Coronavirus SZN Forever

[CatoTheElder]

Thanks. I got the bivalent booster in October so hopefully the symptoms will be mild. Fenrir is farting up a storm making sure my sense of smell is still in tact.

[CatoTheElder]

Got Plaxovid from urgent care. The aftertaste is god awful and lasts all day.

[MBGreen]

Got Plaxovid from urgent care. The aftertaste is god awful and lasts all day.

Are you having severe symptoms?

[CatoTheElder]

Are you having severe symptoms?

No but my history with hypertension put me at an elevated risk.

[Badger]

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/public_surveys/died_suddenly_more_than_1_in_4_think_someone_they_know_died_from_covid_19_vaccines

[Heismanberg]

XBB 1.5 SZN

[dcm1602]

I wonder if 1/4 people know someone that died from Covid

[Johnny English]

I wonder if 1/4 people know someone that died from Covid

I know two (an old friend of mine and my wife's aunt), and a third indirectly (a friend's husband who I didn't really know).

[Badger]

I wonder if 1/4 people know someone that died from Covid

1.1M US COVID deaths
332M US population
Average person has a monkeysphere of 150 other people

I'd say nearly 1 out of 2 probably know someone that died of COVID

[Badger]

The dumbest timeline

https://twitter.com/ASFleischman/status/1610167145236676608?s=19

[CatoTheElder]

The dumbest timeline

https://twitter.com/ASFleischman/status/1610167145236676608?s=19

I'm just picturing the Dean and Doppledeaner slap fighting in a hallway.

[SixFeetDeep]

XBB 1.5 SZN

That there is no scientific justification for the arbitrary decision by @WHO to stop assigning Greek letters with Omicron. This is a political decision, designed to support the fiction that the virus has somehow stopped evolving so much. In fact, the opposite is true.

Dope

7/ What do we conclude?

a) The variants are evolving at a massive rate.

b) The variants are evolving in partially immune populations to evade immunity and neutralisation by monoclonal antibodies.

c) Separate to this paper, and as per @VirusesImmunity, affinity for the ACE-2 receptor, expressed on the cell surface and the means by which the virus enters the cell, is massively increased, leading to increased likelihood of severe disease and possibly long covid.

Sick

https://twitter.com/youarelobbylud/status/1610617921692131334?s=46&t=xoUHvzljyFVB4-4VY4-Awg

Fun thread

[Badger]

So I was at Mt. Sinai on Friday (don't worry, nothing interesting) and they did a rapid COVID antibody test and a PCR test. The antibody test came back negative within a day, but today they contacted me because my PCR test came back positive.

I've got zero symptoms, but my job said I can telework for the rest of the week.

[AlioTheFool]

So I was at Mt. Sinai on Friday (don't worry, nothing interesting) and they did a rapid COVID antibody test and a PCR test. The antibody test came back negative within a day, but today they contacted me because my PCR test came back positive.

I've got zero symptoms, but my job said I can telework for the rest of the week.

Here's hoping you stay symptom free!

[CatoTheElder]

So I was at Mt. Sinai on Friday (don't worry, nothing interesting) and they did a rapid COVID antibody test and a PCR test. The antibody test came back negative within a day, but today they contacted me because my PCR test came back positive.

I've got zero symptoms, but my job said I can telework for the rest of the week.

Hopefully the symptoms don't show up. Stay safe, dude.