Coronavirus is one mutation away from infecting millions

[SnakeBoy]

strongly recommended not yet strenuously recommended

[DMC]

Surgeon General strongly recommends cessation of smoking.

[Winehole23]

Surgeon General strongly recommends cessation of smoking.a mandate would be more appropriate and effective, true.

[Winehole23]

"don't worry bro, it's just a little flu"

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[Thread]

Boiled down:::
1,028,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

5.17.2022

[Winehole23]

Apple Delays Plan to Have Staff in Office Three Days a Week

Company cited rising Covid cases for pushing back deadline

Apple to also again require masks for staff at 100 US stores

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-17/apple-delays-plan-to-have-workers-in-office-three-days-a-week

[hater]

Surgeon General strongly recommends cessation of smoking.

:lmao

[hater]

Boiled down:::
1,028,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

5.17.2022



Biden killing more civilians than Azov Battallion :wow

[Winehole23]

Basing CDC risk levels on a lagging indicator like hospitalization basically guarantees the official alarms will come too late to make much of a difference.

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[Winehole23]

Narrative wishcasting has been deadly, and will be again.

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[DarrinS]

Mild cold, tbh.

[DarrinS]

This was never going away when we noticed it jumped into the animal population.

Weird how we can't find the original animal.

[Winehole23]

This was never going away when we noticed it jumped into the animal population.

Weird how we can't find the original animal.Not really.

You're the one who said Omicron would turn it into something benign. Make the public health emergency go away.

That hasn't happened, quite the opposite. Now we have new outbreaks every 3-4 months, with little naturally conferred immunity against reinfection and no substantiated diminution of disease and death.

Omicron isn't mild. COVID never has been yet. That's just happy talk.

[Winehole23]

Blessings of Omicron, including immune escape from mRNA vaccines.

[DarrinS]

Not really.

You're the one who said Omicron would turn it into something benign. Make the public health emergency go away.

That hasn't happened, quite the opposite. Now we have new outbreaks every 3-4 months, with little naturally conferred immunity against reinfection and no substantiated diminution of disease and death.

Omicron isn't mild. COVID never has been yet. That's just happy talk.

It is benign.

[DarrinS]

It is benign.


Unless you are very elderly or severely unhealthy.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Basing CDC risk levels on a lagging indicator like hospitalization basically guarantees the official alarms will come too late to make much of a difference.

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the incubatory period of the virus makes it impossible to really get ahead any way they might try. Sampling to create a model is prone to poor accuracy because of how the virus spreads and distributes within a population.

[Winehole23]

It is benign.Based on what?

200,000 people in the US have died from it since December. It's an airborne disease with chronic effects on the brain, the vascular system, the kidneys, metabolism and immunity that has infected tens of millions of Americans. How is any of that mild?

[Winehole23]

the incubatory period of the virus makes it impossible to really get ahead any way they might try. Sampling to create a model is prone to poor accuracy because of how the virus spreads and distributes within a population.oh well, we might as well give up.

nothing to be done.

(if true, puts the lie to the current regime of "assess your own risk and do as you think best")

[Winehole23]

(the countries that did manage to contain it for two years totally notwithstanding, of course)

[FuzzyLumpkins]

oh well, we might as well give up.

nothing to be done.

(if true, puts the lie to the current regime of "assess your own risk and do as you think best")

I'm not saying that. I am just saying that lacking a better option it is what it is.

The administration's concern with public health takes a huge step back to national security and law enforcement like all of the other federal administrations in recent history. They lie to us to keep us calm and the like.

[DarrinS]

Based on what?

200,000 people in the US have died from it since December. It's an airborne disease with chronic effects on the brain, the vascular system, the kidneys, metabolism and immunity that has infected tens of millions of Americans. How is any of that mild?

It's part of our world now. Maybe don't fuck around with a virus near a city larger than NYC.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

(the countries that did manage to contain it for two years totally notwithstanding, of course)

Israel I imagine was one off them and we do not have the political system or will to be able to do that level of quarantine.

[Winehole23]

I'm not saying that. I am just saying that lacking a better option it is what it is.

The administration's concern with public health takes a huge step back to national security and law enforcement like all of the other federal administrations in recent history. They lie to us to keep us calm and the like.I don't disagree Biden sold out public health for political experience, like his predecessor. And look where that got him.

[Winehole23]

Israel I imagine was one off them and we do not have the political system or will to be able to do that level of quarantine.NZ, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan.

[Winehole23]

It's part of our world now. Maybe don't fuck around with a virus near a city larger than NYC.I don't deny it's part of our world, I just don't go in for your nihilistic passivity about it.

[DarrinS]

I don't deny it's part of our world, I just don't go in for your nihilistic passivity about it.

I just don't personally give a shit anymore, as this poses zero risk for my family.

[Winehole23]

I just don't personally give a shit anymore, as this poses zero risk for my family.good luck with that, seriously. you'll need it.

COVID doesn't give a fuck what you think, and what you think certainly is no protection against an airborne pandemic.

[ElNono]

Weird how we can't find the original animal.

What's weird about it? Far from the first time that happens...

[ElNono]

It's part of our world now. Maybe don't fuck around with a virus near a city larger than NYC.

:lol Who fucked around with it? is that conspiracy still a thing?

[FuzzyLumpkins]

NZ, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan.

I was looking into their numbers and what stood out to me wasn't the containment but the treatment. Everyone else is ~1% death rate. South Korea is .1%.

[Winehole23]

I was looking into their numbers and what stood out to me wasn't the containment but the treatment. Everyone else is ~1% death rate. South Korea is .1%.until recently, containment was strong in Taiwan, SK and NZ, but no doubt robust public health policy can make a difference.

[Winehole23]

Unless you are very elderly or severely unhealthy.not in 2021. before vaccination and the Delta peak COVID was a major killer in all ages. still is, tbh.

pediatric deaths have been worst during Omicron, tbh.

https://img.datawrapper.de/3xO8P/full.png

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMmc2xkXIAQ_Fmb?format=jpg&name=900x900

[Winehole23]

'Tis mild, no?

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Boiled down:::
1,029,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

5.18.2022

[Winehole23]

Honored to refusing to mask up and get vaccinated, tbh. Most of them died of COVID.

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[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTWtwPFWQAAAwLb?format=jpg&name=largehttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/us/police-officer-deaths-covid.html

[DMC]

Odd that SK has over 17m confirmed cases but have only done 15m tests :lol

[Thread]

Boiled down:::
1,030,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

5.22.2022

[Dirks_Finale]

Biden is currently shutting down high gas prices and inflation. And his mensa of a VP is tackling the border.

You should be grateful we have this 5 star administration looking out for you, Thread.










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& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
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5.22.2022

[Winehole23]

hospitalizations rising in most of the country, despite the mildness of COVID wave number six.


https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/covid-cdc-hospitalization-states-13.pnghttps://healthdata.gov/Health/COVID-19-Community-Profile-Report/gqxm-d9w9

[Winehole23]

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[Thread]

Boiled down:::
1,031,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

5.26.2022

[TSA]

in all likelihood Florida will pay through the nose for retaliating against Jones. DeSantis will get a black eye for fudging COVID data regardless.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MarcACaputo/status/1529916600685580301

https://mobile.twitter.com/MarcACaputo/status/1529917547893641241

https://mobile.twitter.com/MarcACaputo/status/1529972939805843482

:rollin

[Isitjustme?]

https://mobile.twitter.com/MarcACaputo/status/1529916600685580301

https://mobile.twitter.com/MarcACaputo/status/1529917547893641241

https://mobile.twitter.com/MarcACaputo/status/1529972939805843482

:rollin

You'd smash her and you know it. Probably jerking to her pics right now

[SnakeBoy]

'Tis mild, no?

My 80 yr old in-laws had it a week ago. Sniffles for 2 days. They left for Vegas today, guess they needed some fun after such a stressful ordeal.

