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OT: Coronavirus Resources - and other things to not worry about

Preston said:
This mass infection strategy makes me very uncomfortable. I get there are no easy decisions but shit, I worry about the long term issues coming from these illnesses. I just really don't love the idea of sacrificing kids.
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CBC News cover story today was about this very topic, the unknown long-term impacts of covid...

guess we're gonna find out.
 
Wayward DP said:
CBC News cover story today was about this very topic, the unknown long-term impacts of covid...

guess we're gonna find out.
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The more studies that come out on this topic, the less encouraging it looks tbh. It's a nasty virus that doesn't appear to be just a respiratory one like a cold or the flu. But yeah, I guess we'll find out eventually and at least we're all gonna be in it together!

We have no choice at this point really so might as well take that leap of faith and hope for the best. If our brain deteriorates after the sixth infection we'll be too dumb to realize it anyway. And if our immune systems fall apart as some studies suggest could happen? Well fuck it, life is overrated anyway, right? As long as the leafs win the cup before those things happen who cares. And they can and they will.
 
Preston said:
Yeah it hasn't been very smooth

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It drives me absolutely nuts that we (by we, I mean society in general) argue these points like we have a fucking say in the matter. Don't want to close schools for a few more weeks (when the data was absolutely screaming for just a few more weeks)....fine, Omicron will close them for you. We had no say in the matter but because of superfluous bullshit (however much sympathy I have for people who are "tired" of covid...it just doesn't fucking matter how you feel about it), we do the wrong thing over and over again, making the situation worse.

Not nearly enough talk in the media or in society at large about the very high likelihood of significant long term covid issues. These are public health burdens that we're going to bear for decades because we made decisions in which we were determined to cosplay normalcy for a few weeks.
 
Our unspoken strategy right now (and really across the world) is that hey if we get infected enough times maybe it'll eventually turn into the sniffles and this will only be a minor nuisance! Okay, possible. But where's the proof that this is what will happen? And at what cost? How many people are we willing to lose through permanent damage and death?

Not pretending I know what the solution is but I'm not a fan of just giving up as we have.
 
MindzEye said:
Meh, I just watch videos of people from the scene in the 60's talking about how rattled he was by Jimmy's very existence to remind myself of how self absorbed and ridiculous he's always been.
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Jimi?

because of his abilities or because he was black?
 


Early and hopefully meaningless but this would be realbad if it takes over. Lotta immune escape on this one; vaccines likely wouldn't work at all with infection.
 
Aberdeen said:
But hospitalizations in Denmark are falling no?
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BA.2 is likely not a big deal. But BA.1.1 is what is growing in San Diego. Whether it can outcompete BA.2, hopefully not. Because it's problematic. Severity still unknown but it's as escapey as it gets.
 
Oh Canada is an epicenter for that, of sorts





Ontario's data seems incomplete? So could it be dominant here already? And maybe that's why our ICU/ventilated bed usage doesn't even remotely track what the UK did? Something to watch! Problem is I don't trust our sequencing. Would like to see how BA.2 competes with all of 'em, for example but it all appears incomplete. Fascinating stuff!!
 
update from NS:
paralegal was hospitalized with a 106 degree fever. they put her on a gurney in a storage room with no overhead lights or bathroom. if she wanted to get up to use the bathroom, had to robe up in full PPE. she's back home and in isolation until Friday. sounded absolutely awful.

I have had three negative tests Friday, Sunday, and this morning. Despite that I have been experiencing bizarre fatigue and the odd chill. Maybe a touch of brain fog. No fever at any point. Was in bed before 10 three of four nights which is pretty unheard of for me.

Ms. Wayward is feeling shitty. She reports fevery/chill type symptoms along with general fatigue/malaise. She has also tested negative twice, Sunday morning and today. Throat and nasal swabs for both.

Technically based on our public health rules I am clear to return to the office, but still working from home. Our workforce is pretty decimated...
 
Wayward DP said:
update from NS:
paralegal was hospitalized with a 106 degree fever. they put her on a gurney in a storage room with no overhead lights or bathroom. if she wanted to get up to use the bathroom, had to robe up in full PPE. she's back home and in isolation until Friday. sounded absolutely awful.

I have had three negative tests Friday, Sunday, and this morning. Despite that I have been experiencing bizarre fatigue and the odd chill. Maybe a touch of brain fog. No fever at any point. Was in bed before 10 three of four nights which is pretty unheard of for me.

Ms. Wayward is feeling shitty. She reports fevery/chill type symptoms along with general fatigue/malaise. She has also tested negative twice, Sunday morning and today. Throat and nasal swabs for both.

Technically based on our public health rules I am clear to return to the office, but still working from home. Our workforce is pretty decimated...
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3rd infection + 2 vaccine doses and still a severe case... I know it's an anecdote but fuck me that doesn't bode well.
 
Preston said:
But the end game was supposed to be frequent infections = eventual sniffles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Narrator: this will never be the sniffles
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pure speculation on my part, but part of me wonders whether her current infection is a new sub-variant or something of that ilk. who the hell knows anymore.
 
Wayward DP said:
pure speculation on my part, but part of me wonders whether her current infection is a new sub-variant or something of that ilk. who the hell knows anymore.
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Could be BA.1.1. There's LARGELY UNCONFIRMED whispers out of France that it may have a higher severity profile. But LARGELY UNCONFIRMED.

But point is we got lucky with Omi and next dominant variant may not be so kind to us. We're gonna have our prior immunity do some heavy lifting. Hope it works out.
 
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