SARS II: Respiratory Boogaloo

Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by Tuckerfan, Jan 9, 2020.

  1. MikeH92467

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    We heard from the student at my school who was in an induced coma for three weeks. Just a "thank you" text after we left him a text wishing him well. Hopefully that's a good sign. He's mid 50s, not overweight, in decent physical condition, but I understand he is a former smoker. From what I gather, any history of smoking is one of the really nasty aggravating factors. No word yet on when or if he'll be able to come back and resume training. Right now we're just hoping he walks out of the hospital instead of being carried out.
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    Apparently my clueless corporate types don't share that view.
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    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    "Absolutely nobody" except my corporate heads.
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    In this I can relate to oldfella, except my corporate covid rules tend to err in the opposite direction. Like I have to wear a mask when I'm walking from my vehicle to the entrance of the building, which is silly to me if there's no one else around me.
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    I think my corporate heads don't want to give the appearance that they aren't taking care of their employees, thus if you get COVID don't claim that you got it from work. Granted formalized "contact tracing" isn't going on AFAIK anyway, so corporate may have plausible deniability for any liability.
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    Clearly Biden is already fucking things up......
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    Biden isn't in charge yet unless your metric system changes the calendar too.
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    I've been back to my office ... twice, maybe three times in the last 10 months. all three were just short visits to get something I left on/at my desk.

    Walking into the building - everyone must stay 6 feet from the person in front of them.
    Get screened and your temp taken
    Get a new mask and a wrist band showing that you've been screened that day (each day, the wristband is a different color)
    Masks must be worn in all common areas.
    If you raise your desk to a standing position, you must wear your mask

    I really hope I never have to go back to the office. All my work is digital and absolutely no reason for me to be in the office. Regardless of any pandemics.
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    That's what Kamala wants you to think. :calli:
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    It's a joke, numbnuts. But given all your predictions about what Biden will do once he takes office - with absolutely no evidence to support your bullshit - it's not the only joke in that post.
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    I know that those of us from this side of the pond have a far better grasp of humour but I thought that was a pretty easy one for @oldfella1962 to catch. :facepalm:
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    Literal shot in this case!
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    4402 dead in the US today.
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    Wife got the 2nd shot yesterday. She was feeling a little down this morning. Chills and aches.
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    I am now registered to receive it soon through my employer. Which makes sense since I need it badly being completely healthy and in my 30s. Guess I’ll beat my 71 year old parents to it!
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    Noway Biden wouldv done better......... :unsure:
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    "but wait, there's more! Get a shot and get a spliff at no extra charge."
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    Brazilian COVID variant hits the UK. Insert jokes about "thin SPIKE down the middle" etc.

    Had the first positive sample come past my testing station today wooo. There have been other positives since I started but hadn't processed one myself. Feels a bit more worthwhile now - that person can now be told to isolate and contact tracing started. If it's one of our students, that's done via their student swipecard as well as the NHS tracing app.
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    let us know if you get a Brazilian spike. Here I think we call them landing strips.
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    Unfortunately they didn't control for culture and stupidity.

    I did hear a NPR report today (sorry can't find the link) that may have addressed this. In it the epidemiologist-economist posited that areas with lockdowns did not have as great immediate benefit, but people in these areas enjoyed long-term lower infections as they took precautions more seriously. That's still pretty nebulous.
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    I thought I saw this posted earlier, but now I can't find it.

    upload_2021-1-15_20-54-40.png

    This is why the B117 variant is such a big deal even though it's not more lethal, and why we, America specifically, are so very, very fucked (the UK, too, actually). (The gray line is exponential as well, but you can barely tell because it doesn't visibly curve up until much later). UK deaths keep going up despite ostensible lockdowns, and this is why. Imagine what B117 will do once it's the dominant strain in a city where people aren't even nominally locked down. This graph also assumes hospital capacity keeps up with increased cases, which, of course, it won't. The US is going to have to be extraordinarily lucky and far more compliant than it has been to date to get out of this pandemic with less than a million dead at this point.
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    It doesn't work in REAL countries. :carryon:
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    Smacks strongly of a conclusion in search of research to support it. And let's not forget that SK had a competent test-trace-isolate regime in place immediately (and the isolation there was NOT voluntary).
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