COVID-19 2020

[Starsky]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/meet-the-covid-super-dodgers/ar-AAZOZIN

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/meet-the-covid-super-dodgers/ar-AAZOZIN

TIL: what’s a strikeout?

“That’s when you take a hit of weed, hold it in while you rip a shot and then chug a beer before exhaling.”

[Starsky]

I can barely do any of these by themselves without coughing or throwing up

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Around 95% of the population have some immunity due to a combination of vaccination and past infections, according to Greta Massetti, a senior epidemiologist at the CDC.

although the daily avg deaths is close to 500 as of Aug 11

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

not sure if you missed it
President Biden said that the pandemic is over.

numbers are looking better
with only avg 500 deaths a day (compared to this time last year it was 2100 deaths avg per day)

not really in the clear though

[Starsky]

Yay! We did it team! Only one million plus dead Americans!

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

almost 100 million cases!

[Starsky]

We rocked!!!

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

good news for those who got the vax
https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1573046484949499906?s=20&t=8WB0uS9Fb7iTPgBURhxwcw

those who have received COVID-19 vaccines "become connected to the internet"


I swear I have not gotten better reception since, but I didn't really benchmark where I was before, so all conjecture on my part

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

This is kinda "water is wet" news for this crowd, but I do love some data as it correlates to excess deaths

https://twitter.com/JamesSurowiecki/status/1576916442229837824?s=20&t=ZPdiyR62Fuhgstp_s1r-yQ

New study of almost 600,000 deaths in Ohio and Florida shows that registered Republicans had far higher excess-death rates than registered Democrats during the pandemic, with almost all of the gap coming after vaccines were available.
https://nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w30512/w30512.pdf
The study shows there was no difference in excess deaths between Dem and GOP voters in 2018 and early 2020 (control). And there was no real gap pre-vaccine. But beginning spring 2021, and accelerating w/Delta Republicans began dying at a significantly higher rate.


and he ends with the point I always make when discussing this
One other thing to note: this study looked at excess deaths, not Covid deaths. So if the vaccines were killing people, you'd see it in this data. You don't see it, because they're not.

[kosmo vinyl]

The Charlatans were touring Japan and Tim was posting pictures of fully masked audiences… but we a freedom loving bunch in these parts so…

[bfactor]

Not blaming the club, but I almost certainly caught covid at the B-52s Anthem show, where I foolishly took off my mask for a while. Overconfidence from my recent booster, positive 3 days later. I'm pretty much a hermit other than shows and everyone around me is negative, so that was likely it. I'm fine, but if you're at all vulnerable keep the mask on in the club.

[GAY,GUY]

Gurrrrl, I got it from going to a single college class. Third time this year. I want masks back.  I never even got the sniffles for two years, when we had to wear them.

But, what do I know . . . I'm the one who loves WSMFP.

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

I want masks back.  I never even got the sniffles for two years, when we had to wear them.

Then wear one? No one’s stopping you.

[Space Freely]

The Charlatans were touring Japan and Tim was posting pictures of fully masked audiences… but we a freedom loving bunch in these parts so…

Many other countries have moved past the masks. Nobody at all was masking in Europe this Summer. So glad I got it. Now I know it's nothing to be afraid of.