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CatHedral

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canndo said:
I am working that way but I just can't forget the Spanish flu where everyone in every tiny village on the Canadian shield and in Northern Alaska was found to have contracted it.

This thing is doubling every two DAYS. what must the R 0 be? I had people over for drinks and cigars during delta, everyone sits outside 20 feet apart, it was cool. Now I fear even that won't work.

We have been going out to dinner, off hours, few people in the places, that's over.

We even did Korean BBQ, all those exhaust fans were enough, maybe not now.
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Korean BBQ was a peak experience. The thin-shaven brisket looked like a pink snowstorm.
 
CatHedral

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mooray said:
You mentioned being from back east, can I ask roughly whereabouts? How sucky were the winters?
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Suburbs of DC.
I remember epic snowstorms in ‘78(?) and ‘83. I was in college (Baltimore) (24 inches of snow) and mounted a heroic expedition to a classroom whose scheduled instructor knew better.
The hike back home was scored in a minor key.
 
canndo

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I was lucky, my hobbies include work in sterile environments. I had dozens of n95 masks, boxes of gloves, bleach, spray, hepa filtration and an eye for microbes.

We even traded masks for liquor and treats.

But now? I'm really really tired of this crap. Do we know this variant is not deposited on fomites? Should we sanitize our mail again? Leave our canned goods in the garage for days?
 
captainmorgan

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canndo said:
I am working that way but I just can't forget the Spanish flu where everyone in every tiny village on the Canadian shield and in Northern Alaska was found to have contracted it.

This thing is doubling every two DAYS. what must the R 0 be? I had people over for drinks and cigars during delta, everyone sits outside 20 feet apart, it was cool. Now I fear even that won't work.

We have been going out to dinner, off hours, few people in the places, that's over.

We even did Korean BBQ, all those exhaust fans were enough, maybe not now.
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The early R O number was 3 to 4 with omicron, I haven't heard anything since.
 
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CatHedral said:
Suburbs of DC.
I remember epic snowstorms in ‘78(?) and ‘83. I was in college (Baltimore) (24 inches of snow) and mounted a heroic expedition to a classroom whose scheduled instructor knew better.
The hike back home was scored in a minor key.
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My understanding of the differences between snow in the east vs west is that, in the east you get less snow, but winter is colder for longer, and in the west you get more snow, but it's not as cold and not as long. Does that seem true? What's the most snow you've seen on the ground back east?
 
CatHedral

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mooray said:
My understanding of the differences between snow in the east vs west is that, in the east you get less snow, but winter is colder for longer, and in the west you get more snow, but it's not as cold and not as long. Does that seem true? What's the most snow you've seen on the ground back east?
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My experience is sort of backward. We got a …load more snow East, and it could last a month.
My western phase has taken me to the high desert. It does snow here but generally does not stay.
 
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CatHedral said:
My experience is sort of backward. We got a …load more snow East, and it could last a month.
My western phase has taken me to the high desert. It does snow here but generally does not stay.
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I'm envious. It seems to stick around here for a while, not like Truckee or anything, but we're a couple miles down a dirt road that isn't maintained by the county, which makes the big storms tough sometimes. We had power out for a week, a couple years ago. Trees across the road, stuck here for a handful of days, it can get old. I have family in Reno and the storms blow through pretty fast, get maybe six inches and it doesn't stick around too long. That's more my speed, I think.
 
CatHedral

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mooray said:
I'm envious. It seems to stick around here for a while, not like Truckee or anything, but we're a couple miles down a dirt road that isn't maintained by the county, which makes the big storms tough sometimes. We had power out for a week, a couple years ago. Trees across the road, stuck here for a handful of days, it can get old. I have family in Reno and the storms blow through pretty fast, get maybe six inches and it doesn't stick around too long. That's more my speed, I think.
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I think I live 6000 feet lower.

I remember a winter in the foothills where the snow hung two weeks. Weird
 
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C. Nesbitt said:
Token Dankies just made a expletive filled goodbye profile post that promptly got removed. Doubtful they will be back but maybe there will be an encore? Name calling and generalizing in the politics section doesn’t usually end well. Neither does suggesting that all the locals are taking ivermectin and that it treats Covid effectively…
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But, but... ...he was a well known member. Or she, although the fairer sex can be loony also, usually they believe the stuff.
 
DIY-HP-LED

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An interesting discussion and predictions.
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Yale Sociologist Nick Christakis: COVID-19 Will Reshape Humanity | Amanpour and Company

With Omicron on the rise, what might next year have in store? Nicholas Christakis is director of the Human Nature Lab at Yale University and author of the bestseller "Apollo’s Arrow." He speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about the next phase of the pandemic.
 
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captainmorgan said:
Israel will recommend a 4th booster shot to people above the age of 60
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It seems that the preventive effect the booster provides lasts only weeks for the elderly, if at all.
canndo said:
I am working that way but I just can't forget the Spanish flu where everyone in every tiny village on the Canadian shield and in Northern Alaska was found to have contracted it.

This thing is doubling every two DAYS. what must the R 0 be? I had people over for drinks and cigars during delta, everyone sits outside 20 feet apart, it was cool. Now I fear even that won't work.

We have been going out to dinner, off hours, few people in the places, that's over.

We even did Korean BBQ, all those exhaust fans were enough, maybe not now.
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I hear you. It's been two years and it seems things are getting worse not better. Yet, those N95 mask are pretty good. The social distancing measures do work. Dr Birx came through a year of working as Coronavirus Response Coordinator in the Trump WH without getting infected. She did it by by wearing masks, washing hands, social distancing, etc. The same procedures can work for me. I'm just focusing on the small stuff for now.

My mother lives nearby in an assisted living home. She's a sitting duck for this thing and she has dementia so she doesn't understand why I can't visit her. So, I have to keep trying because that's all I can do. Getting infected is failure. I don't like failure.
 
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canndo

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Fogdog said:
It seems that the preventive effect the booster provides lasts only weeks for the elderly, if at all.

I hear you. It's been two years and it seems things are getting worse not better. Yet, those N95 mask are pretty good. The social distancing measures do work. Dr Birx came through a year of working as Coronavirus Response Coordinator in the Trump WH without getting infected. She did it by by wearing masks, washing hands, social distancing, etc. The same procedures can work for me. I'm just focusing on the small stuff for now.

My mother lives nearby in an assisted living home. She's a sitting duck for this thing and she has dementia so she doesn't understand why I can't visit her. So, I have to keep trying because that's all I can do. Getting infected is failure. I don't like failure.
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And that alone sucks my friend.


It all sucks.
 
canndo

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There is even more. I prided myself for not gaining weight during the lockdown. I looked good, my friend bloated up.

But in in the last few months, no legitimate exercise, enhanced alcohol consumption, naps at all hours and an unquenchable desire for sweets I have finally put on twenty pounds.

Fuck. Can't attend my gym, don't feel like anything but watching the news and American history documentaries. It was the diet of snickers bite sized and cheatos.

Fuck.
 
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