[ElNono]

https://mobile.twitter.com/MarcACaputo/status/1529916600685580301

https://mobile.twitter.com/MarcACaputo/status/1529917547893641241

https://mobile.twitter.com/MarcACaputo/status/1529972939805843482

:rollin

:tu

IG report here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22039765-oig-report?responsive=1&title=1

[ElNono]

Allegation 1: Dr. Roberson directed the complainant and other DOH staffto falsify COVID- 19 positivity rates. Unsubstantiated. Based upon an analysis of the available evidence, there is insufficient evidence to clearly prove or disprove the alleged conduct, as described by the complainant, occurred.

Allegation 2: Ms. Coppola pressured the complainant to falsify COVID-19 positivity rates as directed by Dr. Roberson. Unsubstantiated. Based upon an analysis of the available evidence, there is insufficient evidence to clearly prove or disprove the alleged conduct, as described bythe complainant, occurred.

Allegation 3: At the direction of Dr. Roberson and Dr. Blackmore, the calculation of new case positivity was misrepresented on the DOH COVlD-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard. Unfounded. Based upon an analysis of the available evidence, the alleged conduct, as described by the complainant, did not occur.

Allegation 4: Dr. Roberson, Dr. Blackmore, and Mr. Pritchard directed the complainant to restrictaccess to underlying data that supported what appeared on the COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard. Exonerated. Based upon an analysis of the available evidence, the alleged conduct, as described by the complainant, occurred but was not found to be a violation of any governing directive.

Based on this, she'll probably get paid on a civil suit... I guess everybody gets what they want, tbh...

[hater]

Freedom :tu

https://twitter.com/stranahan/status/1530027948564152320

[SnakeBoy]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be in isolation until at least June 2nd, his office announced Saturday. The Governor will be working remotely until he is out of quarantine.

In a statement, the California Governor's Press Office announced that the Governor is experiencing mild symptoms. He is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 including two booster shots as recent as May 18.

On Saturday evening, Newsom's Press Office announced that the Governor has received a prescription for Paxlovid, from Pfizer, and will begin his five-day treatment immediately.

Double Vaxxed
Double Boosted
Infected

[ChumpDumper]

:lolSnacks still doesn't know what vaccines do.

[Nathan89]

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How many children did we sacrifice to save old and obese people?

[ElNono]

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How many children did we sacrifice to save old and obese people?

I dunno, but you're living proof the education system failed us before the pandemic as well, tbh

[Nathan89]

I dunno, but you're living proof the education system failed us before the pandemic as well, tbh

Yeah, thanks for joining the school choice movement.

[ElNono]

Yeah, thanks for joining the school choice movement.

You're welcome. Just a shame I can't get my money back on failed experiments like you.

[Winehole23]

https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/1922479J/3m-aura-particulate-respirator-9205.jpg



it's airborne and increasing evades acquired immunity. mitigation is no longer fashionable, but it still works.

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[Winehole23]

Overlapping waves of Omicron

BA.4/5 > BA.2.12 > BA.2 > BA.1

Each more transmissible, with more immune escape. Omicron reinfections are putting the lie to "herd immunity by means of mass infection" charlatans. South Africa just had a fifth wave with 97% seropositivity.


“We now report findings from a systematic antigenic analysis of these surging Omicron subvariants,” says a recent paper published to the BioRxiv preprint server. “BA.2.12.1 is only modestly (1.8-fold) more resistant to sera from vaccinated and boosted individuals than BA.2. On the other hand, BA.4/5 is substantially (4.2-fold) more resistant and thus more likely to lead to vaccine breakthrough infections.”

If true, that means the new variants have a much larger population that they can potentially access via breakthrough infections, where previous variants like BA.2.12.1 produced far fewer breakthrough infections.

The result has been what epidemiologist and biostatistician Dr. Katelyn Jetelina — who blogs under the moniker Your Local Epidemiologist — calls the “battle of Omicron.”

“After our first massive BA.1 wave,” Dr. Jetelina wrote today in her email newsletter, “BA.2 tried to take hold only to be overtaken by BA.2.12.1. Now, BA.4 and BA.5 are gaining traction very quickly and seem to be easily outcompeting the rest. Given recent lab studies, though, this isn’t a surprise. BA.4/5 are particularly good at escaping antibodies and reinfecting people previously infected with Omicron, as well as boosted individuals.”https://ca.news.yahoo.com/battle-omicron-being-won-ba-035043781.html

[Winehole23]

Inaction on COVID isn't just democidal, if the cases meet the estimate, the number of people debilitated by long COVID will be in the eight figures.

That would be bad for Biden, so of course GOP dead enders will be for that.


The White House reportedly issued a warning to Congress on Friday, claiming that as many as 100 million Americans could get infected with COVID-19 this fall and winter, if it doesn't receive new funding for vaccines and coronavirus testing, according to The Hill.


The report, citing a Biden administration senior official, says the median range of coronavirus models from outside experts suggests "significantly more" Americans will catch the virus in the coming months, particularly if there's a new variant.https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/white-house-biden-coronavirus-vaccine/2022/05/06/id/1068812/

[hater]

https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/1922479J/3m-aura-particulate-respirator-9205.jpg



it's airborne and increasing evades acquired immunity. mitigation is no longer fashionable, but it still works.

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:lmao

Pandemic is over.

U seriously still wearing masks??


:lmao wow

[Winehole23]

:lmao

Pandemic is over.

U seriously still wearing masks??


:lmao wowit's not over.

stay wrong, hater, it suits you.

[Winehole23]

From cheering it on to pretending it's over, quite the narrative arc.

[hater]

it's not over.

stay wrong, hater, it suits you.

:lmao it definitely is over

[Winehole23]

:lmao it definitely is overbased on what?

[Winehole23]

The week old CDC community transmission chart shows 92% of US counties in the moderate to high range. COVID is spiking on other continents too, what definition of pandemic are you relying on?

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[Winehole23]

Yeah, I still wear a mask in public places. I wouldn't want to infect anyone unwittingly, and the marginal safety afforded in a high transmission state seems worth the slight inconvenience.

[hater]

based on what?

Very little deaths. Small contagion. Its 100% not a pandemic anymore.

Its a cold at this point.

[hater]

Yeah, I still wear a mask in public places. I wouldn't want to infect anyone unwittingly, and the marginal safety afforded in a high transmission state seems worth the slight inconvenience.

Have worn zero masks for entire year. (Excep dr office and concerts)

Family and friend as well.

Zero cases.

Try it. Its harder to catch this thing than Ussain Bolt :lol

[Winehole23]

Very little deaths. Small contagion. Its 100% not a pandemic anymore.

Its a cold at this point.
famous last words, if you weren't a firehose of wrong.

[DMC]

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BronzeCreamyAndeancondor-max-1mb.gif
Whinehole :lol

[Winehole23]

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BronzeCreamyAndeancondor-max-1mb.gif
Whinehole :lolCOVID isn't my own shadow, it's a live pandemic. I don't fear it, but I do respect it.

Do you use a seat belt when you drive? Do you feel timid or fearful when doing so?

[Winehole23]

How about when you wash your hands?

ARe you aFraID oF gErmS?

[spurraider21]

I just don't personally give a shit anymore, as this poses zero risk for my family.
muh zip code

[SnakeBoy]

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BronzeCreamyAndeancondor-max-1mb.gif
Whinehole :lol

:lol

[DarrinS]

muh zip code

muh non risk factors

[Spurminator]

muh non risk factors

It's weird that you present your apathy / non-scaredness towards COVID today as though that's a new thing and not your (frequently, unsolicited) stated position for the past 2 years.

[Thread]

Boiled down:::
1,033,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.2.2022

[DMC]

It's weird that you present your apathy / non-scaredness towards COVID today as though that's a new thing and not your (frequently, unsolicited) stated position for the past 2 years.

And he's still alive so...

[Spurminator]

And he's still alive so...

Most homebodies are (as you'd know).

