#covid-19 today

[thegeminisage]

i hope everyone who voted third party is really happy :) i hope they're all really pleased today and really felt like they made their voices heard and that electing trump was worth saving their precious little feelings :) i'm really glad they didn't have to be adults long enough to hold their noses and vote because feeling good is way more important than doing good :) i hope they got what they wanted :)

actually i hope they all die, as a direct result of his presidency, so that we don't have to pander to them next election cycle, if there IS a next election cycle. "but you can't just say you hope people die!" sure i can! third party voters obviously want me and my disabled mom to die. they want gay and trans people to die. they want women and immigrants and palestinians and people of color to die. what's the problem? i'd say i hope they die in the big glorious revolution they promised but if they can't put up and shut up long enough to get their asses to a ballot box there's no way we're gonna see them firebombing the government or attending a protest. they'll just sit at home and wait for somebody else to do it, the same way they sat at home and waited for somebody else to elect harris. and i hope nobody suffers more in the next four or more years than them. but why worry, right? both candidates are the same! i'm sure they'll be fine!

also lmao at everyone like "uwu ok guys take a deep breath have a calming cup of tea and do some self care tell people you love them" self care and loving people isn't going to keep him out of office. we had our chance to do that and we blew it because leftists want to feel righteous and pure. like definitely don't kill yourself or anything (unless you're a third party voter, in which case the sooner the better) but don't fucking dress it up. all you're doing is checking out. and who can blame you! sounds like the only solid plan tbh.

[shootingstarpilot]

fuck me with a rusty rake, i guess

[zezah-xiomara-citrine]

COVID is scary y'all - mask up!

[bigmammallama5]

Well i guess a silver lining about losing most of my taste and smell from covid is im eating the snacks i didnt care for the taste of so i’m not wasting them lol

[tmarshconnors]

"I'm So Glad The Bible Doesn't Care If It Hurts My Feelings."

Gregory Duane Locke is an American non-denominational evangelical Protestant preacher and pastor. He is the founder of Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.

Founder of Global Vision Bible Church: Gregory Locke founded Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Under his leadership, the church has grown and attracted a significant following.

Controversial Figure: Locke is known for his outspoken and often controversial statements on social and political issues. His views have garnered both support and criticism from various communities.

Social Media Presence: Locke has a substantial presence on social media, where he shares his sermons, opinions, and updates about his ministry. His online activities have played a significant role in expanding his influence.

Author: Gregory Locke has authored books that reflect his evangelical beliefs and ministry focus. His writings are aimed at encouraging and challenging his readers in their faith.

COVID-19 Stance: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Locke made headlines for his strong stance against mask mandates and other public health measures. He has been a vocal critic of government restrictions related to the pandemic, which has been a polarizing issue within his congregation and beyond.

[brightsuzaku]

GUESS WHO IS DISEASED!!!

ya that's right me, ya boy

I live at home, and a family member tested positive, so it was only a matter of time, lol.

[gorgeousgreymatter-x]

once again I am asking why the only people wearing masks in this infusion center are the nurses. there are 3 other patients here that are maskless IN THE ROOM FULL OF IMMUNO SUPPRESSED PEOPLE LITERALLY GETTING PUMPED FULL OF MORE IMMUNE SUPPRESSANTS

[brehaaorgana]

i've gotten TWO different government phone surveys about Public Health in the last 2 years

and i did them both even though they were long because those poor poor government employees just need data that proves people are:

capable of being normal for a voluntary poll and not wildly abusive

also not all conspiratorial wackjobs when it comes to vaccines.

[sadistic-softie]

Bro. I am so bad at taking care of myself that I undid half the fucking progress of physical therapy by not keeping up with the exercises when I stopped going. I did them for like, a few days, then stopped for a few weeks. I was gonna do them yesterday and only did a third of them before giving up. I'm literally starting to walk funny again and it takes me for fucking ever to climb stairs and I couldn't be bothered to give enough of a fuck to do something about it for long enough to build an exercise habit. I'm gonna need a fucking cane to walk because of my inability to take care of my own fucking health. I'm gonna be the only fucking person under 30 who fucking walks with a cane because I just fucking sit on my ass almost every time I don't have anything important to do because none of my hobbies require much physical activity except for dancing but I can't dance for longer than 2 minutes without fucking dying. Do you know how embarrassing that's gonna be? Apparently I fucking will. I hate myself so fucking much. I'm too young for this shit. I have fucking chronic pain because my muscles are too weak from being really shitty at working out and not being able to run because of my exercise induced asthma. I used to work out with my own personal routine I made from doing research to help myself lose weight and build strength. I did it every fucking week day for a few years because I was gaining wait. The routine didn't work and helped with nothing. I actually gained more weight. Then I got fucking COVID and my asthma got fucking worse so I can't exercise enough and walking doesn't make up for it. I only lost weight when I starved myself and everyone congratulating and encouraging me has no idea that that's how I really did it. The only thing I have left that can save my body is those fucking physical therapy activities, and yet, I don't even fucking do them. I'm just pissed off at myself rn lol.

