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my kids caught three colds this winter. three!! it’s fuckin bullshit. each time they end up giving it to my mum, and each time for her it turns into a chest infection
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i think covid made me get colds easier. i didn't get a single one from like 2015-19 and then suddenly after covid i had one at least every year. most of them multiple times per year and that was with people taking more precautions too 
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Sep 11, 2023 22:41
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i've had the opposite experience. other than the one time i had actual covid, i haven't had so much as a sniffle since the initial shutdown. this is almost certainly just because I wash my hands ~10,000x more often
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Sep 11, 2023 22:43
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I'm always sick so getting covid didn't seem to change much.
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Sep 11, 2023 22:43
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echinopsis posted:my kids caught three colds this winter. three!! it’s fuckin bullshit. each time they end up giving it to my mum, and each time for her it turns into a chest infection has your mom tried turning back the clock of time
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Sep 11, 2023 23:28
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she isnt dr strange
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Sep 11, 2023 23:45
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i havent had covid yet afaik. might try to get some this weekend
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Sep 12, 2023 00:23
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got COVID, first time since idk 2021? Could be from my wife, my child, my colleague next to me that had it the previous week, the train, the other train, the pub or from yospos if you have been exposed to my posts you may want to get yourself checked
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Sep 12, 2023 09:21
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I am novid still as far as I know. I don't really get sick and haven't for years, though I did get flu in late 2019 
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Sep 12, 2023 09:32
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knox_harrington posted:I am novid still as far as I know. I don't really get sick and haven't for years, though I did get flu in late 2019 I got flu at Christmas and it utterly sucked. I also had two mega colds this year as well. so far COVID is probably the least bad lol
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Sep 12, 2023 10:58
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there’s a new booster coming out soon. gonna vaxxmaxx
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Sep 12, 2023 13:39
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the flu sucks so fuckin' bad. the last time i got it was like 1993 and i've religiously gotten then flu shot every year since then and been lucky enough to not get it again. still covid free too despite traveling places that prolly should have infected me. thanks universe dice roller person
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Sep 12, 2023 13:52
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knox_harrington posted:I am novid still as far as I know. definitely starting to wonder if I need to adjust going to the gym and bar (the two things I do that aren't easily done in-mask) until this wave passes 
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Sep 12, 2023 14:36
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knox_harrington posted:I am novid still as far as I know.  i did have a cold towards the end of 2021, but it was fairly typical looks like new shots have been approved though, in material news https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/health/covid-vaccine-boosters-fda-pfizer-moderna.html quote:F.D.A. Approves New Covid Shots
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Sep 12, 2023 14:43
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eagerly awaiting these to be approved by health canada as well to get mine.
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Sep 12, 2023 15:33
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dioxazine posted:looks like new shots have been approved though, in material news archive dot today link: https://archive.li/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/health/covid-vaccine-boosters-fda-pfizer-moderna.html most recent copy as of right now: https://archive.li/zPoaM
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Sep 12, 2023 16:05
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i just got back from a whole company meeting in eastern europe. 70ish peeps from four offices all over the world. the positive test results started to come in yesterday. we did events like this in 2021 and twice in 2022 (but less for xmas than for the summer event) and nothing like this happened. in 2021 the ceo actually said to me as we were leaving the airport "i just hope i didn't organize a superspreader event" . part of it is just everyone being more careless, but i feel like this is a much more virulent summer variant than we've had before. im still testing neg, even though i was in close contact (sharing a car, spending a whole afternoon at the same table) with some of the people who popped positive. im going to test again tonight. i want to keep my super avoider status i may still call in sick or wfh next week if im still neg. if so many people there have tested pos, there's also going to be people who think its no big deal and still go to the office
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Sep 15, 2023 15:02
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there's a new variant (in Europe at least) and it's been perfectly timed with summer holidays so you've got loads of people flying to other countries, catching/spreading corona, then flying back home and bringing it with them, then going back into the office and giving it to everyone on transport etc. I feel ok now but have no sense of smell which is super weird
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Sep 15, 2023 15:16
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the ace2 binding affinity of spike proteins in recent strains continues to rise. it’s well over ten times more efficient than the original strain this doesn’t necessarily translate to an equivalent increase in infectivity, but
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Sep 15, 2023 15:39
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:there's a new variant (in Europe at least) and it's been perfectly timed with summer holidays so you've got loads of people flying to other countries, catching/spreading corona, then flying back home and bringing it with them, then going back into the office and giving it to everyone on transport etc. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/yankee-candle-index
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Sep 15, 2023 15:44
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mediaphage posted:the ace2 binding affinity of spike proteins in recent strains continues to rise. it’s well over ten times more efficient than the original strain good news for lovers of efficiency
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Sep 15, 2023 15:44
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My favorite part of what’s going on right now with this is everyone engaging in activities where they know they’re going to get Covid without trying to protect themselves in any way. That owns so much. VP at my new job came into town to meet the six people here and everyone got Covid. I skipped that poo poo, she can meet me on zoom. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Sep 15, 2023 15:48
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went in to the office this week. had to use the john and there was some guy a stall over just huffing and puffing and straining like a dragonball character trying his damned hardest to pinch one off. loving nasty rear end people in the workplace i hate it!
