I’m genuinely concerned that I’ll have no real way to tell when it’s safe for me to start doing things again, because the CDC basically told everyone to get fucked and die, I’m surrounded by people taking the, “eh, if I get covid, I get covid” approach, and I can’t fucking tell what’s a reasonable safety precaution anymore.
I’m exhausted all the time, and I’m still scared of getting sick, but the world is moving on without me, and I’m just so disoriented, y'all.
Everyone I live with IS immunocompromised, and this comment comes off very “it’s fine, the only people who are still dying are disabled people,” which really just serves to cement my original point about the world moving on without me.
Just want to add that that person is so incredibly wrong! The current science (or in layman’s terms check here) says that about 50% of everyone who gets covid, vaxxed or not, immunocompromised or not, will end up with long lasting symptoms, ones that last beyond the four weeks of infection. Now this statistic includes symptoms that resolve on their own eventually as well as ones that are permanent. But one in every two people will have long lasting covid symptoms. Sure being vaxxed decreases your chances of catching covid in the first place and it decreases the chances of it being severe, but it won’t stop the long term symptoms. Even if you get a “mild” or asymptomatic infection, you still have a 50/50 shot of having long term symptoms. And this is just the most current science, for all we know the number could be higher! We don’t yet know the full extent to which covid fucks up the human body.
Oh and PLUS, omicron has an R0 value of somewhere between 8 and 15, making it the second most infectious disease in the whole world (second only to measles). The R0 number is a measure of how infectious a disease is. For comparison the R0 of the flu is generally 1.5.
And yet EVERYONE I talk to is completely ignoring this and calling omicron more mild than previous strains, that it’s comparable to the flu (never mind that the science says it’s about twice as likely that you’ll have long lasting symptoms from covid than the flu). It makes me feel like I’m losing my mind. But we’re not losing our minds. Especially if you’re disabled/chronically ill, getting covid could be devastating even with a “mild” infection. My brain doesn’t know how to process all of this. The wide spread scale at which people are saying “fuck you” to disabled lives makes me want to vomit.
But uh OP I hope this justifies your actions/thoughts. You’re not alone in this either!
I am triple vaxxed and caught Omicron while masked and outdoors, but working with the unmasked public.
Yes, technically I’m fine. But I spent a week basically unable to sleep or really rest because I had what I can only describe as restless legs syndrome. It hurt to lay down or sit down. I frequently had to move to keep from being in pain. While I’m grateful that this symptom eventually went away, it’s the kind of symptom - weird & neurological - that has become a permanent condition for others.
My breathing also remains permanently impacted. I am, was, in great shape - cardio and strength building exercises on the regular. I now frequently get winded walking up stairs. Exercise in general is much harder and I am fighting to maintain my current state, let alone get back into the kind of fit I used to be.
And there’s NO WAY OF KNOWING how long I will be impacted or if my symptoms will ever increase or resurface. We just don’t know.
I’m the best case scenario: a person in excellent health and triple vaxxed and I still suffered and continue to experience symptoms. There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about your own health, and plenty more to care about and be concerned for the health of others.
The immunocompromised are not disposable.
OP, I’m sorry we as a society failed so hard and you have to live with this fear and exhaustion.
A lot of gyms shut down during covid. Even if the gym opens, you have to wear a mask when you exercise in the gym. So the best place to do exercise is your own home but most people are often lazy and lack disciplines. Therefore I created the system “Chastity Gym” which is to lock men in chastity cage to force men to exercise regularly. I am sure they are very motivated to do exercise so that they can accumulate enough points to exchange a release from chastity cage.
Tasks they can do to earn points: Dumbbell Liftings, each dumbbell weighs at least 3KG, 2 hands lift up dumbbells count as 1, 25 per set, 5sets =0.5point
Jogging 6KM finished within 50 minutes =0.5point
Pushups, 50 per set, 2 sets =0.5point
Ab Trainer, 15 per set, 4sets =0.5point
Tasks are not limited to above mentioned. Other exercise tasks are acceptable depending on slaves’ situation.
Each exercise task requires valid video or APP screenshot proof to offer you 0.5 point. No repetition of same task on same day.
Point validity: starts from the day you earn and lasts 30days.
24hour Release costs 10 valid points
Routine cleaning costs 0.5 point
Immediate cleaning costs 2 points
Shortage/Mistake found in submitted proof will lead to punishment such as face slapping, spanking……
A lot of men have become fit after using my “chastity gym” service.
I know that the party line right now is “the vaccines don’t keep you from getting COVID, they keep you from getting seriously sick or dying.”
And yes, I’m in favor of not getting seriously sick or dying. I’d take a vaccine just for that. Like I get the flu vaccine every year even though some years it’s had an efficacy rate of like 10%. I’ll take a free 10% reduced chance of getting the flu.