[zoekrystall]

Did I ever complain abt that publicly idk anyways I need to get to the big city (2h to and 2h back, not much for the states but sure for me) and next to not wanting to bc cold, they gonna stab bc blood test and my body hates making that easy to locate (dif place but I will never forget the time I got stabbed like three times and still no blood so new appointment had to be made, I have a fear of needles otherwise it would be whatev), and even more risky bc gatherings were recently do I prob hate the most that like. I'm hungry.

I'm hungry and I suck at eating enough so I often go out w not much in my stomach. I survive but it sucks really bad that I can't either buy smth once I arrive to eat on the way back or pack smth to like eat on the journey bc no-one wears a mask and the virus stays rampant so I can't take my mask off until I'm back home. At the inbetween stop I maybe could but I rather won't risk anything. Esp in winter I could bring smth warm to drink w me at least but I rather don't in the crowd I gotta walk through. Least people are when I'm only a few mins away from home and at that point I can always just wait a bit longer.

Tbh I dread going outside and limit it to only shopping and appointments bc even if I could walk here prob somewhere without many people do I rather just stay indoors and try to limit irl reminders of how many people can't be bothered to care bc that just nosedives my mental health. It doesn't help that I still try to nudge my irl friends to care more.

[samcat18]

It's time for everyone's least favorite game ever, "is this psychosomatic anxiety or covid symptoms??" featuring additional stress from potential car problems!! 🙃🙃🙃

[yellowgnomeboots]

A lot of people on the Arcturus COVID thread about how the government doesn't care, but honestly why should it if the citizens don't?

I never see anyone here but me wearing a mask other than a few University staff on the bus. My mum's a vaccinator and she hasn't vaccinated anyone under 50 with the bivalent vaccine. They don't wear masks in the pharmacies. Nurses and other medical staff at the hospital aren't getting vaccinated (more administrators do for some reason).

Some of us care but most people don't want the government to do anything. If the NZ government tried to introduce some kind of mask or vaccination mandate now then everyone would ignore it like Auckland did with their last lockdowns. They've been providing free masks, boosters and RAT tests all this time so that people can help themselves but people are barely interested.

[pier-carlo-universe]

Crisi del sistema sanitario italiano: tra carenze strutturali e spunti di miglioramento, di Pier Carlo Lava. Alessandria today

Un’analisi delle difficoltà del sistema sanitario in Italia e delle possibili soluzioni per garantirne la sostenibilità e l’efficacia.

Un’analisi delle difficoltà del sistema sanitario in Italia e delle possibili soluzioni per garantirne la sostenibilità e l’efficacia. Un sistema in affanno. Il sistema sanitario italiano, un tempo considerato uno dei migliori al mondo, è oggi al centro di una crisi profonda. Le cause sono molteplici: carenze di personale, tagli al budget sanitario, tempi di attesa insostenibili e…

[julianova44]

Well folks, it’s been a good run. We’re almost managed five whole years. But I regret to inform you that I and my most precious partner have finally succumbed to the pandemic. After five years of dodging fomites and droplets like Neo dodging bullets, the second line finally turned pink. We had planned to get our booster shots this week, and Fate heard and laughed at our insolence.

So consider this a reminder. Get the booster shot if you haven’t already. Don’t feel the gravity in your bones or the itch in your throat; don’t let the little clots build in your blood in response to antigens or whatever the theory about COVID interacting with clotting is these days. Don’t let the pea soup fog slip into the space between your ears that once held a brain.

And remember, wear a mask.

[a-typical]

Were the mRNA vaccines rushed?

This myth started with the pandemic and has been the subject of intense politicization of vaccines, COVID-19, and major gaps in science literacy.

The TL;DR is no.

The science and technology that led to these vaccines have been underway for decades. mRNA was discovered in 1961. Its use as a tool has been in development since. mRNA as a therapeutic has been in preclinical and clinical trials since the 1990s. When SARS-CoV-2 emerged in 2020, several advancements had occurred to ensure success.

The integration of pseudouridine into mRNAs in 2005 paved the way for effective and immunogenic mRNA-based vaccines. This discovery by Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman was what won them last year’s Nobel Prize. Pseudouridine in mRNA was key to provide stability so that the molecule would not degrade in a vaccine.

SARS-CoV-2 was similar to SARS-CoV, which caused SARS in the early 2000s. As a result, we had quite a bit of knowledge about these types of Coronaviruses which enabled vaccine development work to progress more swiftly than if it were a fully unknown family of virus.

Since all eyes were on the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of painful and tedious bureaucratic red tape was eliminated: the stuff that typically makes clinical trials long and laborious. Not having to deal with politics allowed clinical trials to progress more smoothly than normal.

Vaccines are one of the most impactful tools of modern medicine.

Vaccines save millions of lives every year. They’ve increased our quality and quantity of life. We are no longer dying from acute infectious diseases as a result of vaccines.

But anti-vaccine rhetoric and refusal to vaccinate threatens that. We can help combat that: by getting vaccinated with all recommended vaccines to protect ourselves and those around us. Let’s combat disinformation with facts - because better science literacy improves public health and health outcomes.

[im-adrienne]

Today schedule’s:

- Vaccines appt

- Lunch

- Sleep

- Streaming a low ping DayZ server

- Zero to Mansion PVE stream