. It remains unclear what these increases mean as far as how well the booster doses clinically work against Omicron. Source: https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/20/health/moderna-booster-omicron-bn/index.html
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Dec 20, 2021 14:03
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Lockdowns are the obvious other effective step but basically no politicians in the US are willing to do that at this point. Closing schools and businesses is very unpopular even in the liberal parts of the country.
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Dec 21, 2021 14:17
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The previous “just have insurance cover them” plan had the benefit of not really requiring any work from the government. Sending physical things to people will probably take weeks or months to get up and running.
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Dec 21, 2021 15:27
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Peak American government is that we will buy them at full retail price because we have to support the businesses gouging consumers on tests.
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Dec 21, 2021 15:48
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It’s $24 for a two-pack (since a single negative test isn’t worth much) but that’s not that much better.
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Dec 21, 2021 17:42
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See, Australia is terrible too!
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Dec 21, 2021 17:55
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Like someone said earlier, there are too many “bins” that people are in now, and not nearly enough data.
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Ugh, reaching the point here in the Northeast where everyone has a close contact who tested positive and there are no tests available. So that’s great.
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Google Butt posted:haha rip if going to the hospital for any reason what so ever The CDC puts out nuanced guidelines and then Twitter pundits only share the “in case of extreme emergency” part. Really doing good work here.
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