COVID-19: Year 4 - You down with JN.1?

[eyebooger]

@Coasterbrad

was hoping it was post concert malaise after going to a show on Thursday

Who did you see?

[Coasterbrad]

Sam Hunt. Not at all a country fan but was invited by friends and actually had a great time. Was an outdoor venue and symptoms started 12hrs later so pretty sure I picked this up earliier in the week.

[eyebooger]

What’s worse, COVID or having to listen to “Body Like a Back Road”?

(I kid. Glad you had fun. Hopefully the COVID is mild.)

[Coasterbrad]

Covid way worse, especially when your surrounded by half naked beautiful women when listening to Body Like a Back Road.

Cough and fever are my main complaints so far, but Oxygen level is fine so hopefully the worst of it is behind me.

[Jman220]

@commonWealth

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/health/long-covid-vaccines.html

Vaccines Significantly Reduce the Risk of Long Covid, Study Finds

2 year study, seems positive.

[Danspartan]

Vaccine prevents and/or limits disease. What will they think of next.

[BasicBlue]

Pretty amazing outcome here. Especially for those who keep up with the vaccines.

[pvn]

@Danspartan

Vaccine prevents and/or limits disease. What will they think of next.

praise be to big daddy TRUMP for single handedly inventing the vax

[Danspartan]

Of course his admin approved play of the emergency stuff to bypass all the safety rules which was all the nut jobs complain about (don’t worry they’d still complain regardless).

[commonWealth]

Great data, and I assume the numbers are even better for those of us boosting every 6 months or annually, as I doubt most people are keeping up with it right now. I also expected these numbers to continue to improve with each subsequent booster, and so far that seems to be the case.

[feedthabeast]

I’m going to get a booster ASAP.

[Coasterbrad]

I skipped my 6 month booster, was going to stretch it to October for my next. Regretting that decision currently.

[goofy]

It’s not great out there for masking:

‘Scared to put on my mask’: Cancer patient says she was intentionally coughed...

Shari Stuart says she’s undergoing treatment for stage 4 cancer and has a weak immune system due to the medication she takes. On Wednesday, she said she parked her car at a Cary oil-change service station and slipped on a mask before walking into the shop.

As she walked in, she said, she was confronted by a man who shouted expletives and called her a liberal for wearing the mask. The man identified himself as a conservative, she said, and he falsely told her that wearing a mask in public was illegal.

According to Stuart, she told the man that it was dangerous for her to go into public without a mask because of her diagnosis. It’s not a political statement, she said, and she says she showed the man a medical card describing her condition.

He then proceeded to approach her and feigned coughing on her repeatedly before telling her that he hopes the cancer kills her, she said. Stuart said she called Cary police but ultimately didn’t file a complaint.

Cary police confirmed the call. Witnesses at the oil-change store also corroborated Stuart’s account.

And separately:

Nassau County lawmakers approve public mask ban, with some exemptions. Here's...

Nassau County lawmakers passed a bill making it a crime for anyone to wear a mask or face covering to hide their identity in public.

The vote on the controversial Mask Transparency Act split along party lines, with 12 Republicans voting for it and seven Democrats abstaining.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who has spoken in support of the bill, is now expected to sign it.

“Seven Democrats abstaining”? Real brave stand there guys

Much like county lawmakers, residents seem to be split over the contentious bill.
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“The police are not stupid, they have a good IQ. So they’ll know what’s right and what’s wrong,” another resident added.

“The pandemic is over. Why are you still wearing a mask? You’ve got to be hiding something,” said Ernel Dixon, who works in Nassau County. “So it’s unfortunate, but has to be done.”

[commonWealth]

We’re still masking in grocery stores, pharmacies, public transit, etc. Basically places where there are a lot of people and it’s only a slight nuisance. But in some areas, we feel unsafe doing so and unmask. It’s never happened in a liberal area.

[goofy]

Yeah that’s nice about CA, I’ve never thought twice about wearing a mask if I felt like it (and never been given a reason to, like nasty looks or comments or anything)

[commonWealth]

Same, one of the things we love about it. And it applies to more than just masks. People just mind their own business and are generally polite.

[Jman220]

@commonWealth

We’re still masking in grocery stores, pharmacies, public transit, etc. Basically places where there are a lot of people and it’s only a slight nuisance. But in some areas, we feel unsafe doing so and unmask. It’s never happened in a liberal area.

I just don’t see any reason not to mask in these situations. There’s no personal downside to masking and getting sick fucking sucks. It’s not even really about Covid for me anymore, I just really hate being sick.

[Jman220]

I’m taking a vacation to Myrtle Beach SC in 2 days (never been there before). Thoughts on the kind of looks I’m going to get when I wear a mask indoors?

[pvn]

you’re probably going to get arrested

[commonWealth]

@Jman220

I’m taking a vacation to Myrtle Beach SC in 2 days (never been there before). Thoughts on the kind of looks I’m going to get when I wear a mask indoors?

Have been there within the last year, you will likely get dirty looks. I suggest avoiding eye contact and fake coughing when people seem to be staring at you, so they think you’re sick.

Family vacay? Golf trip? I can make a lot of golf recommendations there. If swimming in the ocean may be on tap, you should look up the bacterial levels. The joy of SC deregulation is raw sewage dumping into the ocean sometimes (a lot).