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Friday, 13 January 2023
quote [ The pandemic is not over. It’s much worse than you have been led to believe. And unless you’ve spent the past several years reading scientific studies on the subject, it can be hard to convey just how wrong the public perception of COVID really is. Everything from how it’s spread, to how it’s prevented, to what it does once it’s in your body, is being tragically misunderstood. ]
People's CDC's "Weather Reports" are pretty handy
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Dienes said @ 6:41pm GMT on 14th Jan
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I'm the only faculty in my dept who still wears masks and requires coughing/sneezing students to wear them or go home. I'd gotten a lot of criticism for it...right up until several faculty had to go on FMLA because of long covid, a few folks recently lost family members to it, etc. Somehow I've avoided it.
They don't make fun of me anymore, although guess who gets overload courses to cover the faculty laid low. |
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Bruceski said @ 7:55pm GMT on 14th Jan
In my local supermarket I'd say it's about 40% usage on a good day, fortunately including the employees. Data aside (which I support), I figure it takes 5 seconds to put one on and I've got no reason not to.
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steele said @ 1:42am GMT on 15th Jan
Wow! West coast? My area here in Florida, it's a small miracle if I'm not the only one. And the looks some people give... as they're coughing away.🤷♂️☹
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Bruceski said @ 6:38am GMT on 15th Jan
Portland, yeah. If I go to the same brand of supermarket half a mile in the other direction I'm the only one. Fascinating how much it varies between neighborhoods.
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steele said @ 1:38am GMT on 15th Jan
I feel ya. I'm the only person around me irl that's consistently wearing a mask, so I just n95 it around everybody now. Depressing as hell to think about what things are gonna look like 5, 10 years down the road.
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mechavolt said @ 8:56pm GMT on 13th Jan
In case anyone is wondering, the wastewater picture does not reflect the country as a whole, but rather one county. Current wastewater levels across the nation are fairly consistent -- high, but not higher than we've seen previously. However, Seminole County is right next to Orlando, and is a good indicator of a possible outbreak, since there's a lot of people travelling through that area. The pandemic isn't over, but spreading disinformation isn't helpful, as the linked article states.
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steele said @ 9:15pm GMT on 13th Jan
Seminole County (where my friends and family live) has actually been running higher than Orange County since around Thanksgiving, it was one the first counties in the area that became dominated by the BQ1 variant.
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steele said @ 1:43am GMT on 15th Jan
A pretty good rundown on Long Covid.
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