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I’ve had asthma for years, but it’s different than some, it’s called work hardening of the lung. I can’t run over 50 yards and begin wheezing, although 15 minutes later I would recover. That has matured now after 3 days I have to use an inhaler, Breo non-steroidal it relaxes my lungs then I go from 94% oxygen to 98% not bad, but if I get sick instantly it can turn on me, that also is the bane in my life. I am the Canary, with COVID19 why take chances.
I rubbed down the outside of the book, spine, page edges and left it for 5 hrs, I’m sure anything that was there should be gone, it was a used book. So, I try to reduce my chances regardless, it’s sort of an OCD I have about cleanliness, mitigation at 64 this year in March I‘m planning to get COVID behind me and let other herd immunity for me.
Poor choice maybe, but I’m also the guy who can mutate a virus, you take it feel bad for a few days, I take it and am sick for 2 months.
Lesser of 2 evils.
kv
Edit: For those doubting getting sick after taking it, I did it for 5 years in a row. My wife would note when I took it, my body told me not to take it or else. Haven’t been sick for over 10 years. If I do it’s a cold but even then frequent hand washing has mitigated that as well, social distancing, turning my head and covering my face in the crook of my arm, and moving away, that was then this is now. I have a face mask at all times when needed and work from home, so much easier.
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FWIW, my sister has lived with asthma for decades. As a child she retreated into reading books, since this suited her just fine anyway. Turns out that old books are a prime trigger for her asthma. There are fungi which can grow on the cellulose in paper. They give libraries that distinctive "old book" smell. I think everyone is bothered by the spores, but to different degrees.
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justtrying
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What I am noticing is the messaging is crafted to allow health authorities to get away with not providing N95 masks unless they cannot avoid it.
We have an outbreak in our facility and it is painfully obvious that surgical masks do not offer adequate protection for staff. Yet the only additional measure they implemented is for staff to wear face shields when working with patients, but still only surgical mask!
There were no cases for a year and it spread really quickly through the facility despite all of mitigation measures.
https://www.today.com/health/4th-grade-girl-dies-3-days-after-positive-covid-19-t208298
Still under investigation.
kv
Still under investigation.
kv
Sad but thousands of kids die from car crashes each year. The near zero number from CV-19 make's this a story.
https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812383
On average, 3 children were killed and an estimated 487 children were injured every day in the United States in traffic crashes.
justtrying
- Joined Mar 9, 2011
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From a year ago
https://www.aappublications.org/news/2020/02/28/flu022820
How big of a news was it? Anyone remembers?
I was thinking the same thing, I’m sure if they have no evidence connecting COVID19 they will go after the Parents. In children not tested prior could show a low or other connecting illness not known and COVID took advantage of a Autoimmune Disorder. Could be linked to a number of things.
kv
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00183-5/fulltext
Interesting. It seems that actual reinfections from wave one to wave are very low but the population that was missed in the first wave is being infected by the higher inherent transmissibility of the new mutations than pre-existing lineages.
I watched and their was a moment he mentions mutations of the same type, as I remember something like “E484K” which is nearly the same by evolution, describing it as simultaneous evolution like Bats Evolve wings while Birds do also both fly but are not related so to speak, and vaccines need to address both or more.
We’re not out of the woods yet, he said. Eradication my not be possible just yet.
kv
When we can crack jokes on the Pandemic that means we are on the down side of the danger slope.
Some are still going full on ban crazy.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...keley-covid-19-lockdown-bans-outdoor-exercise
I honestly think that banning outdoor activities is taking things a step too far. It's social distancing that should be encouraged, not cloistering...
Science deniers. Or maybe they are intentionally murdering the students. Hard to see what their motive is.
Universities have become too paternalistic... they keep on trying to step in as parents into students' lives instead of treating them as the adults they already are.
On the upside, I don't see the traditional university model surviving the pandemic. Brick and mortar universities are just not a competitive way to actually learn stuff. The pandemic has exposed the viable alternatives. Employers are learning to devalue college degrees in favor of demonstrated performance.
That's what universities (in part) are supposed to do, IMHO. They're supposed to certify that a student complies with the basic requirements of knowledge in his respective academic area.... the keyword being "academic".... "demonstrated performance" can only be evaluated in the real world.
Personally, I think that the experience of physically going to a university is more important character-wise than just academic.
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