Cancer Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 A significant portion; happily it's easy to identify them ahead of time. They're labeled as having majors over in the Business School. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 Just tested positive for covid by means of a nose swab test. The test said to give the lines fifteen to twenty minutes to develop, but the T line didn't even take a minute to show up, well before the C line. assault, Cancer, pinecone and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 Quote "Tag! You're it!" says Cancer. L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 I'm just amazed that I'd managed to avoid this plague for almost two years! Ragitsu, pinecone and Joe Walsh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 I had sort of the same feeling, up until two weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 USA through 80 million cases and 950 thousand dead Russia through 15 million cases Israel through 3.5 million cases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 9 hours ago, L. Marcus said: Just tested positive for covid by means of a nose swab test. The test said to give the lines fifteen to twenty minutes to develop, but the T line didn't even take a minute to show up, well before the C line. Sorry to hear that. I hope you get better soon. Lee and archer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 11 hours ago, L. Marcus said: Just tested positive for covid by means of a nose swab test. The test said to give the lines fifteen to twenty minutes to develop, but the T line didn't even take a minute to show up, well before the C line. How are you feeling, friend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: How are you feeling, friend? Not too shabby, thanks for asking. A dry cough, a stuffy nose, a hint of nausea ... As covid cases go -- and I've seen a few -- this is a mild one, thus far. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 Britain's Queen Elizabeth tests positive for Covid-19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 Lady P lost her uncle Friday night to COVID-related pneumonia. He'd had a number of health issues for the past several years, so it wasn't completely unexpected. But it's sad nonetheless. DShomshak, BarretWallace, archer and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Cygnia said: Britain's Queen Elizabeth tests positive for Covid-19 Mild symptoms according to the BBC. So she should be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 I hope so. She's not a young woman any more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 Plus Philip passed away earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 16 hours ago, Pariah said: Lady P lost her uncle Friday night to COVID-related pneumonia. He'd had a number of health issues for the past several years, so it wasn't completely unexpected. But it's sad nonetheless. My condolences to you and Lady P. archer and Pariah 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarretWallace Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 22 hours ago, Pariah said: Lady P lost her uncle Friday night to COVID-related pneumonia. He'd had a number of health issues for the past several years, so it wasn't completely unexpected. But it's sad nonetheless. I am sorry for your loss, Pariah (and Lady P). tkdguy and Pariah 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted February 21, 2022 Report Share Posted February 21, 2022 Germany hopes protein-based Covid vaccine will sway sceptics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/21/germany-hopes-nuvaxovid-protein-based-covid-vaccine-will-sway-sceptics It uses a protein base rather than the novel mRNA technology used in the most commonly used vaccines. This is one of the very slow vaccine projects which was partially funded by Operation "Warp Speed" which appears to finally be ready. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/11/933864908/novavax-posts-coronavirus-vaccine-contract-that-government-didnt-disclose Of course, I'm sure it has the side effect of turning you into one of the lizard people so the anti-vax crowd will still refuse to take it. 😕 tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted February 22, 2022 Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 4 hours ago, archer said: Of course, I'm sure it has the side effect of turning you into one of the lizard people so the anti-vax crowd will still refuse to take it. 😕 Many of them need no more reason than that it's advocated by Authority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted February 22, 2022 Report Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 hour ago, unclevlad said: Many of them need no more reason than that it's advocated by Authority. AKA: The Lizard People! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Cleveland, ladies & gentlemen... 🤬 Citing Low Vaccination Rate in Cleveland, CMSD Keeping Mask Mandate But Won't Enforce It as Much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 7, 2022 Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 How Omicron’s Mutations Make It the Most Infectious Coronavirus Variant Yet Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 7, 2022 Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 Florida to become first state to recommend against vaccinating healthy children according to Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo on Monday. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10586973/Florida-recommend-against-COVID-vaccines-healthy-kids.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted March 7, 2022 Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 1 hour ago, archer said: Florida to become first state to recommend against vaccinating healthy children according to Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo on Monday. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10586973/Florida-recommend-against-COVID-vaccines-healthy-kids.html Because that guy is a rampant anti-vaxer and proponent of "alternative treatments." His appointment was only last month, and one must suspect it was *because* of those views that he was nominated and approved. It's Florida, and we know the politicians are morons. The appointment was the problem, in that it put such a quack into a position where he seemingly is An Authority on the subject. Thus, he'll become another "verification" for anti-vax BS, when all he is, is another echo chamber. Damn, man, you got me started.........didn't need that today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 4 free test kits per residence are available to US residents. This is the second time this has been offered. You can accept the offer up to twice. (So if you ordered free kits before, you can now do so again. If you've never ordered free kits, you can order them then wait a couple of days then order another set.) https://special.usps.com/testkits tkdguy and Old Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 The March, 2022 issue of Scientific American is a special issue devoted to "How Covid Chamged the World." Article titles (and, where applicable, subtitles) are as follows: * A Microbe Proved That Individualism Is a Myth. Humans evolved to be interdependent, not self-sufficient. * A High-Speed Scientific Hive Mind Emerged. Researchers found new forms of rapid communication and collaboration. * Science Journalism Shifted with New Realities. It is no longer possible to separate science and politics. * COVID Set Off a Boom in Diagnostics. The pandemic accelerated the development of cutting-edge PCR tests -- and made the need for them urgent. * American Public Health Revealed Its Fragility. * Global Health Institutions Reached Their Limits. The need to reinvent the World Health Organization has become abundantly clear. * We Didn't Get Serious About the Climate Crisis. Emergency managers are stuck reacting to a constant march of disasters. * Lockdowns Showed the Promise of Cities with Fewer Cars. * Inequality Got Much Worse. The poor, no matter where they live, will suffer the greatest lasting toll. * Messenger RNA Therapies Finally Arrived. Instructing our cells to make specific proteins could control influenza, autoimmune diseases, even cancer. * Billionaire Space Tourists Became Insufferable. * Long Haulers Called Attention to Chronic Illnesses. But society is not prepared for the growing crisi of long COVID. * Data Captures COVID's Uneven Toll. Visualizing ongoing stories of loss, adaptation and inequality. * Work Changed Forever. People realized their jobs don't have to be that way. * Nasal Spray Preventives Went Into Development. * Fault Lines in American Society Got Deeper. The pandemic energized the Black Lives Matter movement -- and provoked a dangerous backlash. * Vaccine Inequality Shut Vulnerable People Out of Plans to Save the Planet. Those with the most at stake were heard the least. * Oxygen Shortages Delayed Rocket Launches. * Conspiracy Theories Made It Harder for Scientists to Seek the Truth. Virus origin stories have always been prone to disinformation, and the "lab leak hypothesis" threatens research -- and lives. * Pandemic-Era Research Paid Off -- and Will for Years. * COVID Is Here to Stay. How do we live with it? Dean Shomshak assault, Pariah and BarretWallace 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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