Continuing coronavirus happenings (Part 2)

Nowhere do they mention that ASHRAE is the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. Still, seems like good advice.

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I picked up two to try. At $4 each, they’re a bit pricey but each will do for a few shopping trips. The fit is good, and a bit more work to breath until I get used to them.

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My sticker!
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Easy peasy. Appointment for 3:45, out at 4:05.
ETA inside the big tent for vaccinations in front of the Bullfinch Building

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Just like the Wuhan virus lineage, the B.1.1.7 virus lost 90 percent of its infectivity after about 6.2 hours in darkness. In simulated sunlight conditions, the two lost 90 percent of infectivity in about 11 minutes. The researchers concluded that the viruses “would be rapidly inactivated by natural sunlight in real-world scenarios.”

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You’ve given me a great idea when that gets going again in my area. I’m just not sure which version of the lyrics to use…

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The authorities could/should distribute it, as they do with condoms.

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I suspect that analysis is correct. “Essential worker” has come to mean, “essentially, we don’t really care if you die. Just keep doing your job until then!” Other than healthcare, the vast majority in this category are low wage sorts of jobs. Our society sucks. The high muckity-mucks in my workplace are still working remotely because “it’s too dangerous to work in our offices.” One of them said this in a zoom meeting with us, who of course never have had that option. :man_facepalming:

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Yup, a year of screaming into the void. Some days i pat myself on the back, but most days i hate being right.

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Might add the link to research corroborating this later if I find the time and the original source: according to Drosten, B.1.1.7 leads to approximately 10x viral loads, i.e. easier transmission is a matter of quantity (and, in fact, additional factors like a longer incubation period, and a longer infectious period; AFAIR however not an earlier onset of the infectious period. )

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Armchair Armin, nearly-designated candidate for his party, CDU, to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor, took more than a week of complete inaction after a failed attempt of a “mini-shutdown” over the Easter holidays to come up with … nothing but a FUCKING new term. “Bridge lockdown”?

We FUCKING never had any lockdown, and we will not get a lockdown now, and re-labeling your FUCKING LAZY ATTEMPTS which alway come to late for avoiding hundreds, thousands of deaths and much more grief and suffering WILL NOT CHANGE ANYTHING AND WILL NOT HELP ENOUGH

AND I AM SO TIRED AND ANGRY AND HELPLESS,

SO FUCK YOU YOU SORRY EXCUSE OF AN ARSEHOLE!
ARSEHOLES CAN PRODUCE SOMETHING.

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Finally got mine and my father’s J&J shot scheduled in for thursday afternoon. Two weeks after hopefully we might be in the clear. It was such a pain in the ass waiting for a J&J shot become available in our area because of our low platelet counts and penicillin allergy.

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…or these versions?

Sometimes synchronicity works.

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Wait, he thinks this and was in South Africa? He didn’t make his point of departure clear when talking about flying there, but it seems like an odd thing to claim. I could understand Rosie Perez speculating - because she was filming in Asia when she got sick in 2019:

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