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Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


DickParasite posted:

For anyone not following the SAD thread about Boba Pearl's avatar doxing:

It turns out Boba Pearl was previously permabanned user Turtlicious.

:lmao:

loving lol, I just found out about SPR through this too. this is incredible, what a gift, my cup runneth over

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Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


I have never had COVID, and I never will

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


this makes some people upset

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


We are no longer in a pandemic. No, the cases aren't any lower than they were a year ago during the pandemic, even though most places stopped counting them. But we have decided it's over now.

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


There is apparently a variant of COVID going around that manifests mostly with bad cold symptoms

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


anyway im reading a lot of social media posts about people with "just colds" who are desperately confining themselves to bed all day to try and get better

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Raskolnikov2089 posted:

They tested once with an expired RAT they found in the trunk of their car, what else do you want them to do?

They did not test.

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Kids can't get COVID though, sounds like she's mistaken

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


NeonPunk posted:

There isn't any waiting period at all. If you ever tested positive, get your paxlovid right away no matter how soon you had your shot. You don't want the virus to replicate itself uncontrolled in any situation

Pretty sure this doesn't go in reverse though, you're supposed to wait like 3 months after testing positive to get another shot iirc

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


speaking of pax rebounds, did we ever find out if you are contagious during those?

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


The Oldest Man posted:

if you can turn a RAT strip red, you're contagious.

aren't you also contagious during the asymptomatic period during which you might not test positive

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


The Oldest Man posted:

is your question "if i have a symptomatic rebound but i'm not turning the test strips red, am i contagious?" then the answer is maybe probably

No, I was just curious if the rebound was a full fledged infection, especially since the CDC gives that five (to ten) days after symptoms rule for going back into society

I mean obviously common sense dictates it is, but I wondered if there were any studies done on spread during it

Cup Runneth Over has issued a correction as of 17:19 on Sep 28, 2023

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


eXXon posted:

Am I still contagious after a rebound? Do the tests still work for me?



Ah well, nevertheless.

Condolences

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


shazbot posted:

my scrotum is currently the size of a softball and not sure if Covid or kidney removal

women love it

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


maxwellhill posted:

yeah like we said, there's not a rebound trend here

<insert joke about thread marriages here>

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


yeah the powers that be have decreed that everyone is getting it, the choices are how often and how bad

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate



who is this person and why is there a flood of covidiots in her replies

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


IMC should have to wear a full face opaque mask. Upside down paper bag also acceptable.

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Signed up for test2treat. One paxlovid please. I'm not even sick, just want free stuff

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


tuyop posted:

look how far we’ve come :)

Waste not, want not

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


quote:

The goal is to complete the 5 days of treatment taking 3 pills every 12 hours (they are typically in a dose pack of the 3 pills) to lessen your symptoms, resolve the symptoms faster and keep you out of the hospital. But if the side effects are too bothersome or intolerable, please discontinue the medication. We don't want to make the treatment worse than the disease.

cool

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Rochallor posted:

I wish I could treat my job, paying for groceries, etc. the same way alleged medical professionals treat covid. If paying for that laptop is too bothersome or intolerable, just don't do it!

we don't want to make the job worse than the poverty! we don't want to make the grocery story worse than the hunger!

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


yellowD posted:

did someone have a script/steps for getting pax they could share? I'd like to have some on hand before the end of the year

1. sign up for test2treat.com
2. inform them of your positive covid test
3. assert you are obese, gay, and/or depressed (you are, after all, a goon)
4. start a telehealth visit on the website, it's a quiz
5. inform them again of your positive covid test
6. decline to provide a picture of the test (they aren't valid anymore after 15 minutes you know)
7. assert again that you are obese, gay, and/or depressed
8. verify you are not on conflicting meds or allergic to pax (do not do this if it is not true)
9. say that you want an email consultation
10. fill out your pharmacy info
11. answer the doctor's questions and confirm that you want pax
12. provide photos of your ID

that's it

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Soap Scum posted:

is step 11 a phone call or text chat or?

text chat

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


NeonPunk posted:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10689938/

In glad that our national collective strategy depend on our stockpile of thoughts and prayers

God is the one who gave you the cancer

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Household is all topped up with Pax, vaxx, and Binax. Thanks thread.

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Strep Vote posted:

Corsi cube stays winning.

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Soap Scum posted:

the test2treat questions feel somewhat weirdly invasive compared to drb, and you're asked to write a lil essay at the end? kinda bizarre and probably scares some people off. oh well

I wrote "Hi"

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Why were you wasting your money in the first place on people who didn't even want them?

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


You've heard the famous adage about horses and water?