But if there is anyone, anyone at all, reading this who hasn’t gotten vaccinated, for whom “well, it won’t keep me from getting it, so what’s the point” is playing any role in your decision-making…
I want you to know that the vaccines still stand a moderate chance of helping to prevent you from getting it.
The mRNA vaccines show a significantly reduced efficacy against the omicron variant, on top of diminishing efficacy a few weeks to a few months after vaccination.
That efficacy still is not zero. It is not.
Signed someone who spent a week living in a 600 sq. ft. apartment with an infected roommate and didn’t catch it.
We tried to keep the windows cracked before the temperatures outside got way too cold, but we couldn’t avoid sharing a bathroom and kitchen or walking the same hallway, and I never caught it.
I know that right now we’re supposed to somehow simultaneously believe that we’re not supposed to just be resigned to catching it, but also that being vaccinated won’t prevent us from catching it, and that feels impossible. Because it is impossible.
But getting vaccinated can still help keep you from catching it.
Hey Americans, USPS is sending out one (1) package of four (4) free COVID test kits per residential address, you can sign up here: https://special.usps.com/testkits?s=09
Obviously Joseph Robinette thinks everyone lives in single-family homes in nuclear family units & if you are one of the many people whose communal living arrangement looks like “a regular house rented as separate units but not zoned as apartments” or “an illegal basement” or one of the other myriad ways landlords artfully dodge property taxes / avoid dotting the i’s & crossing the t’s of municipal bureaucracy, good luck & godspeed. Please pass this on!
Also fucks over households with multiple generations or several children, but still get your free tests if you can.
They’re apparently working on the apartment building/multiple units at the same street address/PO Box not registering as a residential address thing. Don’t give up.
Mailakei isn’t afraid of no pandemic. She is afraid of vaccines though. Oh and also fuck the immunocompromised - they can just die already because she will not be wearing a mask.
You’re worried about the global pandemic currently killing millions of people? You want people to wear masks so as not to kill their neighbors with a deadly pathogen? Well fuck keeping actual people alive - Mailakei is going to spend her time “worrying” about a pile of conspiracy theories and dog whistles.
You’re right bitch - we are not the same.
Mailakei “cares” about a pile of cells but fuck the actual babies - you know the real, live ones - who are too young to get vaccinated. And fuck the elderly and the immunocompromised too while you’re at it.
I see we’ve reached the prayers stage.
Whoops, there it is. Bye Mailakei! At least her husband will miss his “ladybug” right? She was a strong woman! She cannot be replaced! She will not be forgotten! Right? … Right?
That’s four weeks to the day from when Mailakei died. Somebody keeps a calendar.
And Kenneth has her fully replaced in a record 9 weeks. Speedy work!
Great news for you antivaxxers - when you inevitably kick it your spouse will not be sad forever. In fact the whole sad phase may last as little as a month! No worries Mailakei I’m sure she’s just as good of a cook as you were.
[ID: Facebook posts by Mailakei LaVergne: Jul 30, 2020: “I’m sorry for the language, but this guy is a jacka**! I’m not wearing a dang shield and goggles and I sure as heck am not getting the flu vaccine!!! When I get the vaccine it is always worse than when I get the actual flu virus! So Fauci and anyone else who doesn’t like what I am saying can cram it in your cram hole LaFluer!!” Aug 20, 2020: “You’re worried about me not wearing a mask. I’m worried about the global elite and their fetish for children. We are not the same.” Aug 11, 2021: “For a country who killed an entire generation in the womb but tells adults to wear masks to ‘save lives’, Your words are a joke and an embarrassment.” “All. Day. Long!!” Sep 4, 2021: “Ok. So last week COVID hit my family. Knocked me down hard but three days later with my precious wife’s nursing my son and I were back on our feet and fever free! Then my wife went down. She has been unable to get back up as of yet. She was just admitted to Baptist in Beaumont with extremely low oxygen and BP! If that isn’t bad enough these hospitals for some unconscionable reason won’t let me be with her! I’m sitting in the parking lot because they won’t let me stay in even the waiting room. Please pray for my ladybug!” Photo of a woman with strawberry blonde hair lying in a hospital bed wearing an oxygen mask. “Mailakei Ann LaVergne, 44, of Orange, passed away on September 30, 2021, in Port Arthur.”Kenneth LaVergne, Oct 28, 2021: “Used husband for sale! High mileage but everything still works! Currently in the shop trying to get some body work done but the engine is still good! REAL CHEAP!! Test drives available. Inquire in the comments!! ” Nov 30, 2021: “If you have lost your rig or another removed one, just know, I’d you are still breathing, GOD has a new chapter for you. GOD has a new mission and a new journey for you! My new chapter is just beginning! My heart is beating again! Been a great few weeks. Forward we go! Photos of a man with a grey beard hugging a woman with dark brown hair in a living room. “Orange County marriage licenses issued 12.6-12.10.21. The following couples were reported to have obtained marriage licenses in the office of Brandy Robertson, Orange County Clerk, during the week of December 6 – December 10, 2021: Kenneth Lavergne and Juanita Gonzalez-Oyervides”]
Vaccines - all vaccines - are the Mark of the Beast. Vincent’s not touching that shit - he’s been vaccinated with the Holy Spirit.
