- Jun 20, 2014
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I haven’t seen any actual evidence to support the ‘fear’ but I honestly don’t think you could get most people to care enough to do anything to protect themselves unless the IFR was similar to Ebola.
Hide Ya Wives, Hide Ya Kids: Worldwide Coronavirus Pandemic!
- Mar 19, 2013
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Facial disfigurement is probably the only thing that could possibly make these people care.
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ED
TDB fishing for clicks again. I made an account to read the actual article, just says new subvariants are taking over and no evidence of severe disease BUT IF they are able to evade immunizations and IF they cause worse disease...pray for us.
third paragraph:
last paragraphs:
I hope I can delete this free account
- Mar 19, 2013
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That would work for some guys but I’m sure some over the 40 year mark have it already, lol.ED
Still though, facial disfigurement would cover all age groups and sexes.
- Aug 5, 2007
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the mask wearing is one of the big reasons we chose to vacation in japan this winter.
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Any quarantine requirements for international travelers?
- Aug 5, 2007
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none from my understanding. you need to be triple vaxxed or recent negative test. it’s recommended you upload all of your info into an app that’ll get you through immigration quickly.
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Yeah I definitely missed it during the height of covid. I liked that certain places started doing take out that normally didn't but it was never as good as their dine-in
mplsdunk
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Yeah I was working at a place doing take out. It was stupid busy. The food quality def wasn’t as good though because it sat in a box.
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we rarely eat out now cause it’s so expensive, plus my son eats adult-sized portions now. went to the mall and got a chuckle at the price of this ramen set.
mplsdunk
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Yeah it’s expensive but it’s one of those things for me that’s a non negotiable.
I go out and eat a lot by myself and it’s like the only time I get to chill. Nobody is stopping me from blowing money on bbq if I want to sit down and eat.
If I worked normal hours and was around more I’d be cooking at home 75% of the time.
I go out and eat a lot by myself and it’s like the only time I get to chill. Nobody is stopping me from blowing money on bbq if I want to sit down and eat.
If I worked normal hours and was around more I’d be cooking at home 75% of the time.
kdawg
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Couple of observations from this week.
I watched 2 games of rugby at the weekend - 70,000 in the stadium here without a mask in sight. Similar in Tokyo where even outdoors when they showed the crowd they were practically all wearing good quality masks - and the ones who weren’t seemed to be actively eating/drinking. Obviously they were both outside but that’s clearly not a zero risk.
I’m in London today for a quarterly meeting. I’m wearing my fit-tested respirator. My anti-vax anti-mask cousin was on the same flight and walked right past me but didn’t recognise me. I saw one other guy with a mask on.
On the subway even the Asians aren’t wearing masks now - I saw one other mask in about 30 minutes.
This winter is going to be interesting.
I watched 2 games of rugby at the weekend - 70,000 in the stadium here without a mask in sight. Similar in Tokyo where even outdoors when they showed the crowd they were practically all wearing good quality masks - and the ones who weren’t seemed to be actively eating/drinking. Obviously they were both outside but that’s clearly not a zero risk.
I’m in London today for a quarterly meeting. I’m wearing my fit-tested respirator. My anti-vax anti-mask cousin was on the same flight and walked right past me but didn’t recognise me. I saw one other guy with a mask on.
On the subway even the Asians aren’t wearing masks now - I saw one other mask in about 30 minutes.
This winter is going to be interesting.
elpablo21
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s3p4tu
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This thread is dying 
Got the bivalent booster for the whole fam yesterday. Today, they all blame me for the misery. So far I only feel body aches.
Got the bivalent booster for the whole fam yesterday. Today, they all blame me for the misery.
So far I only feel body aches.
kdawg
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This thread is dying
Got the bivalent booster for the whole fam yesterday. Today, they all blame me for the misery.
It seems very variable - I was a bit tired for
a couple of hours but one of my colleagues spent 2 days in bed.
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Glad to hear you’re feeling back to normal. It was one rough day for me as well, very similar to my second dose.kdawg We all feel fine this morning. Yesterday was a bit rough, at least for my family.
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Good to see this thread going. Still taking the necessary precautions for my family. My 3-year old is still anti-mask, but we continue to be selective in places we go.
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Just be safe this fall/winter. I had to send 2-3 people home in the past two weeks for coming into the office with sniffles and a cough. Scolded them for even thinking that work was more important than their work and they were shocked I wanted them home to recover.
These older cats swear they need to work 24/7 regardless of their physical/mental health.
These older cats swear they need to work 24/7 regardless of their physical/mental health.
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I’ve reiterated it to my staff so many times now that I don’t know what else to say. The salary folks with unlimited PTO are the worst, TBH. I thought COVID would have made people more willing to stay home when they’re sick or at least put a mask on, but people went “back to normal” real quick.
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Havent been to a concert in nearly 3 years now. I want to see Talib Kweli/Madlib in a couple weeks but not sure how safe it is, especially right after thanksgiving.
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Unless it’s outdoors, it’s not safe at all. 2022 Kweli isn’t worth it.
kdawg
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Me too. I wanted to see Pet Shop Boys on their recent tour but that’s way outside my comfort zone at the moment - but they just announced that they are playing my city’s new year concert - it’s in an outdoor auditorium which is perfect so I got tickets for me and my wife.
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Personally, I wouldn't risk it. Especially after Thanksgiving. We all know people are getting together regardless if they have sniffles or not.