[Winehole23]

One of the critical symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection is lymphopenia. Lymphopenia is a condition in which patients exhibit reduced levels of white blood cells called lymphocytes. Lymphocytes are the fundamental defense cells of our adaptive immune system. They consist of natural killer cells, T cells, and B cells. When any of these cells are reduced, it can inhibit our body’s ability to protect itself from viruses. Recent reports have shown that marked lymphopenia is observed in 83.2% of SARS-CoV-2 patients (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2002032), but little is known about how SARS-CoV-2 effectively dismantles one of our primary tools of defense

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2022/04/14/sars-cov-2-actively-infects-and-kills-lymphoid-cells/

[Winehole23]

Superinfections, which typically affect those with highly suppressed immune systems (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/immune-systems) like people living with HIV/AIDS or organ transplant patients, are increasingly seen in patients who have recovered from Covid-19. Notably, many are contracting these rare co-infections despite not being 'bombed' with steroids or treated for diabetes, underlining the possibility of Covid-19 itself causing massive immune weakening.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/infections-seen-among-hiv-patients-hit-covid-survivors/articleshow/83940125.cms

[Winehole23]

The data is opaque, meaning individuals don't have the information they need to assess personal risk.

Worryingly, many are unaware of the frontline treatment, Paxlovid.

Biden's "test and treat" policy is a disaster so far, the US Congress's refusal to fund COVID measures means we'll run out this fall, barring invocation of the Defense Production Act.



But Covid cases could be undercounted by a factor of 30, an early survey of the surge in New York City indicates. “It would appear official case counts are under-estimating the true burden of infection by about 30-fold, which is a huge surprise,” said Denis Nash, an author of the study and a distinguished professor of epidemiology at the City University of New York School of Public Health.

About one in five – 22% – of adult New Yorkers likely had Covid between 23 April and 8 May, according to the preprint study, which has not been peer-reviewed or published. That would mean 1.5 million adults in the city had Covid in a single two-week period – far higher than official counts during that time.

While the study focused on New York, these findings may be true throughout the rest of the country, Nash said. In fact, New Yorkers likely have better access to testing than most of the country, which means undercounting could be even worse elsewhere.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/01/us-covid-surge-cases-rate

[hater]

:tu

https://twitter.com/cindysomemore/status/1532209443488022528

[ElNono]

:tu

https://twitter.com/cindysomemore/status/1532209443488022528

Should just let them exit, tbh...

[Thread]

Boiled down:::
1,034,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.4.2022

[Winehole23]

California considering mask mandates


Suddenly, California officials are moving toward new indoor mask rules (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-06-02/l-a-county-coronavirus-positive-hospitalizations-rise-is-a-mask-order-coming) as coronavirus cases enter the danger zone in many parts of the state.


The virus has been spreading rapidly across California after a spring of big declines. That is setting up an anxious summer (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-21/another-bummer-coronavirus-summer-for-california-cases-rising-but-there-is-hope) in which officials are now talking about a return to mask wearing to prevent wider spread.
https://news.yahoo.com/mask-rules-suddenly-back-california-151004179.html

[Winehole23]

With a seven-day daily average of more than 10,200 cases on Friday, Florida is a state classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having a “high level” of transmission. Broward and Miami-Dade counties are reporting a test positivity rate of more than 20%. Palm Beach County’s positivity rate is 18.9%. Health officials consider transmission levels under control when the rate is less than 5%.


Jason Salemi, an epidemiologist at the University of South Florida, points out, “We might actually (finally) be seeing some improvement in the Northeast, but in Florida — 3 in 4 people live in a high-risk county, based on the hospitalization-based measure.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/overlapping-highly-contagious-covid-subvariants-are-spreading-fast-in-florida/ar-AAY3vh6

[SnakeBoy]

Boiled down:::
1,034,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.4.2022



Damn I hadn't been checking. Even the cdc has Biden over 1,000,000 bodies, despite their efforts at having people un-die of covid.

[Winehole23]

Could reduce the burden for all respiratory viruses, why wait?

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[Winehole23]

Didn't anyone tell them the pandemic is over?


U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/06/02/gretchen-whitmer-pete-buttigieg-gas-tax-relief/7475479001/) and at least 14 others have tested positive for COVID-19 after covering or attending the Mackinac Policy Conference last week.


In a statement issued Monday afternoon, conference organizer Detroit Regional Chamber indicated it is aware of at least 15 people who tested positive after attending the conference.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/06/06/buttigieg-positive-covid-19-mackinac-policy-conference/7532212001/

[Winehole23]

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/covid-cases-south.png

[Winehole23]

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1.png

[SnakeBoy]

Could reduce the burden for all respiratory viruses, why wait?

1534227778106630144?

In days gone by, they just opened the windows.

[baseline bum]

In days gone by, they just opened the windows.

Sounds like fun with the 103 degree temps this week.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Sounds like fun with the 103 degree temps this week.

proof that mindless reactionary partisanship makes you stupid.

[Thread]

Boiled down:::
1,036,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.9.2022

[Ef-man]

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/covid-cases-south.png

Florida and Texas leading the pack, by a wide margin.

[Winehole23]

In days gone by, they just opened the windows.That's a great idea, actually.

How did people live before AC?

[SnakeBoy]

That's a great idea, actually.

How did people live before AC?

They used box fans

[Ef-man]

In days gone by, they just opened the windows.

Bullet proof windows that stopped your lungs from being blown away?

[Thread]

Boiled down:::
1,036,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.9.2022

[Winehole23]

Indoor air quality could be to the 21st century what water sanitation was to the 20th -- a qualitative leap forward for public health.

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[Winehole23]

Strategic and economic dimension of infection, fitness for work.


Many individuals who contract Covid-19 end up returning to the workforce upon recovery. However, approximately one-third of the individuals who contract Covid-19 report experiencing persistent cognitive impairments2.To this end, the current research demonstrated that individuals who had contracted Covid-19 reported lower taskperformance and higher intentions to leave their jobs, relative to individuals who had not contracted Covid-19.Tese efects were mediated by cognitive failures at work.We suspect that because death is a relatively rare outcome among Covid-19 patients, many individuals believethey are likely to be largely unafected by Covid-19 if they are infected. However, our results indicate that contracting Covid-19 can have practical implications for individuals’ everyday lives; particularly, their ability tofunction efectively at work. As such, it is possible that beyond harming one’s physical health, Covid-19 alsoposes risks to financial well-being.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-13051-1.pdf

[Thread]

Boiled down:::
1,037,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.11.2022

[Winehole23]

Not good

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29440-z

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

test positivity, California


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVGdCV6WIAElJTc?format=jpg&name=small

[ElNono]

test positivity, California

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVGdCV6WIAElJTc?format=jpg&name=small

Definitely been making the rounds here. Didn't catch it myself, but some co-workers did get infected.

Started to use masks again in crowded places until it dies down again.

[Winehole23]

So much for superimmunity and catching COVID to prevent COVID.


Writing in the journal Science (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq1841), the researchers reported how they followed the vaccination and infection experiences of 731 triple vaccinated healthcare workers in the UK from March 2020 to January 2022. The team then used blood samples collected from participants in the weeks after their third dose of vaccine to explore their antibody and T-cell responses towards the Omicron variant, BA.1.


The participants varied considerably in terms of their Covid history, including whether they had had a previous Covid infection and, if so, the variant involved.


The results suggested that, regardless of the participants’ previous infection history, a few weeks after their third Covid jab their levels of T-cells against Omicron proteins were poor, while levels of antibodies against Omicron proteins were lower than against other variants.


But previous infections also mattered. Among other findings the team reported infection with Omicron increased protection against future infection with other variants. However, it only offered a limited boost to protection against another Omicron infection – a response that was actually weakened among those who had also previously had the original strain of the virus.



The team said the results held for both antibody and T-cell responses, and suggested those who caught Covid in the first wave of the pandemic did not gain a boost to their immune response should they subsequently catch Omicron.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/14/people-who-caught-covid-in-first-wave-get-no-immune-boost-from-omicron

[SnakeBoy]

Fauci has covid :lol

[hater]

Fauci has covid :lol

:lmao

Catching Covid when Pandemic is pretty much over :lmao

Dirty old fart :lmao

[Winehole23]

air purification roundup

https://medium.com/@carlvank/luchtreiniging-air-purification-hepa-5dd2c728ef8f

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& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.16.2022

[SnakeBoy]

Fauci says we need a new vaccine to stop the virus. Asks for moar money. Says intranasal vaccine is the way to go :lmao.

