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Post by Doug » Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:42 pm

That's good
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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Dantes » Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:08 pm

Doug wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:05 pm Good news, even though case rates and death rates are the same as a year ago, blue states are starting to drop worthless mask mandates and authoritarian vaccine mandates, possibly because "elections"
It'll be a major point in the SoTU.
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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Doug » Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:15 pm

Dantes wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:08 pm
Doug wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:05 pm Good news, even though case rates and death rates are the same as a year ago, blue states are starting to drop worthless mask mandates and authoritarian vaccine mandates, possibly because "elections"
It'll be a major point in the SoTU.
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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by seathesee » Fri Mar 18, 2022 5:32 pm

i went to the first day of march madness at the MODA center in portland. it was pretty fullish by the second game. it was weird being in such a large enclosed space with so many unmasked people. not anxiety inducing or anything, just strange.

i wore an N9something while i wasnt eating or drinking and felt a little out of place.
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Re: Charho-oh Virus Thread

Post by Khaos » Fri Mar 18, 2022 5:42 pm

well don't

i was the only person in my office who wore a mask for quite a while (back when the pandemic started)

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Post by Skeletor » Fri Mar 18, 2022 6:38 pm

i'm very happy my kid gets to do nakedface school now

i mask up when i'm around a bunch of strangers though, or interacting with like a barista that interacts with hundreds of people a day. just zero value to visible faces there to me. i don't think the mask is high value but it's not zero so i guess it's like, is it worth the discomfort
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Post by haplo » Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:25 pm

I mostly stopped wearing one last week, although I am actually sick now (not covid) so I'm wearing one again.

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Post by Doug » Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:26 pm

The only time I can remember wearing a mask this year was when I took my dad to his doctor's office
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Post by Jeb Bush 2012 » Fri Mar 18, 2022 10:42 pm

Skeletor wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 6:38 pm i'm very happy my kid gets to do nakedface school now

i mask up when i'm around a bunch of strangers though, or interacting with like a barista that interacts with hundreds of people a day. just zero value to visible faces there to me. i don't think the mask is high value but it's not zero so i guess it's like, is it worth the discomfort
I don't have strong views on this under current conditions but what really baffles me are people who are still masking but with, like, a cloth mask pulled under their nose or whatever

like I always interpreted this as a half-hearted technical compliance with the rules thing but apparently not!

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Post by Ashenai » Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:10 pm

Maybe they pull the mask over their nose when they feel unsafe, like when someone gets too close to them or they hear someone coughing.

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Post by Ashenai » Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:16 pm

China is getting mega fucked by the virus. Their super strict lockdown/quarantine policies saw them through two whole years of Covid without significant spread! But they relaxed their policies a little bit, and now they're boned. This especially sucks because they're mostly not vaccinated.

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Post by Doug » Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:23 pm

Ashenai wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:16 pm China is getting mega fucked by the virus. Their super strict lockdown/quarantine policies saw them through two whole years of Covid without significant spread! But they relaxed their policies a little bit, and now they're boned. This especially sucks because they're mostly not vaccinated.
Or, check this out, they have no natural immunity because they thought they could keep people from ever getting it, and that was dumb

But why are they mostly not vaccinated?
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Post by Ashenai » Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:34 pm

Because they mostly didn't need to be! Like I said, their super-strict and extremely mandatory Covid policies kept the virus at bay for 2 years. That had its own cost though, economically and socially, and eventually they loosened restrictions a little bit. And now they're getting hit hard.