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Indoor Dying posted:

Disney's Urgent Care

ok cool, just checking that the world is still an actual nightmare on fire

That's the way I like it cause I never get bored

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


DR FRASIER KRANG posted:

was just on a call where a dude said an entire test plan got cut short because, to quote him, "everybody came down with the sickness"

https://youtu.be/IZ-INsq2k_o?si=R4bPFxi2KHIAvAWr

Come on get down, come on get down with the sickness

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


tuyop posted:

you need to buy a life insurance policy for your mother and tell her you’ve done so.

I’d tell her you’re going to need some help recouping her medical bills after her endless covid infections take bits and pieces of her until she’s gone and even the bones have been picked clean by the nursing homes and hospitals that neglected her to death.

oh unless the company will take care of all that when she gets sick from them and needs help! then it might be close to reasonable to take on the risk for them.

don't post deranged stuff like this man. it's not going to win any hearts and minds when someone tells you they're going to a Christmas party and you freak out and start talking about gambling on them dying alone and penniless. also you wouldn't actually say it anyway no balls

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


tuyop posted:

yeah you’re right, any day now our loved ones will be convinced to keep themselves safe with our well-reasoned arguments and journal articles and gentle encouragement. that’s exactly what it took to get them to this spot in the first place, after all!

all you're going to convince them of with unhinged crap like that is that you really are as far off the deep end as they suspect. you can protect yourself and express polite concern and that's it.

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


tuyop posted:

how do you know this?

how do I know that telling someone you're taking out a life insurance policy on them because they went outside is not going to make them think you are mentally well-adjusted, particularly when they are already predisposed to being concerned about you for taking precautions they and seemingly everyone around them see as unnecessary?

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


tuyop posted:

ah yes, that’s what happened here. cool that we’re all operating in reality.

but seriously you simply cannot get what you want by asking for that which you don’t want. the way you’re talking is consultancy brained as hell.

if you want your mother to be safe from a pandemic, or any other hazard she seems to be obliviously marching into, you cannot keep her safe by:

1. “protecting your relationship”. unless the hazard is to the relationship, it doesn’t really make sense as the primary goal
2.

by lying and downplaying the hazard
3. doing that which has already failed to keep her safe.

so new poo poo is in order. maybe some intense poo poo. sounds like you’re saying this won’t work because of the strawman you’ve made up doing it, and that’s it. I’m sure OP will be very glad if they take your advice to do nothing and bad poo poo happens to people close to them. very smart and progressive leftist position here.

if you want your mother to be safe then you can't keep her safe by making her write you off as a crazy person acting like a loving nutjob. also obviously I'm not quoting the US Military in a sincere and unironic manner. if you want people to listen to you then you need to gain their trust, and acting erratic and over-the-top tends to alienate people.

how about instead of telling her that if she doesn't mask at her Christmas party she's going to bankrupt you with medical bills and DIE IN AGONY, you just take her aside or call her up and say, "hey, I've been hearing a lot about a jump in COVID infections lately, and doctors talking about awful lingering effects from catching it. have you gotten your booster shot this winter? it would make me feel a lot better and less anxious if I knew you were wearing a good mask to that holiday party, I care about you and I don't want you to get sick."

but of course OP is also free to go with "hey, I took out a life insurance policy on you, mom. I'm going to need the help paying off your medical bills when you get COVID 15 times starting at that Christmas party because you didn't wear a mask, and the nursing home sends me the huge debt after it's finished neglecting you to death as you wither away from PASC. oh, but maybe your work will take care of all that for me?? *rolls eyes* in that case I guess it makes sense to take that risk for them." that seems like it could also improve her opinion of you almost 4 years into the pandemic, sure.

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


tuyop posted:

what is wrong with you?

see, this is exactly the kind of self-reflection I think would be good for you. meditate on that question for a while (fake edit: like say the next 24 hours) and figure out what motivates you to post like you're going to melt down in a few months and get perma'd.

Smythe posted:

i read your post and my immediate instinct was that this tread is "echo-chambering" people into insanity / agoraphobia and needs to be closed immediately. i promise you i am not alone. and i may in fact be right. :tipshat:

I for one think this thread is a valuable resource and should remain open

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


In other news I'll be getting my Novavax this weekend. That ~200-box of the good Auras I bought in like late 2020 seems almost bottomless but I am definitely gonna re-up if I ever manage to get through it, they have served me well

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


no lube so what posted:

sesame -> test to treat still the ticket for US goons?

Test2Treat is easier than Sesame, I'd recommend it over the latter

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Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Friend who had never had covid reported allergies and a hoarse throat from talking all day at work. I felt their head and detected a fever. Gave them a Biden Test, popped positive immediately. Set them up with test2treat pax. Time to quarantine lol.

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