Reminds a lot of folks of the leadup to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident

now stack ‘em on that poptart borzoi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JFK_Reloaded

It’s more like the golf scene from The Mask

Long COVID and the moral injury of passively harming others both suck shit. A well fitted respirator mask like an N95 can save a lot of hurt, and every broken chain of transmission is still valuable.

That sucks, hope ya feel better soon and stay well. If you want info on tracking surges, or want to read about treatment and such, I just posted a reply to this same parent comment with some links that might help.

E: This “What to Do When I Have Covid” guide from Clean Air Club might be useful too.

Links from the free Threat Model newsletter:

WastewaterSCAN

Denis the COVID info guy, on Bluesky or Mastodon

PANDEMIC MITIGATION COLLABORATIVE

People’s CDC reports

COVID-19 trend updates in The Sick Times

Leprosy was even creeping back to southern Florida a couple years ago.

I wish I knew. Scouring a metal bottle by using a bottle brush with a little water and rock salt or baking soda can help de-scum the films that lead to mold.

Historically, these are the consensus fave in reusable bottles:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabash

Thus, a world where we don’t protect each other is like an ouroboros of peeing Calvin stickers.

A well-sealed respirator mask like an N95 filters inhalation and exhalation extremely well.

Via https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2769443 :

Johnson & Johnson’s non-mRNA one had some severe side effect incidents that got it pulled, and showed lower vaccine efficacy versus Pfizer and Moderna in trials before then. AstraZeneca’s vaccine was a somewhat similar story.

A lot of vaccines off older tech had no such issues. Notably, Novavax delivered a well tolerated high efficacy shot with more limited post-shot hangovers. Some research indicated that this was particularly true for folks with autoimmune conditions, some cancers, or MECFS.

Could I ask if you’ve you tried any other respirator masks than those KN95s? It kinda sounds as though you don’t love their fit or durability or the experience of wearing them. There’s a lot of variety to fit folks’ faces better and more comfortably, especially if you can get down with head straps instead of ear loops. This accessory exists to let you use a straw while masked, too: https://sipmask.com/

It would be a shame to lose vacationing days or have an unexpected health scare if you’re already putting some masking effort in, y’know?

I do. I caught it in March 2020, yo-yoed in health for a while, and had some surgeries and a treatable cancer which my doctors suspect were related to Long COVID. I’m pretty well marinated in the info, and am happy to share whatever you want to know.

This page from Yale is a great general orientation, though there’s a lot more LC sufferers would want you to know. This “What to Do When I Have Covid” guide from Clean Air Club will be useful.

The best place I know of on Lemmy for a discussion is !chronicillness@lemmy.world. Mastodon has an active and expansive community of people affected by Long COVID.

Condolences on your illness! I hope you’ll have better luck.

going back to etched wax cylinders, if ya know what I mean ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)

Is there a porn genre where someone reads you an academic queer theory tome? I think a lot of Senators could benefit from sapiosexual gooning, and C-SPAN could broadcast some thrilling filibusters

There will likely be a lot of stupid conflicts over the Arctic in the oncoming decades, sad to say.

It’s almost a moot point with how many taxable components going into those jet chunks could be impacted by the tariff before the US government procures the finished good. The resulting cost overrun is part of the grift.

If ya like learning cool lefty shit and care about the political economy of health, the Death Panel podcast is a nicely chilled refresher in a world thats’s served well done with ketchup.