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Sep 15, 2023 22:51
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I'm drinking whisky right now and I can just about smell it if my face is right up in it
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Sep 15, 2023 23:25
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snort some petrol n see if you notice that
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Sep 15, 2023 23:36
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echinopsis posted:snort some petrol n see if you notice that the antipodean has checked in
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Sep 16, 2023 00:12
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I'm joking echi I don't even know if that's a thing in NZ I just read about it being a problem in Australia once
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Sep 16, 2023 00:13
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if you're in america you can now schedule your booster at cvs, walgreens etc. just scheduled mine, not looking forward to the destruction
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yep scheduled mine for tomorrow
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Sep 18, 2023 18:53
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in glorious ontario canada you can’t until october and they’re restricting it by age lol
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Sep 18, 2023 19:50
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lol the monday morning update call had significantly reduced attendance. like five absent with covi and two more who still called in. probably fine!
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Cat Face Joe posted:lol the monday morning update call had significantly reduced attendance. like five absent with covi and two more who still called in. probably fine! "why are all these reports of mine not coming into the office for the monday morning update, nobody wants to work anymore  "
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Sep 18, 2023 21:16
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die of covid to prove a point imo
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graph posted:if you're in america you can now schedule your booster at cvs, walgreens etc. just scheduled mine, not looking forward to the destruction snagged the last appointment for today in a 20 mile radius. in the waiting area now.
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so out of the 70ish folks at our event, at least 25 have tested covid positive now. im negative. im sure there are more positive than that, people who just dont test or dont bring it up in the group chat, not even to say 'im positive but feel great'. so i was already planning to not be in the office this week. not catching covid when i was locked into a hotel with 70 other people was extremely lucky. i dont want to tempt fate and catch it at my own desk just because someone else doesn't think covid is bad enough to stay home for and even if that wasn't a good enough reason to not go to office, i did come away from the event with what turned out to be a pretty bad rash. likely a severe allergic reaction to something in the hotel, since one of my colleagues has the exact same rash (i just developed mine a day before she did). so im too itchy to sleep and im in no state to work with this little sleep
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Midjack posted:snagged the last appointment for today in a 20 mile radius. in the waiting area now. 👍
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EricBauman posted:i did come away from the event with what turned out to be a pretty bad rash. likely a severe allergic reaction to something in the hotel, since one of my colleagues has the exact same rash (i just developed mine a day before she did) yeah i got a weird, large rash last time i was in a hotel. it was superficial though. hotel mgr said it was likely the detergent used on the sheets
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Sep 18, 2023 21:56
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got an appointment for friday, I'll just not catch covid before then
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Sep 18, 2023 22:02
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i have to go for a MRI tomorrow and i hope i don't find myself in a hotspot
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all juiced up, i went for the trifecta of covid, flu, and pneumonia. my arms will probably feel like they're going to fall off tomorrow morning.
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