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Fauci says we need a new vaccine to stop the virus. Asks for moar money. Says intranasal vaccine is the way to go :lmao.

There's still $39 billion left in the Ukr Kitty after Biden just sent them that billion. Use that.

[ElNono]

Fauci says we need a new vaccine to stop the virus. Asks for moar money. Says intranasal vaccine is the way to go :lmao.

Give everything the good doctor needs to keep saving American lives :tu

[HemisfairArena]

Definitely been making the rounds here. Didn't catch it myself, but some co-workers did get infected.

Started to use masks again in crowded places until it dies down again.


:lmao,,,,what a dumbass,,,,

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& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.17.2022

[Winehole23]

Give everything the good doctor needs to keep saving American lives :tuOperation Warp Speed was the best thing Trump did other than signing the CARES Act. It's a shame there isn't an OWS 2.0, the need for one is obvious.

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Operation Warp Speed was the best thing Trump did other than signing the CARES Act. It's a shame there isn't an OWS 2.0, the need for one is obvious.

...Biden swore up & down that we wouldn't need a OWS 2.0...He swore on the Good Book that he'd "shut it down." That was 640,000 dead Americans ago.

& counting.

[Winehole23]

Getting COVID can impair immune response to subsequent infection.


In summary, these studies have shown that the high global prevalence of B.1.1.529 (Omicron) infections and reinfections likely reflects considerable subversion of immune recognition at both the B, T cell, antibody binding and nAb level, although with considerable differential modulation through immune imprinting. Some imprinted combinations, such as infection during the Wuhan Hu-1 and Omicron waves, confer particularly impaired responses.https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq1841

[Winehole23]

Don't worry, brotendo, it's just a little brain damage


Researchers are finally making headway in understanding how the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causes loss of smell. And a multitude of potential treatments to tackle the condition are undergoing clinical trials, including steroids and blood plasma.

Once a tell-tale sign of COVID-19, smell disruption is becoming less common as the virus evolves. “Our inboxes are not as flooded as they used to be,” says Valentina Parma, a psychologist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who helped field desperate inquiries from patients throughout the first two years of the pandemic.

https://media.nature.com/w400/magazine-assets/d41586-022-01589-z/d41586-022-01589-z_18924858.jpg
(https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00055-6)
A study published last month1 (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01589-z#ref-CR1) surveyed 616,318 people in the United States who have had COVID-19. It found that, compared with those who had been infected with the original virus, people who had contracted the Alpha variant — the first variant of concern to arise — were 50% as likely to have chemosensory disruption. This probability fell to 44% for the later Delta variant, and to 17% for the latest variant, Omicron.

But the news is not all good: a significant portion of people infected early in the pandemic still experience chemosensory effects. A 2021 study2 (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01589-z#ref-CR2) followed 100 people who had had mild cases of COVID-19 and 100 people who repeatedly tested negative. More than a year after their infections, 46% of those who had had COVID-19 still had smell problems; by contrast, just 10% of the control group had developed some smell loss, but for other reasons. Furthermore, 7% of those who had been infected still had total smell loss, or ‘anosmia’, at the end of the year. Given that more than 500 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide, tens of millions of people probably have lingering smell problems.

For these people, help can’t come soon enough. Simple activities such as tasting food or smelling flowers are now “really emotionally distressing”, Parma says.
Scrambled nuclei

A clearer picture of how SARS-CoV-2 causes this disruption should help to create better therapies for the condition. Early in the pandemic, a study showed3 (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01589-z#ref-CR3) that the virus attacks cells in the nose, called sustentacular cells, that provide nutrients and support to odour-sensing neurons.

Since then, clues have emerged about what happens to the olfactory neurons after infection. Researchers including biochemist Stavros Lomvardas at Columbia University in New York City examined people who had died from COVID-19 and found that, although their neurons were intact, they had fewer membrane-embedded receptors for detecting odour molecules than usual4 (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01589-z#ref-CR4).

https://media.nature.com/w400/magazine-assets/d41586-022-01589-z/d41586-022-01589-z_19351672.jpg
(https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01693-6)
This was because the neurons’ nuclei had been scrambled. Normally, the chromosomes in these nuclei are organized into two compartments — a structure that enables the neurons to express specific odour receptors at high levels. But when the team looked at the autopsied neurons, “the nuclear architecture was unrecognizable,” Lomvardas says.





There is also evidence of lasting changes to the brain for people with smell loss. In a study published in March6 (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01589-z#ref-CR6), 785 people in the United Kingdom had their brains scanned twice. About 400 people became infected with COVID-19 between scans, so the scientists were able to observe structural changes. The COVID-19 survivors showed multiple changes, including markers of tissue damage in areas linked to the brain’s olfactory centre. It’s not clear why this was the case, but one possibility is lack of input. “When we cut off input from the nose, the brain atrophies,” says Danielle Reed, a geneticist also at Monell. “It’s one of the clearest things we know about taste and smell.”https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01589-z

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Don't worry, brotendo, it's just a little brain damage





https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01589-z

- "I'll shut it down."

- MF Biden

[Winehole23]

UK getting slammed by BA.4/5, cases rise by 43% in one week.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/17/uk-covid-infection-rate-rising-with-more-than-a-million-cases-in-england

[SpursforSix]

UK getting slammed by BA.4/5, cases rise by 43% in one week.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/17/uk-covid-infection-rate-rising-with-more-than-a-million-cases-in-england

The most frightening thing about this is that we don't have a solid understand of what it does long term to the brain or vital organs. This barely gets any coverage.

[Winehole23]

The CDC tracking is so pitifully bad, Andy relies mostly on Walgreen's Positivity tracker instead.

1537805745097281536 (https://twitter.com/Andy_Bloch/status/1537805745097281536?s=20&t=xI5fI_0np9eiHZ_gaa2ZLQ)

[ElNono]

:lmao,,,,what a dumbass,,,,

:lmao the irony of this post,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[ElNono]

Operation Warp Speed was the best thing Trump did other than signing the CARES Act. It's a shame there isn't an OWS 2.0, the need for one is obvious.

He also did it for political credit and nothing else as well. He couldn't give two shits about the Qhris of this world, tbh

[SpursforSix]

He also did it for political credit and nothing else as well. He couldn't give two shits about the Qhris of this world, tbh

Trumps a piece of shit. But every president does almost everything for political credit.

[Winehole23]

The most frightening thing about this is that we don't have a solid understand of what it does long term to the brain or vital organs. This barely gets any coverage.plus side for finding out is, there'll be plenty of patients to study.

[SpursforSix]

plus side for finding out is, there'll be plenty of patients to study.

It's going to surely be a boon to BigPharma.

[Winehole23]

It's going to surely be a boon to BigPharma.diminished quality of life and shorter lifespans will do that

[ElNono]

Trumps a piece of shit. But every president does almost everything for political credit.

Never claimed anything to the contrary, tbh...

Though I will say this was a one in a century event. You would've thought it required a heightened sense of attention beyond convenience.

[SpursforSix]

Never claimed anything to the contrary, tbh...

Though I will say this was a one in a century event. You would've thought it required a heightened sense of attention beyond convenience.

No...I know. Wasn't implying that.

In Trump's defense, in an election year, this was a death blow (combined with the asinine behavior and tweets). I'm not sure any president, Rep or Dem, would have gotten it right. Which probably would have meant shutting down the economy. Which in hindsight, might not have made much of a difference.

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& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.17.2022

[ElNono]

No...I know. Wasn't implying that.

In Trump's defense, in an election year, this was a death blow (combined with the asinine behavior and tweets). I'm not sure any president, Rep or Dem, would have gotten it right. Which probably would have meant shutting down the economy. Which in hindsight, might not have made much of a difference.

What we saw were all the hallmarks of somebody that's an extremely poor leader during times of crises. You can single-handedly point at him for politicizing this whole thing, blaming others, lying through the nose when we all actually know he knew better, adlibbing through it, etc...