Vincent ain’t afraid of no Covid. He’s not bowing to no golden vaccine cow.
What happened Vincent - I thought you were vaccinated with the Holy Spirit? I thought you didn’t believe in socialized medicine? Why are you wasting your time with hospitals? Shouldn’t you be at home praying?
I have some good news and some bad news Vincent. The good news is you won’t be like that for two weeks…
Oh dear, did the Holy Spirit vaccine not work Vincent?
I guess not. Bye Vincent!
[ID: Facebook posts by Vincent Benavides: Jun 8, 2020: “You do realize that this whole thing is meant to collapse the economy, get rid of Trump, bring in socialized medicine, divide and chip everyone, and eventually have a New World Order. Right? ” Jul 12, 2021: “I’ve been vaccinated by the power of the Holy Spirit, psalm 91 the presence of God as my shield, for God said in his word in Psalm 91 no evil shall befall thee, no plague or no pestilence or none of that should come to me let along near me, as long as I Dwell in the secret place, the shadow of his presence: The Almighty l. I’m sorry but I believe if you’re truly filled with the Holy Spirit you will not get the vaccination or any vaccination, it’s all apart of the strong delusion in this world, as it is the rollout of the Mark of the beast that is to come and is now even at the door.” Jul 21, 2021: “If we bow to little fear today how much more will we bow down to the great fear later, if we can’t learn to bow down and trust the faith of Jesus Christ himself we will not only continue to bow down to fear with no faith at all.” People dressed in Ye Olde Biblical Times clothes prostrating themselves before a golden cow idol labeled “vaccines”. Aug 10, 2021: “I’m on my way to the hospital keep me in prayer, my lungs are burning so bad they feel like they’re on fire.” Aug 13, 2021: “Here an update, on me, it’s definitely Covid, i’m hacking and I’m coughing miserably, i’m so worn out and tired it’s hard to get sleep and when I do I oversleep just to make sure that I’m really tested. I just hope I don’t have to have this for two weeks.” Aug 19, 2021: Vincent is lying in a hospital bed wearing an oxygen mask looking miserable “Vincent Benavides, 37, went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, October 20th, 2021 after a courageous battle against Covid-19.”]
Is anyone else stressed about classes even more now that they’re online? Like I asked one of my professors if he could start recording the zoom sessions in case anyone missed a class/ didn’t understand/ didn’t want to come, and he said he looked in to it. He didn’t. I emailed him again asking about it and HE DIDNT RESPOND!! Like EXCUSE YOU… I KNOW YOU AINT DOING ANYTHING! I feel like I just got left on read by my own teacher. Like WTF…
Engineers have developed a handheld paper divide able to detect a strain of coronavirus quickly and accurately. The strain, MERS-CoV, can be detected by the device in very small quantities, and can be read directly from the device making it portable.
As one of the select few given permission by USA health officials to use diagnostics tests for COVID-19, the Purdue University biomedical engineers claimed that this device could be used to detect the COVID-29 strain – the limitations in doing so currently is the lack of funding. According to the team, the process to scale the technology for manufacturing would cost at least a couple of million US dollars.
‘Paper-based devices are already manufactured – pregnancy tests are paper-based,’ said Purdue University Biomedical Engineering Professor, Jacqueline Linnes.
‘Because this device has a more complex shape, a process hasn’t been developed to make it available on a commercial scale. However, many processes in electronics and paper manufacturing could be translated to scaling up this device.’
But so far, Linnes’ team has just been able to produce these devices on a lab scale, which calls for cutting out the paper components by hand.
‘The most difficult aspect of producing this device is definitely the assembly,’ said Purdue University Biomedical Engineering PhD Cadidate, K Byers.
This time-lapse video shows how a paper device developed by Purdue researchers tests a sample in 40 minutes. This sample is positive for MERS-CoV, as indicated by the formation of a second line on the paper strip. Credit: Purdue University video/K Byers
These challenges may easily be overcome with existing manufacturing techniques, the researchers said.
The device format would not need to change in order to detect other diseases. As the device scales up, however, it would also need to be more sensitive to detect a lower concentration of a virus for clinical relevance.
‘This paper device isn’t dependent on a particular virus or sequence. To detect COVID-19, we would just need an assay design specific to that sequence, which could come from a nasal or throat swap sample. Just like with MERS-CoV, a user could load the assay with liquid into the paper platform, fold the device and let it run,’ Linnes said.
When the device folds over, a liquid wash and chemical substances called reagents push the assay up a paper strip to make an easily visible detection line. This automatically completes a multistep process needed for detecting a virus. A user can check the strip within 40 minutes to see if the sample tested positive.
