shart attack posted:

i dont think aching wood is a symptom of long covid but pat should see a doctor or nurse and try to be nice to them to get the result he's looking for

Rescue Toaster posted:

I swear someone posted a couple months back about an expired Lucira showing positive, that I think ended up being a false positive after multiple RAT and/or maybe a PCR.

I would definitely isolate as if positive until you can get some confirmation. But I might not break out the paxlovid yet.

Rosalind posted:

There is compelling evidence that masks and seatbelts work and that drunk driving is ridiculously dangerous.

I know the point you're trying to make which is the idea that one does not need to do an RCT of parachutes to know that they work. That is to say that there are other evidentiary standards that should be sufficient for causality. But, I would note that cancer is not nearly as simple as a parachute or drunk driving or a seatbelt. Cancer is not a monolith, but the cause of many cancers is a combination of tons of genetic, environmental, dietary, etc. factors interacting over the lifespan which is very different from a car crash or someone coming down with an infectious disease where the cause is much more easily observable.

I am urging caution in the absence of evidence that COVID is in fact causing cancer (at least in a new or more dangerous way compared to other diseases).

Lib and let die posted:

they literally work in the system.

Lib and let die posted:

bedpan posted:

doc tried to write me a prescription for ivermectin, zinc, and quercetin

fukking quack. quercetin? everyone knows you want rutin and not quercetin

sonatinas posted:

lol like this thread has the juice to make a dent in pax hoarding.

Rosalind posted:

A plague of that awful paxlovid taste of burnt metallic grapefruit upon you all.

But my argument was never that "hoarding" (a word that was probably not the right choice) was going to cause shortages of paxlovid. It was that it may lead to providers tightening prescribing guidelines which would make these medications more difficult for people to access in the future (including those who need it immediately) and also that paxlovid is no joke and people could start medications resulting in life-threatening side effects if they then start a course of paxlovid.

The Oldest Man posted:

Unless the prescription drug in question is weed, then that's a good way to have A Good Time

ibid posted:

https://nitter.net/LauraMiers/status/1693652375582507201

lmao, good point.

Why Am I So Tired posted:

Can't believe a bunch of liberals are calling for decorum from people who are being crushed by policy.

fosborb posted:

i don't think you're saying this, but it's being misread as such. if I go into walgreens right now and grab a handful of boxes of childrens tylenol I think that would be considered hoarding because there have been shortages all over. that's assuming the Walgreens would even let you, tbh. a bit moot, because 1) there appears to be no shortage of paxlovid, and 2) the prescription / non-prescription access differences make it an entirely different situation I think

Corrigenda posted:

Even if this is said in jest, which viewing your previous posts in the threads its not, this is akin to "don't listen to doctors." This is the sort of crap that needs to be curtailed for this threads culture to change.

Rosalind posted:

Thank you. I apologize for being a bit harsh in my replies as well.

You know a week ago I thought this thread shouldn't exist. I no longer believe that. It's generally benign and I think most people here are posting genuinely and considerately. I came in here expecting to be driven out with pitchforks and torches but mostly people are chill.

I don't subscribe to the particular sense of a doomed, crumbling society that many people in this thread do. I think the US is a big mess and awful in a million ways but I fundamentally have the naïve and doe-eyed hope that it will get better. As a queer woman and second generation immigrant living in a blue city in a blue state, I feel safer now than I did 20 years ago. I recognize I have a lot of privileges though in that regard and in terms of my employment, education, etc that insulate me from the worst of the realities of modern America. I will try to better consider this when I write my posts.

Still, I am going to continue posting from my perspective as long as I am welcome to do so. I can't promise I'll never argue, but I recognize that people here mean well and we're all just trying to stay healthy in a deeply hosed up world.

Corrigenda posted:

My apologies, I guess I've misunderstood, but it certainly seems like you guys are making light of the reason the SAD thread was reopened, instead of taking it seriously. I don't want this thread to be gassed.

The Oldest Man posted:

These guys are pushing to get opioid prescribing privileges in this state now btw and all I can say is

Colin Mockery posted:

my parents want me to visit them in a couple weeks but they won't mask anymore because no one else does and they don't want to look like crazy freaks, so im going to roll the dice because i love my parents more than i love my lungs

pray for me, thanks

biceps crimes posted:

why tf are there 500 posts in here since I looked last night? is there a covid wave or somethin?

StratGoatCom posted:

I want calibanibal back, he was funny in ever thread even if I didn't think it at the time.

Homeless Friend posted:

the easiest way to post in qcs is to say stuff normally (tall order for goons). you are unbeatable as the other person is without a doubt gonna freak tf out or you’ll run out the clock. boomshakalaka

Shiroc posted:

I just saw posters for a Janelle Monáe show next week and now need to decide how much I trust my respirator.

Oglethorpe posted:

people ITT after the collapse

https://i.imgur.com/hns1Lnu.mp4

bedpan posted:

your avatar is more topical to COVID than might normally be expected since CBT is something recommended for recovering from long covid