The COVID-19 Thread and Hypothetical Boxing Predictions

[lithy]

lol mass graves, sure, sure. See, it worked on norton!

The NYC 'mass grave' was a potter's field that has been used for 150 years. Just because some people that died of covid were buried there doesn't mean it's a mass grave site created specifically to inter the covid dead.

 

[norton9478]

Yes, they were not specifically for covid.

One in 10 Local COVID Victims Destined for Hart Island, NYC’s Potter’s Field

Last year on Hart Island proved deadlier than any year during the AIDS crisis. More burials are expected as the disproportionate pandemic impact sends thousands to the final resting place of New York’s most vulnerable.

www.thecity.nyc

 

[StevenK]

Covid's been done and dusted in the UK for a while now. Masks, isolation, all of it, finished.

Christmas booster program did the trick.

 

[norton9478]

Christmas booster program did the trick.

We boosted the hard way.

 

[LoneSage]

Covid's been done and dusted in the UK for a while now. Masks, isolation, all of it, finished.

Christmas booster program did the trick.

Yeah, I mean the vaccines work, right? Anyone dying now either isn't vaccinated or just really old, right?

Unfortunately it seems getting a shot twice a year will become the norm but it's better than the option over here - masks everywhere, using your phone to scan in to places you've been, travel restrictions, etc.

At this point I'm confused why people who are vaccinated are still super worried. Lots of retards who refused to get vaccinated are dying now, I think that's great.

 

[Lagduf]

Haven’t seen much Pandemic news on tv lately. To get my deadly disease fix I decided to read The Stand.

 

[norton9478]

Haven’t seen much Pandemic news on tv lately. To get my deadly disease fix I decided to read The Stand.

restored version I hope.

I still need to read the comic book version but the Omnibus costs a shiton of money.

 

[Lagduf]

Yeah I believe it is the edition where King added back stuff originally cut.

 

[wyo]

What are the changes about? Did King pull a George Lucas?

 

[norton9478]

The publisher forced King to cut about 2/3 of the novel because they thought it would be unsellable in it's full format.

Then in 1991 after becoming a money making god, King restored most of the book. In the forward to the 1991 book, he goes into some detail about the process and how it relates to his storytelling philosophy.

One of the biggest changes is the story of how Trashcan got from Indiana to Las Vegas (AKA: Cibola ,AKA:"Lost Wages") and the inclusion of Stephen King's best character ever created: "The Kid".

 

[Lagduf]

Yeah that’s the edition I have Norton.

 

[@M]

Our infection control RN announced yesterday that those of us that are both vaccinated & boosted (including moi) no longer need to be tested weekly for Covid unless we're experiencing symptoms or have been exposed (one of the ladies in my department is currently on a 10-day "vacation" after she was exposed). So, progress, but, I'm skeptical, since we stopped testing for awhile months ago too, there was a surge of new Covid cases in my area, and we went right back to testing again...

 

[norton9478]

Unless there is a new strain or we learn something new, there won't be another surge for at least 6 months.

 

[neo_mao]

Previously my work mandated that anyone not vaccinated needed to work from home, but effective mid-April all employees are expected to return to the office a minimum of 3 days a week regardless of vaccination status.

Non-vaxers got an extended vacation but looks like that ending soon...

 

[NGT]

My district is keeping masks inside and out. Revisiting after April 4th total district rapid test results post Spring Break. My own kid's school dropped masks completely. Around here, It seems that how the different district's superintendent personally feels about covid and masks dictates their district's policies.

In a survey of our teacher's union, 50% said keep masks until summer, 36% said optional for all, and 14% said they "stand aside". I thought it would be in the 70-80's for optional.

 

[norton9478]

I left it up to my kids.

As far as I know, they are both wearing thier masks (pictures that the teacher sent confirm). It might help that I picked up a batch of brightly colored kids KN95's.

 

[@M]

I suspect the current shortage of testing supplies at work has a lot more to do with us vaccinated/boosted employees not needing to be tested anymore than anything else...

 

[jro]

I feel like this thread has gone way off topic and needs to get back to boxing.

 

[NGT]

I suspect the current shortage of testing supplies at work has a lot more to do with us vaccinated/boosted employees not needing to be tested anymore than anything else...

The shortage of testing supplies might have to do with many schools giving two testing kits (4 tests) to each kid to test after Spring Break before returning. I have a bag of 34 test boxes to give out this afternoon.

 

[@M]

I don't have any kids, but, I think they've been giving out free kits around these parts as well.

Maybe the tests they have at schools are different than the ones we use at work too? Ours are rapid 15-minute affairs; there's a separate bottle of reagent solution you have to apply (6 drops) to the cards that the swabs get inserted into. The test cards aren't usable as-is, you have to add that liquid to them first. Our supplies are designed for large-scale rapid testing (testing all the employees & residents at my job is a big undertaking and requires ~300 of those test cards every time, so, we go through them quickly, especially when we were testing twice a week.)

This morning, our infection control RN announced that there's a surge in Europe right now (sub variant of Omicron), and the US tends to trail behind them, so, it's probably going to happen again here in the coming months...if we're not too busy with WW3 first.

@jro: I only care about boxing if it involves King Hippo.

 

[neo_mao]

My car is getting serviced and I need to go into work tomorrow, so it will be the first time since the start of the pandemic that i’ll be taking the train. Hopefully I won’t get any cooties.

 

[fake]

My car is getting serviced and I need to go into work tomorrow, so it will be the first time since the start of the pandemic that i’ll be taking the train. Hopefully I won’t get any cooties.

You'll be fine on the commuter rail. Green line is a wildcard. I actually found a bindle of H on the way to Copley a few years ago.

 

[norton9478]

My car is getting serviced and I need to go into work tomorrow, so it will be the first time since the start of the pandemic that i’ll be taking the train. Hopefully I won’t get any cooties.

If you are really worried:
N95 Mask

 

[neo_mao]

If you are really worried:
N95 Mask

Oh i’ll Be masking it, but don’t think I have an n95

 

[lithy]

moe you're more likely to get 'serviced' by some rando on the train or maybe pushed in front of it like a delicate little flower you are than to have serious problems with a bout of covid.