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

I know no one cares but a couple preprints out today on origins. Getting closer to closing the door on the leakpothesis.

 
Yeah, I know first and foremost the safety of all world citizens is top priority but shouldn’t preventing something like this from happening again be a reasonably close 2nd?
 
Nature is conducting thousands of experiments each and every day. 99.9% are uninteresting but once in awhile lightning strikes. Best we can do is basic preventative stuff like clamping down on wetmarkets like the ones in China; they are a perfect environment for these things to happen, as we saw with SARS and now with covid's origin being all but confirmed. And hell, we should bulk up on biosecurity too just because, why not? But yeah, none of this is happening.
 
Now to find the origin of my kids infection...

We're all symptomatic today. I started last night, but so far all mild. Body aches, sore throat, phlegmy, etc. Kid hasn't escalated, seems to be evolving how you'd expect it to, from a leaky nose to a postnasal drip chesty congestion thingo. Cough is getting bad tho.

If it's the 'vid I expect Mrs. Preston and I (or at least one of us) to have escalating symptoms within the next two days since it's well underway already and day 2-3 of symptoms is typically at or near the peak in severity. If it's a cold then we'll follow the kiddo's progression and live happily ever after. My first run-in with covid was barely symptomatic so I can already say this is gonna suck more than that even if it's a cold!
 
Preston said:
Mostly all from "mild" infections FWIW...

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Just took a quick gander at the study and this stood out as uhh bad. Granted this likely looks different in a vaxxed world since these were mostly unvaxxed cases (~30-40% reduction in LC symptoms if vaxxed according to most studies) and an omicron world too (unknown what omicron LC looks like).

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So yeah live your life and stuff but wear your masks, take precautions, try to hold out as much as you can is my suggestion. Help through medical/scientific innovation is coming. Our politicians won't care about this till the hospitals are rammed and they're not gonna warn you about it. So just understand the risks is all.
 
I went to a bar on Saturday night for the first time in the roaring 20s.

as the night wore on the crowd got progressively younger

as the crowd got younger, masking declined, distancing went awry

I hit the “too old to be in the bar I was at” range in the 26 months since I last went to a bar

my concern about Covid dissipated with more drink

being old and up at 530am for training on Saturday I was basically gonezo by 1230

got home by 1245 with intent to watch Marner score a billion goals

passed out in front of couch
 
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