The fact that we would still need clarification on what "right" means in the context of your sentence goes to show the level of corrosive bullshit he peddled. Times of crisis generally brings people together, if nothing for survival. This was the exact opposite.

Sure, other politicos might've also lost an election under those circumstances, but I think we would've had a response that was a lot less amateur.

[DarrinS]

What we saw were all the hallmarks of somebody that's an extremely poor leader during times of crises.


What are we seeing now? :lol

[ElNono]

What are we seeing now? :lol

A very old man.

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& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.17.2022

[GAustex]

A very old man.
Who is a fucking dumbass

[SpursforSix]

What we saw were all the hallmarks of somebody that's an extremely poor leader during times of crises. You can single-handedly point at him for politicizing this whole thing, blaming others, lying through the nose when we all actually know he knew better, adlibbing through it, etc...

The fact that we would still need clarification on what "right" means in the context of your sentence goes to show the level of corrosive bullshit he peddled. Times of crisis generally brings people together, if nothing for survival. This was the exact opposite.

Sure, other politicos might've also lost an election under those circumstances, but I think we would've had a response that was a lot less amateur.

I can’t disagree with any of that. Hopefully it’s the worst president of my lifetime.

[hater]

Who is a fucking dumbass

:lol

[ElNono]

Who is a fucking dumbass

Hey, he's there because the previous guy sucked donkey balls... c'est la vie.

[GAustex]

Hey, he's there because the previous guy sucked donkey balls... c'est la vie.
The donkey ball sucker did not fuck up this bad

[ElNono]

The donkey ball sucker did not fuck up this bad

Debatable, but ultimately it doesn't matter to the conversation we were having, because it's whataboutism.

I know you trumptards really want to steer the conversation towards Old Joe, but SpursforSix and I were talking where things went south for Trump. That has nothing to do with Old Joe.

I didn't want Old Joe to be the candidate either, and I don't want him to run for re-election, but none of that has anything to do with how badly Trump fumbled the pandemic, which ended up costing him his presidency.

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& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.18.2022

[Winehole23]

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/working_disabled.png

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-06-15/long-covid-is-showing-up-in-the-employment-data

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

We've seen this movie before

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1,040,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.19.2022

[Winehole23]

Biden isn't prepared for this. He could easily be the second incumbent in a row to lose the election for doing a piss poor job on COVID.

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Biden isn't prepared for this. He could easily be the second incumbent in a row to lose the election for doing a piss poor job on COVID.

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He never "shut it down" as he swore on the Good Book he would. He was/is too busy hustlin' race as Hussein taught him.

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVtULMXWUAU95PW?format=png&name=900x900

[SnakeBoy]

Covid being mistaken for hay fever may be contributing to the current wave of coronavirus cases, scientists believe....
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/covid-mistaken-hay-fever-may-contributing-surge-cases/

Everybody gets their sniffles, repeatedly

[Winehole23]

"unscheduled absences"

1538892241577684995

[Winehole23]

Three cruise lines – Princess, Holland America and Lindblad Expeditions – are bringing back mask mandates on some Alaska cruises in response to growing numbers of COVID-19 in the 49th State.


According to the Mayo Clinic (https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/map/alaska), the positivity rate in the state climbed from just above 6% in mid-April to hovering at or above 13% on June 12. At the same time, the news is picking up more stories of Alaska-bound cruise ships seeing higher numbers of COVID-19 cases onboard.


Three cruise lines have responded by bringing back indoor mask mandates.


Princess Cruises
“In an abundance of caution, masks are required at all indoor locations on northbound and southbound Alaska voyages between Whittier and Vancouver until further notice,” the line said in a statement it shared with TMR.


Princess has seen several spikes of COVID-19 cases onboard its Alaska ships over the past month. All six ships sailing in Alaska for Princess are in the CDC’s Orange designation, meaning the “CDC has started an investigation and the ship remains under observation.”


Holland America
Holland America sent a similar message to passengers booked on its open-jaw cruises between Vancouver and Whittier.


“Out of an abundance of caution due to the rise in positive COVID-19 cases throughout Alaska, all guests will be required to wear face masks at all times while onboard, except when eating or drinking or in their own staterooms.”


Of six Holland America ships deployed in Alaska, four are in the CDC’s Orange designation; one is Yellow (reported cases of COVID-19 are below the threshold for CDC investigation); and one is Green (no reported cases of COVID-19).


Lindblad Expeditions
Lindblad, which operates several small ships in Alaskan waters, had dropped its mask requirements in April at the start of the cruise season. As of May 18, the line reinstated its face covering requirement for indoor spaces, “due to an increase in COVID-19 cases globally.”
https://www.travelmarketreport.com/Cruise/articles/Three-Cruise-Lines-Bring-Masks-Back-in-Alaska

[Winehole23]

Covid being mistaken for hay fever may be contributing to the current wave of coronavirus cases, scientists believe....
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/covid-mistaken-hay-fever-may-contributing-surge-cases/

Everybody gets their sniffles, repeatedly1539055374161936384

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1,040,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.21.2022

[pgardn]

Anecdotal stuff:

Epidemiologist friend attending a cancer conference in Dallas with a bunch of medical doctors was a mess as a significant number of doctors who see patients came down with symptoms and PCR test +

Friend in Austin playing indoor soccer got it most likely on the bench close to other people breathing rapidly. Its now spread through the entire league.

None of these people are getting ill enough to go to the hospital, but because jobs require clean bill of health along with relatives and people you dont want to give it to... big hassle if you get in and actually work closely with other people. Also having to stay away from friends and relatives and no travel. "Pain in the neck" (and respiratory system)

Also reinfection of older folks appears to happen more frequently. This virus, whatever types are being spread now, appear not nearly as dangerous in younger folks as expected, the older folks also appear to get sicker but not being hospitalized and an overwhelming rate.

Welcome to the summer escape from the heat and being indoors.

And I am most happy to say this is a record tenure for me not getting sick at all. "Masks dont work" pure BS. Think I am going to get a second booster and possibly mask up while attending an Austin FC game in Austin this weekend. Hot as hell so we will have to see. Thoughts and prayers for a windy game.

[pgardn]

Boiled down:::
1,040,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.21.2022




Biden aint running again.
If your team puts up Trump againthough , expect blue commander in chief.

[baseline bum]

No...I know. Wasn't implying that.

In Trump's defense, in an election year, this was a death blow (combined with the asinine behavior and tweets). I'm not sure any president, Rep or Dem, would have gotten it right. Which probably would have meant shutting down the economy. Which in hindsight, might not have made much of a difference.

He would have been fine if he even pretended to give a shit.

[baseline bum]

Anecdotal stuff:

Epidemiologist friend attending a cancer conference in Dallas with a bunch of medical doctors was a mess as a significant number of doctors who see patients came down with symptoms and PCR test +

Friend in Austin playing indoor soccer got it most likely on the bench close to other people breathing rapidly. Its now spread through the entire league.

None of these people are getting ill enough to go to the hospital, but because jobs require clean bill of health along with relatives and people you dont want to give it to... big hassle if you get in and actually work closely with other people. Also having to stay away from friends and relatives and no travel. "Pain in the neck" (and respiratory system)

Also reinfection of older folks appears to happen more frequently. This virus, whatever types are being spread now, appear not nearly as dangerous in younger folks as expected, the older folks also appear to get sicker but not being hospitalized and an overwhelming rate.

Welcome to the summer escape from the heat and being indoors.

And I am most happy to say this is a record tenure for me not getting sick at all. "Masks dont work" pure BS. Think I am going to get a second booster and possibly mask up while attending an Austin FC game in Austin this weekend. Hot as hell so we will have to see. Thoughts and prayers for a windy game.

You're 50? Think you need to be to get a second booster.

[pgardn]

He would have been fine if he even pretended to give a shit.

He did give a shit.
He gave a shit about completely down playing it immensely, and then time after time, giving out blatantly FALSE information.
Trump had his jollies with his already admitted fondness for disinformation. The idiot enjoyed fooling people.
"Jokes on Public Health, this is fun."

[pgardn]

You're 50? Think you need to be to get a second booster.

Nope.