This is what their case numbers look like over the entire Covid era:

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Post by Skeletor » Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:52 pm

Ashenai wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:16 pm China is getting mega fucked by the virus. Their super strict lockdown/quarantine policies saw them through two whole years of Covid without significant spread! But they relaxed their policies a little bit, and now they're boned. This especially sucks because they're mostly not vaccinated.
is it relaxed their policies or is it that there's just no stopping omicron really? i thought it was more that
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Post by Skeletor » Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:53 pm

i feel like this is a very strong demonstration of a strength of their government followed up by a very strong demonstration of a weakness
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Post by Rylinks » Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:55 pm

Ashenai wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:16 pm Their super strict lockdown/quarantine policies saw them through two whole years of Covid without significant spread!
are the chinese numbers actually credible

i remember the obviously fake flatline graph but it looks like they have some numbers that are not obviously wrong now

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Post by Jeb Bush 2012 » Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:01 am

Skeletor wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:52 pm is it relaxed their policies or is it that there's just no stopping omicron really? i thought it was more that
or at least, stopping omicron would’ve required even more costly policies. I think they are actually talking about relaxing their policies now though

the vaccine situation is even worse than just low uptake there, it’s low uptake *and* worse relative uptake for older people *and* most of the vaccinations being sinovac, which is much less effective than any of the vaccines used in the west

hong kong has a similar situation but is further along the path and the comparison between it and new zealand (which had a similar covid path but which vaccinated almost all of its elderly people and has high uptake rates in general) is really striking / grim

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Post by haplo » Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:34 am

look at those new zealand idiots falling for the vaccine propaganda. bet they feel stupid now

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Post by Doug » Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:51 am

Skeletor wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:53 pm i feel like this is a very strong demonstration of a strength of their government followed up by a very strong demonstration of a weakness
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Post by Blissful » Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:30 pm

Skeletor wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 6:38 pm i'm very happy my kid gets to do nakedface school now

i mask up when i'm around a bunch of strangers though, or interacting with like a barista that interacts with hundreds of people a day. just zero value to visible faces there to me. i don't think the mask is high value but it's not zero so i guess it's like, is it worth the discomfort
i just wear masks because i dont like people seeing my face now
its like i always wanted but no-one thinks its weird anymore
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Post by Blissful » Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:31 pm

oh and i guess on public transport because they still have that as a requirement here
although it's not a very enforced requirement, im sure i could not wear one if i wanted to
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Post by rianalnn » Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:51 pm

Blissful wrote:i just wear masks because i dont like people seeing my face now
its like i always wanted but no-one thinks its weird anymore
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Post by seathesee » Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:44 pm

i just got an email informing me im eligible for another booster.

i wasnt aware we were doing that.
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Post by Crunchums » Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:55 pm

seathesee wrote:i just got an email informing me im eligible for another booster.

i wasnt aware we were doing that.
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Post by Skeletor » Wed Apr 13, 2022 5:39 pm

yeah my understanding is the benefit of the first booster is basically that the first two shots are spaced too close together, which is mostly because we rushed the vaccines out and that was the first guess and what was tested, it's not surprising it was suboptimal
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Post by Doug » Wed Apr 13, 2022 5:40 pm

seathesee wrote: Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:44 pm i just got an email informing me im eligible for another booster.

i wasnt aware we were doing that.
Well "we" aren't
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Post by Dantes » Wed Apr 13, 2022 5:42 pm

Blissful wrote: Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:30 pm
Skeletor wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 6:38 pm i'm very happy my kid gets to do nakedface school now

i mask up when i'm around a bunch of strangers though, or interacting with like a barista that interacts with hundreds of people a day. just zero value to visible faces there to me. i don't think the mask is high value but it's not zero so i guess it's like, is it worth the discomfort
i just wear masks because i dont like people seeing my face now
its like i always wanted but no-one thinks its weird anymore
I was at my chiropractor a few weeks ago. Got into a conversation with a few people in the waiting room. One was wearing big mirror sunglasses and a mask. Completely impossible to read any kind of facial cues. I felt so incredibly awkward.
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Post by Skeletor » Wed Apr 13, 2022 5:43 pm

i was at my witch doctor a few weeks ago
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Post by Dantes » Wed Apr 13, 2022 5:45 pm

Skeletor wrote: Wed Apr 13, 2022 5:43 pm i was at my witch doctor a few weeks ago
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Post by Doug » Wed Apr 13, 2022 5:48 pm

I wear a mask to the doctor's office so as not to worry the other visitors

That's it, I haven't worn a mask anywhere else in quite a while now
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