COVID-19

[count2infinity]

And I’m assuming that’s only the confirmed cases in India. Imagine the slums and places without anything in the ways of medical treatment were probably hit hard too.

Crazy how transmissible this thing is.

[Troy Loney]

One thing covid has done is allow people to know whether or not they are social drinkers. Aside from golfing, I haven’t been drinking at all during covid. I would probably be losing weight if I didn’t eat grilled cheese for lunch multiple times a week or multiple frozen pizzas for dinner / week

[count2infinity]

Yup. Alcohol and food... I’ve put on some poundage since the start of this. Just ordered new running shoes and plan to start working out again. Luckily I don’t have 100 pounds to lose this time. Just 15-20.

[King Colby]

I read that as "excessive drinking rosé"

[Gaucho]

I did that in 2004.

[MR25]

Woke up with what feels like a hangover.

[dodint]

I drink a lot more in December. Just something about the holidays goes well with spirits. Haven't really drunk anything since then. But I'm also trying to actively lose weight and since I don't like beer to begin with the chances of me drinking is pretty low.

[MR25]

I've definitely been drinking less than I was prior to COVID. A big part of it is that I just don't feel like driving out to get beer if I don't need to make a trip. If I go to Giant Eagle I might get a 6 pack, but only Shop N Save is local up here, so I don’t go to the Iggle that often.

[shmenguin]

This sounds like something to really worry about with that .013% infection rate of post-vaxed people or whatever it was.

Get bentum, Fauci. Everyone sucks today.

[shafnutz05]

It almost seems like Fauci is being a heel on purpose.

[shmenguin]

Wonder what the mathematical possibility is of the scenario he’s describing for the median audience member of CNN. Less than being struck by lightning?

[shafnutz05]

Related.

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus- ... 5a8648af95

As states around the country lift COVID-19 restrictions, Oregon is poised to go the opposite direction — and many residents are fuming about it.

A top health official is considering indefinitely extending rules requiring masks and social distancing in all businesses in the state.

[PFiDC]

Any chance that is a "get your **** vaccine or **** isn't gonna open"?

[shmenguin]

Also, why hasn’t that person I’m talking to in public without a mask on in close proximity Vaccinated yet? Who is this person he’s taking about? An octogenarian who goes about town having open air maskless meet and greets with strangers? Congrats on the imminent death. Nothing I’m doing is gonna stop that train.

[nocera]

Fauci also said J&J is expected to resume by the end of the week. That’s good news. It doesn’t look like any more cases were discovered.

[meow]

The pause was - by and large - to educate providers and hospitals on how to properly treat these incredibly rare causes. It is not the typical treatment for a blood clot.

Also. Fauci’s time in the spotlight should end. his “yeah, but...” messages have past their time of impactfulness.

[Shyster]

"One can get vaccinated, have no clinical disease at all but get infected & not even know it ... and inadvertently transmit it to somebody else who might actually be unvaccinated & get ill."

I'd give those folks until, say, the end of May to get vaccinated. While many states have been open to everyone for a while, some states like PA just recently opened up vaccinations to everyone. After that, if an unvaccinated person gets ill, then **** 'em. They made their choice.

I support the right of people to refuse the vaccine, and I don't think government should mandate it. Whether private parties and employers mandate the vaccine is up to them. But neither are any of the rest of us under any obligation to alter our behavior in order to accommodate those folks who have the opportunity to get a shot but nevertheless decline to get vaccinated. And I should imagine that those folks wouldn't mind to get infected, because that's the side of the cost-benefit analysis that they have selected.

[nocera]

New regulations for Ontario.

Btw.

Ontario retracts COVID rules that banned playgrounds, allowed pedestrian stops after public backlash
https://abc13.com/ontario-covid-restric ... /10525266/

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

what mask designs have y’all been running in the last year?


first one I got last March was a Pens one. In August I got a Broncos one for the football season but the metal nose only lasted until January so I’ve been wearing the Pens one exclusively since then

Also got a Red Sox one today for the baseball season. Hopefully won’t need it come the second half of the season

[NTP66]

All of mine are Pens or Steelers masks. Got some tropical themed ones for vacation.

[eddy]

[Freddy Rumsen]

I've been wearing a non-descript white one for over a year. When I lose it/it gets dirty I get another one.

[nocera]

My sister-in-law made me one back at the start of everything. I also have plain white, plain black, plain red, a black & gold one, and the disposal surgical masks.

[shmenguin]

Solid colors. A set of 4 I rotate. Very very exciting.

[faftorial]

"One can get vaccinated, have no clinical disease at all but get infected & not even know it ... and inadvertently transmit it to somebody else who might actually be unvaccinated & get ill."

I'd give those folks until, say, the end of May to get vaccinated. While many states have been open to everyone for a while, some states like PA just recently opened up vaccinations to everyone. After that, if an unvaccinated person gets ill, then **** 'em. They made their choice.

I support the right of people to refuse the vaccine, and I don't think government should mandate it. Whether private parties and employers mandate the vaccine is up to them. But neither are any of the rest of us under any obligation to alter our behavior in order to accommodate those folks who have the opportunity to get a shot but nevertheless decline to get vaccinated. And I should imagine that those folks wouldn't mind to get infected, because that's the side of the cost-benefit analysis that they have selected.

Don't agree with Jacobson v. Massachusetts?