Malgrin posted:

A bit ago someone said something to the effect of "we've known for the vast majority of this pandemic that covid is airborne." This is a clear indicator that even covid-cautious people still believe it is primarily spread by droplets. At least, I can't think of any other explanation.

Zantie posted:

People largely focus on mutations involving the spike protein that result an amino acid change, though I'd argue it's worth paying attention to regions other than the spike protein but that's a discussion for another day... Right now the new sublineage we're talking about Omicron, its spike protein has >30 amino acid changes from it's parent of Omicron (an omicron), it's also >30 compared to Omicron (an omicron omicron), and has nearly 60 different from the original back in 2019. We don't know yet how quickly Omicron is spreading or just how immune evasive it is because it's too early to tell. In general though it's a lot harder for our immune system to recognize and mount a quick response, whether it be from prior infection or vaccination or both, when a new one looks this different.

I'm like totally uninterested in Omicron now because of Omicron. Omicron is one of many heading up our current wave but I'm looking past that at what will likely be the one after it.

CGI Stardust posted:

throughout history, Mental Health has been a concern

it seems to be something of a pattern

i can only assume that significantly more than 32,000 people died of choleraphobia, their names and dates of death tragically lost to the sands of time

Glumwheels posted:

She managed to find a telehealth doctor through the state and got the prescription. Getting it filled now.

I’m so loving pissed. I’m testing negative, will test the kids again. Good thing I’ve been falling asleep on the couch the last two days.

no lube so what posted:

like, if virus A will cause an immunodeficiency syndrome and a new virus B will cause an immunodeficiency syndrome that is very similar to virus A, yet not defined, why not describe it with a common vernacular if the immunodeficiency syndrome are similar so as to signify the significance of the new immunodeficiency syndrome that is emerging? easy messaging for a laymen to understand the threat? seems reasonable

Pingui posted:

Being allowed to call it AIDS (airborne or not) here isn't really a hill worth dying on. That COVID can give immune deficiencies is the important part.

If people really want to discuss the immune deficiency angle, they should jump into the very large study I posted today as it is good poo poo (from a science standpoint).

Shiroc posted:

To put things very openly and directly, I think that the mods and admins have continually failed to handle things until it gets into deep frustration and escalation that builds over years.

In my brief period as IK, I had queued longer probes on dongicus, who was openly trolling the thread, calling us r-slurs, going on complete breakdowns about how we don't get enough pussy and was told that it would just escalate things to probe people beyond what the rules said. This led to me quitting when it just built up into this absurd thing with posting Mega Tard over and over and WAIST getting an avatar mocking the death of his uncle and feeling like me and Trixie were just getting tons of heat without any support.

I feel like posting a screenshot of a report and giving it 30 days or giving trashy owl a week for getting frustrated and making a couple dumb posts completely runs against the whole "disproportionate" poo poo vylekin gave me and that people in this thread keep being told we are obligated to be on our best behavior when people can go around making up whatever dumbass lore about the thread and individuals that they want in the fractal drama threads.

I bring up the immunocompromised point because while I do think some of these posts are bad, I think given that our whole society is throwing people under the bus to die, understanding that actual people are writing these posts and showing a little loving grace to their lives would be better instead of insulting LC entries and way longer punishments than the posts can actually call for.

e:
Like this poo poo

Nobody was fantasizing mass shootings at Costco. Does anyone on the mod team actually, genuinely think that facetoucher cat's admitted psychosis and whatever actually happened in the reality of her story has *anything* to do with the covid thread now almost 3 years later?

skooma512 posted:

free silicone thrills.

Harold Fjord posted:

PYF IK who bought herself transphobic avs

Bastard Tetris posted:

I’m a middle aged cis white male and outside of the BSL-3 lab I just wear an Aura, maybe people have been weird behind my back or something but in 3.5 years I have never been confronted in a hostile manner.

It’s mostly just: “oh still masking?” “yeah I haven’t been sick in three years it’s awesome”

GXL posted:

I'm glad that the white man aura crew is having a fine time. It's different if you're walking through this world in a PAPR and brown skin.

hailthefish posted:

lmao

wearing an n95 for hours at a time while engaged in physical activity does, unquestionably, suck absolute rear end but it's not like, impossible or traumatizing or anything, it just fuckin sucks. like I'm a big fat out of shape goon with commensurate cardiovascular and respiratory health and managed just fine lmao

Zantie posted:

In other news it's been 24 hours since my Novavax shot and I'm happy to report the worst symptom was arm pain! I definitely recommend trying it over Moderna if you are the type to have a rough time with it.

shazbot posted:

just lol how much more contagious can this thing get

Platystemon posted:

Post on your main.

Pingui posted:

Hopefully they are confused about kf/kn94's and not cloth masks, but...

Steve Yun posted:

Woodsy Owl posted:

Scary poo poo. I think we did t have any evidence for transmission via eyeball and now we do.


A half-mask P100 alone hasn't been sufficient all along.

Pingui posted:

I don't think the thread will survive next summer's inevitable push for closure; we barely eked out an extended stay of execution last summer, which I am fairly certain came entirely down to the admin team being notified that the day most of the bullshit was going on, 3 people that don't post in the thread asked for and received help on getting Paxlovid.

Hungry Squirrel posted:

I'm just assuming that all hell will break loose when the kids go back to school in a week (if not sooner). What do I need to stock up on before the hoarding hordes descend? I'm ordering more Flo and Betadine spray, Kleenex, cough syrup, and chicken noodle soup. I've got three thermometers - with disposable sleeves - and a pulse ox.

I'm not talking about toilet paper and bread, just medical - type supplies.

Rescue Toaster posted:

I know years ago we all joked about how there would be a market catering to people who have permanently hosed sense of smell and/or taste.

Well I see Campbell's now has loving Ghost Pepper Chicken Noodle. There's at least a dozen other 'Spicy' soup varieties. And way beyond the things you might expect like chili or gumbo or whatever. Just total nonsense.

Platystemon posted:

COVID would have to kill like seventy million people in a year to flatline population growth.

It’s the king of infectious disease, but it’s not beating malaria and TB by two orders of magnitude.

tangy yet delightful posted:

As a mega-white piece of poo poo coming from the lands of high latitudes I kinda want to get a Vit D test but I'm guessing even with insurance it'd be like $50 and the only real reason would be to post it here so anyway.

Salt Fish posted:

Do they explain which variant is the one you want to get?

Silent Linguist posted:

Just checking, if everyone in our house tests positive, is there any need for us to mask/isolate from each other?

Frosted Flake posted:

My MIL was just hospitalized with a blood clot.

Jokes about the vaccine notwithstanding, is this a normal thing to happen to a healthy person on the younger side of middle age now? Additionally, if I have to fly across the country in the next day or so, what kind of PPE should I wear on the plane?

Frosted Flake posted:

I have 3M N95s both with and without the cool valve thing.

fosborb posted:

oh whoops, didn't realize this was posted in another thread

for context

euphronius posted:

all disease now is just allergies, like how all tissues are Kleenex

Internet Janitor posted:

i wonder how many established industries with PPE requirements have the same "cheat day" problem

"oh, normally when i do asbestos remediation i wear my gear, but today was karl's birthday and we had to take a few photos..."

Steve Yun posted:

I bought a laser printer like 5 years ago, it doesn’t have DRM, and I think eventually it ends up being cheaper because the cost per page is lower

Raskolnikov2089 posted:

https://m.publicsurplus.com/sms/auction/view?auc=3434026

Anyone in the market for 352,000 3M Auras for $200?