Why not? I dont mind a possible bolstering. It might not do a thing but so what.
I have never had a problem with any vaccine. And I work closely with other people like me who have not gotten it, never tested positive.
Im not letting my group down, I would rather say I tried everything. Might even stay away from the game. Which will be disappointing.

[baseline bum]

Covid being mistaken for hay fever may be contributing to the current wave of coronavirus cases, scientists believe....
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/covid-mistaken-hay-fever-may-contributing-surge-cases/

Everybody gets their sniffles, repeatedly

My omicron symptoms when I tested positive in January were literally the same as my cedar pollen allergy symptoms when I tested negative twice in back to back weeks in December: throat feeling like I was gargling razor blades, a ton of nasal congestion, and a constant feeling of needing to clear my throat.

[baseline bum]

Nope.

Why not? I dont mind a possible bolstering. It might not do a thing but so what.
I have never had a problem with any vaccine. And I work closely with other people like me who have not gotten it, never tested positive.
Im not letting my group down, I would rather say I tried everything. Might even stay away from the game. Which will be disappointing.

I think you have to be over 50 to qualify for the second booster.

[pgardn]

My omicron symptoms when I tested positive in January were literally the same as my cedar pollen allergy symptoms when I tested negative twice in back to back weeks in December: throat feeling like I was gargling razor blades, a ton of nasal congestion, and a constant feeling of needing to clear my throat.

These symptoms are varying widely I think. The friends who have gotten it just say bad cold congestion. One tested + with the home test 6 days in row after the symptoms had subsided.

[pgardn]

I think you have to be over 50 to qualify for the second booster.

CVS will invite you in like they have way too many boosters.
The pharmacist did not hesitate a second when I asked him during consultation.
The rules... are very fluid it appears. Go figure.

But, I dont want to be using up vaccine that is in short supply. It just appears there is glut of vaccine given by treatment. I know a doc who said why not as well...

[Winehole23]

I think you have to be over 50 to qualify for the second booster.just scheduled mine, I think I'll make it a two-fer and get a shingles shot too.

[baseline bum]

CVS will invite you in like they have way too many boosters.
The pharmacist did not hesitate a second when I asked him during consultation.
The rules... are very fluid it appears. Go figure.

But, I dont want to be using up vaccine that is in short supply. It just appears there is glut of vaccine given by treatment. I know a doc who said why not as well...

Wonder if you'd get a surprise bill for that shot later on if you're not in the qualifying group.

[DarrinS]

My omicron symptoms when I tested positive in January were literally the same as my cedar pollen allergy symptoms when I tested negative twice in back to back weeks in December: throat feeling like I was gargling razor blades, a ton of nasal congestion, and a constant feeling of needing to clear my throat.

For me, mild sore throat for 3 days. Pfizer side effects were way worse.

[pgardn]

Wonder if you'd get a surprise bill for that shot later on if you're not in the qualifying group.

Good point.
Its definitely not on the schedule.
Ill give er a try and get back with you.

Or maybe I just wont go to soccer even though the tickets are purchased.

[SnakeBoy]

just scheduled mine, I think I'll make it a two-fer and get a shingles shot too.

Shingrix can be an ass kicker for a day or two afterwards. Well worth it because shingles is horrible but I'm not sure I would double up that one up with anything else.

[SnakeBoy]

My omicron symptoms when I tested positive in January were literally the same as my cedar pollen allergy symptoms when I tested negative twice in back to back weeks in December: throat feeling like I was gargling razor blades, a ton of nasal congestion, and a constant feeling of needing to clear my throat.

Saharan dust was doing that to me all last week. That shit bothers me more than any pollen which is weird because they always say it's not an allergen.

They say ba.5 is infecting the lower lungs more than the upper airways, unlike the earlier omicron. If true there will be a lot less confusing it with allergies once it takes over.

[SpursforSix]

He would have been fine if he even pretended to give a shit.

I do believe if he would have stayed off Twitter and not said stupid shit, he might have won.
But it's probably better that he did all that. I don't think Biden is great but with everything going on now, Trump could have been a disaster to have in office right now.

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"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

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[Thread]

Biden aint running again.
If your team puts up Trump againthough , expect blue commander in chief.

Trump won't run again as well. He'll portend to for a while longer, but just to juice the party.

[SpursforSix]

Trump won't run again as well. He'll portend to for a while longer, but just to juice the party.

and your diapers. Tee hee.

[Winehole23]

just scheduled mine, I think I'll make it a two-fer and get a shingles shot too.they said I needed a separate appt. for the shingles jab. the latency of of my bodily response is greater this time, ~12 hrs vs 8, but not so bad, yet.

Last Moderna booster kept me up all night, then broke like a fever, all of a sudden.

[Winehole23]

Reinfection increases the risk to patients.


Compared to non-infected controls, assessment of the cumulative risks of repeated infection showed that the risk and burden increased in a graded fashion according to the number of infections. The constellation of findings show that reinfection adds non-trivial risks of all-cause mortality, hospitalization, and adverse health outcomes in the acute and post-acute phase of the reinfection. Reducing overall burden of death and disease due to SARS-CoV-2 will require strategies for reinfection prevention.https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1749502/v1

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& counting...
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"I will shut it down." Biden
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6.22.2022

[DarrinS]

they said I needed a separate appt. for the shingles jab. the latency of of my bodily response is greater this time, ~12 hrs vs 8, but not so bad, yet.

Last Moderna booster kept me up all night, then broke like a fever, all of a sudden.


You prioritized a 2nd covid booster over a shingles vax? :lmao

[Winehole23]

You prioritized a 2nd covid booster over a shingles vax? :lmaoYou're reading challenged, I tried to schedule both at the same time, but somehow it didn't work out.

What's funny about vaccine boosters? You do know they wane over time, right?

COVID certainly isn't waning atm.

[SnakeBoy]

You're reading challenged, I tried to schedule both at the same time, but somehow it didn't work out.

What's funny about vaccine boosters? You do know they wane over time, right?

COVID certainly isn't waning atm.

Shingles is the greater risk to you. I think Darrin is laughing that you picked a covid booster that you don't need over a shingles vaccination you should have gotten 5 years ago.

[GAustex]

they said I needed a separate appt. for the shingles jab. the latency of of my bodily response is greater this time, ~12 hrs vs 8, but not so bad, yet.

Last Moderna booster kept me up all night, then broke like a fever, all of a sudden.
Both shingles shots that I got were tough
Sick for a day for each

[baseline bum]

Saharan dust was doing that to me all last week. That shit bothers me more than any pollen which is weird because they always say it's not an allergen.

They say ba.5 is infecting the lower lungs more than the upper airways, unlike the earlier omicron. If true there will be a lot less confusing it with allergies once it takes over.

Guess the Saharan dust is fucking me too today, throat is sore as hell. Took one of the rapid tests and was negative and would be weird to be getting a cold this time of year.

[SnakeBoy]

Guess the Saharan dust is fucking me too today, throat is sore as hell. Took one of the rapid tests and was negative and would be weird to be getting a cold this time of year.

Saharan dust is supposed to be gone. I don't feel it anymore.

I think there must be a lot of covid in SA right now (not saying you have it lol) because my wife is getting 1-2 calls a day for the past week or so and 4 today. Everyone is just using home tests so I guess none of it is getting reported.

[baseline bum]

Saharan dust is supposed to be gone. I don't feel it anymore.

I think there must be a lot of covid in SA right now (not saying you have it lol) because my wife is getting 1-2 calls a day for the past week or so and 4 today. Everyone is just using home tests so I guess none of it is getting reported.

Don't you live in like Boerne though? Shit's already here by Randolph where I live. Was fucking with me last week too but didn't feel anything until like 5PM today and then throat got sore as hell again.

Positivity rate here is 20% so COVID is all over the area again. This summer is the perfect clusterfuck of 7-14 degrees above average every day plus COVID blowing up again plus Saharan dust.

[SnakeBoy]

Don't you live in like Boerne though? Shit's already here by Randolph where I live. Was fucking with me last week too but didn't feel anything until like 5PM today and then throat got sore as hell again.

