Charho-oh Virus Thread

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Blissful » Wed May 11, 2022 3:30 am

pterrus wrote: Sun May 08, 2022 2:57 am Cishet white man complains about not being able to see traditional patriarchal art form in city where many are homeless.
Luna wrote: Sun May 08, 2022 2:57 am doubling over in pain
pterrus you need to perform a shinobi execution after poise-breaking your adversary or eventually the meter will just drain and they'll reset
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Post by pterrus » Wed May 11, 2022 10:50 am

Blissful wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 3:30 am
pterrus wrote: Sun May 08, 2022 2:57 am Cishet white man complains about not being able to see traditional patriarchal art form in city where many are homeless.
Luna wrote: Sun May 08, 2022 2:57 am doubling over in pain
pterrus you need to perform a shinobi execution after poise-breaking your adversary or eventually the meter will just drain and they'll reset
Sadly, shinobi executions are cultural appropriation.

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Luna » Wed May 11, 2022 11:50 am

if you had done it anyway, you would have become admin. that's how it works

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Rylinks » Wed May 11, 2022 12:34 pm

it’s a trick rt just wants to send you the server bill

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Skeletor » Sat May 14, 2022 5:37 pm

Crunchums wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 10:25 pm so like yeah it's possible to not get it in the same way that it's technically possible to go your entire life without ever catching the common cold. but i would expect that (like the common cold) most people are going to get it at some point
i thought more about this. wikipedia says there's over 200 things implicated as the common cold, adults get 2-3 per year, kids get 6-8 per year

so any given year, quite unlikely that i get any specific cold virus. naive math but over the course of my life i'm over 50% to get any specific one but not that much over

ok so now comparing to covid, i think it makes sense to think of as just one virus since i believe getting one variant grants some immunity against others ("some immunity" is a fun phrase) which i am assuming is not the case when they count over 200 things implicated as the common cold. could be wrong about that

so then with covid, it's more infectious but also i'm vaccinated against it. i don't know how to factor these in but i certainly would guess i'm a lot more likely to get covid in any given year than any specific common cold

so i guess my guess is that right now, my odds of getting it in any given year aren't high, but they aren't low either? let's say 10%? that'd be a long shot to dodge for the rest of my life if nothing else changes, but it's also in the realm where i'm angling to never get it, because in fact stuff might change. like ok maybe i get it in 5 years, but also by then we have widespread antivirals that make it not a big deal at all. i'm still counting that as a win even if it's not technically the right words
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Jeb Bush 2012 » Sat May 14, 2022 8:08 pm

Skeletor wrote: Sat May 14, 2022 5:37 pm ok so now comparing to covid, i think it makes sense to think of as just one virus since i believe getting one variant grants some immunity against others ("some immunity" is a fun phrase)
qualified immunity from the novel coronavirus

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Doug » Thu May 19, 2022 8:18 pm

I got the covid, and I got the doctor to give me the paxlovid like immediately

I recommend anyone else do the same by following these simple steps

1. I feel sick. Is it Covid?
2. Buy a Covid test at the pharmacy/grocery and test yourself
3. It's Covid? Immediately call your doctor and tell them the symptoms, that you had a positive test, and that you'd like the paxlovid
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Post by Khaos » Thu May 19, 2022 8:28 pm

its harder than that to get paxlovid here, unfortunately

you need to have some other comorbidity, which is dumb because we're just sitting on a bunch of paxlovid

fortunately (read: unfortunately) i have asthma so i should be able to get it if i need it

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Doug » Thu May 19, 2022 8:56 pm

I've only taken one round but it seems to have helped
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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Doug » Fri May 20, 2022 1:18 am

Oh apparently not everyone can get it -- if you're under 65 and/or have no other health conditions, your doctor may disrecommend it

I didn't know that part when I posted earlier
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Post by Skeletor » Fri May 20, 2022 6:08 am

my mother in law got it immediately and then it turned out she didn't have covid. it was nice to know she could get it like that though

i expect my wife will be able to get it immediately if she needs to, also due to a health condition. she's already talked to her specialist about it in advance
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Post by Blissful » Sun May 22, 2022 7:21 am

sorry about your plague doug
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Post by Blissful » Sun May 22, 2022 7:22 am

i just recovered from being normal sick
when i got it i was like oh no might be covid and got tested
but it wasnt and was just a normal illness
but it turns out being sick with a regular illness is still bullshit and id just forgotten from being in good health for a while
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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Doug » Wed Jun 15, 2022 1:41 pm

Canada declares ‘fully vaccinated’ now means 3 shots…
You can see how this makes no sense, right? Like, if I just had two shots a second ago, it wouldn't even be time for a third. And, if I had three shots all more than a year ago now, what is that doing for me -- well in a moment they're going to say it does nothing anymore, you can see it coming
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Post by Khaos » Wed Jun 15, 2022 2:36 pm

it definitely makes no sense

it also probably doesn't matter because i think all the mandates are going away

frankly i think requiring masks for public transportation and for employees in old folk homes is probably just something that should stay perpetually

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Khaos » Wed Jun 15, 2022 2:36 pm

i think the idea is that if you got two shots, you probably got them too closely together. so they're kinda counting that at one shot? not sure

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Doug » Wed Jun 15, 2022 2:47 pm

Khaos wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 2:36 pm i think the idea is that if you got two shots, you probably got them too closely together. so they're kinda counting that at one shot? not sure
That seems like that would be strange, though -- I had the two shots, and of course I had the second one on the date that they had chosen in advance, back when I had gotten the first one. Isn't that how it worked for everybody
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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Khaos » Wed Jun 15, 2022 2:51 pm

yes. i am not 100% sure about this but, i think you were told suboptimal spacing information (along with everyone else)

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Rylinks » Wed Jun 15, 2022 2:55 pm

singling out public transportation for masks seems strange to me

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Doug » Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:08 pm

Regressive and has the virtue of being pointless
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Post by Khaos » Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:27 pm

shit wrong thread

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Khaos » Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:28 pm

Rylinks wrote:singling out public transportation for masks seems strange to me
why

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Rylinks » Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:33 pm

Khaos wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:28 pm
Rylinks wrote:singling out public transportation for masks seems strange to me
why
what's the rationale for public transportation specifically?

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Khaos » Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:40 pm

1) people need to use it to live their lives, usually every day and 2) people are often packed face-to-face in buses

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Khaos » Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:41 pm

i dunno about where you live but over here places like grocery stores or whatever are not usually that busy. the next best comparison would be going to an arena or festival, but those aren't necessary for living your life. if you're immunocompromised and worried about covid, you can just, not go

i also consider wearing masks to be almost a non-cost

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Rylinks » Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:43 pm

as far as i know there is not a large difference between being packed face to face and being moderately close in an indoor space

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Rylinks » Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:46 pm

for example airplanes are safer than grocery stores, because even if people are more crowded, airplanes have much more aggressive ventilation systems, and the ventilation systems are way more important

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Post by Khaos » Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:52 pm

Rylinks wrote:for example airplanes are safer than grocery stores, because even if people are more crowded, airplanes have much more aggressive ventilation systems, and the ventilation systems are way more important
yes. but i would be very surprised if being face-to-face doesn't make things worse.

buses pretty much always have their windows closed here because people don't want to freeze to death

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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Khaos » Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:53 pm

i am also skeptical grocery stores are more dangerous than airplanes

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