Positivity rate here is 20% so COVID is all over the area again. This summer is the perfect clusterfuck of 7-14 degrees above average every day plus COVID blowing up again plus Saharan dust.

Yeah you're right, I always forget how much of a difference there is between the Hill Country and SA. Except when I go to SA and the temp goes up 3-4 degrees on my truck thermometer right around when I hit 1604.

[SnakeBoy]

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[baseline bum]

Yeah you're right, I always forget how much of a difference there is between the Hill Country and SA. Except when I go to SA and the temp goes up 3-4 degrees on my truck thermometer right around when I hit 1604.

I kind of wonder if increased sensitivity to allergens might turn out a long COVID effect. I got my ass kicked the smog from the Mexican farmers burning their fields last month which has never bothered me too much, though maybe that's also attributable to having August level heat instead of rain in May. When the Saharan dust was extremely high for a few days two or three years ago it bothered me, but this year I think it's a lot less and it has my sinuses and throat going crazy worse than then. Just seems like I have gotten quite a bit more sensitive to allergens this year after catching omicron in January.

[baseline bum]

Yeah you're right, I always forget how much of a difference there is between the Hill Country and SA. Except when I go to SA and the temp goes up 3-4 degrees on my truck thermometer right around when I hit 1604.

I kind of wonder if increased sensitivity to allergens might turn out a long COVID effect. I got my ass kicked the smog from the Mexican farmers burning their fields last month which has never bothered me too much, though maybe that's also attributable to having August level heat instead of rain in May. When the Saharan dust was extremely high for a few days two or three years ago it bothered me, but this year I think it's a lot less and it has my sinuses and throat going crazy worse than then. Just seems like I have gotten quite a bit more sensitive to allergens this year after catching omicron in January.

[Winehole23]

Whistling past the graveyard


An expectation exists, both in the lay public and in the scientific community, that future waves of the virus will exhibit decreased [infection fatality rate (IFR)], either due to viral attenuation or the progressive buildup of immunity. In this work, we examine the basis for that expectation, assessing the impact of virulence on transmission. Our findings suggest that large increases in virulence for SARS-CoV-2 would result in minimal loss of transmission, implying that the IFR may be free to increase or decrease under neutral evolutionary drift. We further examine the effect of changes in the IFR on the steady-state death toll under conditions of endemic COVID-19. Our modeling suggests that endemic SARS-CoV-2 implies vast transmission resulting in yearly US COVID-19 death tolls numbering in the hundreds of thousands under many plausible scenarios, with even modest increases in the IFR leading to an unsustainable mortality burden. Our findings thus highlight the critical importance of enacting a concerted strategy (involving for example global access to vaccines, therapeutics, prophylactics and nonpharmaceutical interventions) to suppress SARS-CoV-2 transmission, thereby reducing the risk of catastrophic outcomeshttps://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.29.22273146v1.article-metrics

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Boiled down:::
1,041,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.24.2022

https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/449548/lavrov-putin.jpg

[Winehole23]

1540307518232166402

[SnakeBoy]

I kind of wonder if increased sensitivity to allergens might turn out a long COVID effect. I got my ass kicked the smog from the Mexican farmers burning their fields last month which has never bothered me too much, though maybe that's also attributable to having August level heat instead of rain in May. When the Saharan dust was extremely high for a few days two or three years ago it bothered me, but this year I think it's a lot less and it has my sinuses and throat going crazy worse than then. Just seems like I have gotten quite a bit more sensitive to allergens this year after catching omicron in January.

I don't think so. This shitty drought is probably making things worse. Even when there's no Saharan dust there's a ton of Texan dust on the skyline. Drought should be over soon... I'm getting a new well drilled so pretty sure it's going to rain like a motherfucker as soon as I write the check :lol

[baseline bum]

I don't think so. This shitty drought is probably making things worse. Even when there's no Saharan dust there's a ton of Texan dust on the skyline. Drought should be over soon... I'm getting a new well drilled so pretty sure it's going to rain like a motherfucker as soon as I write the check :lol

LOL that quarter inch we're supposed to get Monday and Tuesday will fix everything. :lol

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1,042,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.25.2022

https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/449548/lavrov-putin.jpg

[InRareForm]

300 a day but it's just a common flu they say

[baseline bum]

I don't think so. This shitty drought is probably making things worse. Even when there's no Saharan dust there's a ton of Texan dust on the skyline. Drought should be over soon... I'm getting a new well drilled so pretty sure it's going to rain like a motherfucker as soon as I write the check :lol

Ugh think maybe it's the new omicron and the rapid test the govt sent that I took Thursday fucked up, because I have literally no sense of smell today. Tried to smell a bottle of vinegar right under my nose, a bottle of soy sauce, and absolutely nothing lol.

[Winehole23]

Ugh think maybe it's the new omicron and the rapid test the govt sent that I took Thursday fucked up, because I have literally no sense of smell today. Tried to smell a bottle of vinegar right under my nose, a bottle of soy sauce, and absolutely nothing lol.it's going around big time right now, my mom and two coworkers got in the last week. anecdotally, RATs are less reliable now.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

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Boiled down:::
1,042,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.25.2022

https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/449548/lavrov-putin.jpg

[Dirks_Finale]

Ugh think maybe it's the new omicron and the rapid test the govt sent that I took Thursday fucked up, because I have literally no sense of smell today. Tried to smell a bottle of vinegar right under my nose, a bottle of soy sauce, and absolutely nothing lol.


Refresh my memory...have you had it before?

[baseline bum]

Refresh my memory...have you had it before?

In January this year had it and tested positive. Might have had it in March 2020 but no tests back then.

[boutons_deux]

Monkeypox mutating about 10 times faster than expected

[DMC]

I don't think so. This shitty drought is probably making things worse. Even when there's no Saharan dust there's a ton of Texan dust on the skyline. Drought should be over soon... I'm getting a new well drilled so pretty sure it's going to rain like a motherfucker as soon as I write the check :lol

I just need to take the boat cover off and clean/wax my boat. Then leave the cover off for a day to let it air out. It will rain 49 inches.

[baseline bum]

I just need to take the boat cover off and clean/wax my boat. Then leave the cover off for a day to let it air out. It will rain 49 inches.

Jeez could have done it for us in May then.

[DarrinS]

Common cold

[Winehole23]

Common coldSupport it.

When's the last time a million Americans perished from the common cold in two years and millions more are challenged to work from the viral sequelae?

The comparison is trite.

[Winehole23]

Don't tell me, you picked the lint from your own navel and declared yourself sound.

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Boiled down:::
1,042,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.26.2022

https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/449548/lavrov-putin.jpg

[Winehole23]

Support it.

When's the last time a million Americans perished from the common cold in two years and millions more are challenged to work from the viral sequelae?

The comparison is trite.the magic of glibness is never having to back up your own PFA takes.

[baseline bum]

it's going around big time right now, my mom and two coworkers got in the last week. anecdotally, RATs are less reliable now.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Surprisingly, tested negative on PCR too so I guess the home test was fine and it wasn't COVID. Never had loss of smell before. Was completely gone for a day and is slowly coming back.

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWS-O-tXwAE3-Q_?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

[Winehole23]

Wonder what the graph looks like today

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Wonder what the graph looks like today



Boiled down:::
1,042,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

6.27.2022

[ElNono]

Wonder what the graph looks like today

It's bound to bounce... thanks largely to efficient vaccines and treatments...

[DarrinS]

Its less than a cold for me. Oh well

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1542182107946041346/UKpWNR4L?format=jpg&name=900x900

https://www.axios.com/2022/06/29/maternal-deaths-covid-pandemic

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Boiled down:::
1,043,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats with the Turkey.

6.29.2022

[SpursforSix]

Monkeypox mutating about 10 times faster than expected

yeah, well quit fucking monkeys.

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yeah, well quit fucking monkeys.

& it about killed the CDC to have to alert gay men over this one. And of course they put such an alert at the very bottom of the listing. But, State run media plastered a good-natured grin on their face when they cited it.
tee, hee.

[SpursforSix]

Surprisingly, tested negative on PCR too so I guess the home test was fine and it wasn't COVID. Never had loss of smell before. Was completely gone for a day and is slowly coming back.

I don't know how your PCR test went. But I had a cough and loss of smell and went and got both tests (both came back negative). I'd always heard the PCR was uncomfortable but this wasn't the case for me. Felt just like the quick test. Got a PCR test a week later and it was a swab shoved up to my brain. Came back positive. My guess is that many of the people doing PCR tests are not adequately testing.

[Thread]

I don't know how your PCR test went. But I had a cough and loss of smell and went and got both tests (both came back negative). I'd always heard the PCR was uncomfortable but this wasn't the case for me. Felt just like the quick test. Got a PCR test a week later and it was a swab shoved up to my brain. Came back positive. My guess is that many of the people doing PCR tests are not adequately testing.

...because they don't want that (positive) result. They'd rather whistle past the graveyard and remain untouched.

It's human. We've all been there & done that.

[baseline bum]

I don't know how your PCR test went. But I had a cough and loss of smell and went and got both tests (both came back negative). I'd always heard the PCR was uncomfortable but this wasn't the case for me. Felt just like the quick test. Got a PCR test a week later and it was a swab shoved up to my brain. Came back positive. My guess is that many of the people doing PCR tests are not adequately testing.

Nah PCR is quite uncomfortable if you're doing it right. I jam that fucking swab all the way up my nostril and then do circles counting to 30 in Japanese before going to the next nostril. Though it's not as bad as the initial PCR swab which literally used like a foot long swab. I think I just got a cold that turned out kind of ugly since I hadn't had one in like 3 years thanks to masking and distancing during the worst of the pandemic.

[SpursforSix]

...because they don't want that (positive) result. They'd rather whistle past the graveyard and remain untouched.

It's human. We've all been there & done that.

I don't know about that. I don't think they were trained properly. Why would a doctor's office want to not find something wrong with you?

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I don't know about that. I don't think they were trained properly. Why would a doctor's office want to not find something wrong with you?

I misunderstood. I thought it was the patient applying the COVID test to themselves and cheating it so as to get a normal response.

[SpursforSix]

I misunderstood. I thought it was the patient applying the COVID test to themselves and cheating it so as to get a normal response.

Bend over, I'll fucking show you misunderstood.

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

no reporting, no problem


New York City suddenly removed its color-coded coronavirus alert system this week (https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-main.page) just as newer Omicron subvariants (https://www.nytimes.com/article/omicron-coronavirus-variant.html) are fueling another rise in cases and hospitalizations.

Mayor Eric Adams and health officials quietly took down the city’s high profile alert system (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/nyregion/new-york-covid-alert-risk.html) that warned New Yorkers when they were at a greater risk of catching the virus and should consider taking more precautions.[/COLOR]
Now the city’s website reads: “We are re-evaluating the city’s Covid Alert system. Check back here for updates in the coming weeks.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/nyregion/nyc-covid-alert-risks.html

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1,044,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

7.1.2022

[Winehole23]

Testing has been deemphasized, wastewater assays give us a truer picture of local conditions.


Regional wastewater paints a stark picture of a pandemic that is far from over. While the state’s testing program shows coronavirus case rates to be dropping across much of Northern California, wastewater analysis indicates that in many places, viral spread this month rivals or even exceeds the original omicron surge that swept through the country in January, creating record infections.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article263044553.html

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Boiled down:::
1,045,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

7.2.2022

[SnakeBoy]

Libs just can't let the pandemic go

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[baseline bum]

Libs just can't let the pandemic go

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Oh no schools requiring shots. The outrage!

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Oh no schools requiring shots. The outrage!

Bend over. I'll show ya fuckin' outrage.

[ElNono]

Libs just can't let the pandemic go

1542989279818907648

Science :tu


Oh no schools requiring shots. The outrage!

:lmao

[Winehole23]

Not mentioned: catching COVID correlates strongly with increased all-cause mortality and reinfection raises the risk progressively.

Also not mentioned, COVID-related T-cell depletion.


Rather than a wall of immunity arising from vaccinations and previous infections, we are seeing wave after wave of new cases and a rapidly growing burden of long-term disease. What’s going on? The latest scientific research has some answers.


During May and June two new variants, BA.4 and BA.5, progressively displaced the previous Omicron subvariant, BA.2. They are even more transmissible and more immune-evasive. Last week a group of collaborators, including me and a professor of immunology and respiratory medicine, Rosemary Boyton, published (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq1841) a paper in Science, looking comprehensively at immunity to the Omicron family, both in triple-vaccinated people and also in those who then suffered breakthrough infections during the Omicron wave. This lets us examine whether Omicron was, as some hoped, a benign natural booster of our Covid immunity. It turns out that isn’t the case.


We considered many facets of immunity, including the antibodies most implicated in protection (“neutralising antibodies”), as well as protective “immune memory” in white blood cells. The results tell us it is unsurprising that breakthrough infections were so common. Most people – even when triple-vaccinated – had 20 times less neutralising antibody response against Omicron than against the initial “Wuhan” strain. Importantly, Omicron infection was a poor booster of immunity to further Omicron infections. It is a kind of stealth virus that gets in under the radar without doing too much to alert immune defences. Even having had Omicron, we’re not well protected from further infections.



Also, to be added to the now complex mix is “immune imprinting”. This is the finding that our immune response to Covid is shaped very differently, depending on our prior exposures – infection in one wave relative to another, plus vaccination. In our study, those who’d been infected in the first wave and then again with Omicron had particularly poor T-cell responses and no boosting of antibodies. That is, some combinations of exposures may leave us poorly protected relative to others.


Contrary to the myth that we are sliding into a comfortable evolutionary relationship with a common-cold-like, friendly virus, this is more like being trapped on a rollercoaster in a horror film. There’s nothing cold-like or friendly about a large part of the workforce needing significant absences from work, feeling awful and sometimes getting reinfected over and over again, just weeks apart. And that’s before the risk of long Covid.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/01/herd-immunity-covid-virus-vaccine

[hater]

:lmao people still scared at these sniffles :lmao

Pussies :lmao

[Winehole23]

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[Spurminator]

:lmao people still scared at these shots :lmao

Pussies :lmao

:tu

[hater]

1543239983309398016

:lmao canadian cucks :lmao

[ChumpDumper]

Libs just can't let the pandemic go

1542989279818907648

What is an outkick?

[Trainwreck2100]

Also, to be added to the now complex mix is “immune imprinting”. This is the finding that our immune response to Covid is shaped very differently, depending on our prior exposures – infection in one wave relative to another, plus vaccination. In our study, those who’d been infected in the first wave and then again with Omicron had particularly poor T-cell responses and no boosting of antibodies. That is, some combinations of exposures may leave us poorly protected relative to others.

Wow, it's almost like we couldn't escape the same pattern viruses have had for millennia, it's going to be the same thing till the virus reaches it's level where it just can't be anymore efficient than it already is

[Winehole23]

Wow, it's almost like we couldn't escape the same pattern viruses have had for millennia, it's going to be the same thing till the virus reaches it's level where it just can't be anymore efficient than it already isit's not the wall of immunity and inevitable attenuation of virulence minimizers keep promising, to be sure

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Wow, it's almost like we couldn't escape the same pattern viruses have had for millennia, it's going to be the same thing till the virus reaches it's level where it just can't be anymore efficient than it already is

Gee, wrecky, 3 years ago come January that's precisely what the nation's best experts told President Trump in the Oval office..."Americans will die, Mr. President. (Trump: 'oh, fuck me.') Nothing will touch it. It will have to be herded out like 100 years ago, sir."

Within 24 hours those self same experts told President Obama the exact same-damn-thing.
Within 2 years later those self same experts told Biden the same-damn-thing.

What'd Biden do? "I'll shut it down."

No, you won't.

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Boiled down:::
1,045,000 Americans dead in the ground.
& counting...
as
"I will shut it down." Biden
squats in the White House.

7.3.2022

[hater]

https://twitter.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/1543507183605895170

[hater]

:lmao pussies


https://twitter.com/grandoldmemes/status/1543346830301347841