Corona and other diseases

[MagnarTheGreat]

What the heck is a raccoon dog????

Tanuki is a Japanese raccoon dog which inspired this suit from the video game Super Mario Bros. 3

Keeping Raccoon Dogs As Pets | RSPCA

 

[Lily Adler]

What the heck is a raccoon dog????

 

[squeekness]

 

[:eek:]

NY Times - New Data Links Pandemic’s Origins to Raccoon Dogs at Wuhan Market
Genetic samples from the market were recently uploaded to an international database and then removed after scientists asked China about them.

I think I know who exactly we can blame...

Rocket Raccoon - Wikipedia

 

[3rdstone]

Tilda Swinton refuses to wear COVID mask on set of new film: "I’m full of antibodies and very healthy"

wow, what a moron

Noo! Tilda don't do this. Please don't put yourself on the crappy person list. I always had way higher thoughts of you..

 

[:eek:]

Noo! Tilda don't do this. Please don't put yourself on the crappy person list. I always had way higher thoughts of you..

I think it's safe to say she won't appear in a Tom Cruise movie anytime soon...

 

[Pennywise]

After three years of not getting COVID, I finally tested positive repeatedly and am now isolating in my house after symptoms like runny nose, hoarse voice, sneezing, and aching across my body.

Thought it was a cold, but luck was not on my side.

 

[kguillou]

After three years of not getting COVID, I finally tested positive repeatedly and am now isolating in my house after symptoms like runny nose, hoarse voice, sneezing, and aching across my body.

Thought it was a cold, but luck was not on my side.

Rest up @Pennywise! The isolating sucks but you'll be just fine. I had just gotten covid myself for the first time last Fall. The first 24 hours knocked me out but then it became a mild cold for about a week.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Biden Moves on from COVID-19 Emergency, Bringing America with Him – Ready or Not
President Biden signed into law a measure that terminates the national emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic more than a month earlier than his administration had previously planned.

At least he waited until the spring. People were demanding it before the Winter.

COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review
United States COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer

 

[squeekness]

Nice to see things are getting better. More normal.

 

[:eek:]

‘Arcturus,’ a highly transmissible COVID variant eyed by the WHO, appears to have a new symptom. Here's what you need to know | Fortune Well

 

[squeekness]

Aw, geez. Just when you thought it was safe.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NPR - WHO ends global health emergency declaration for COVID-19

 

[squeekness]

Doesn't mean people aren't still dying.

 

[:eek:]

China’s New Covid Wave Set to See 65 Million Cases a Week - Bloomberg

 

[squeekness]

China’s New Covid Wave Set to See 65 Million Cases a Week - Bloomberg

I hope enough are vaccinated that there aren't a stupid number of deaths.

 

[Morg]

The Great Grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted

 

[squeekness]

The Great Grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted

Typical. And I'll just bet a lot of folks who needed help didn't get it.

 

[Morg]

Vaccine scientist says anti-vaxxers 'stalked' him after Joe Rogan's challenge

Hope he sues

 

[squeekness]

Vaccine scientist says anti-vaxxers 'stalked' him after Joe Rogan's challenge

Hope he sues

And I hope he wins. Enough of this stupid crap.

 

[B]

I used to have a lot of time for Joe Rogan, however he's so dug in on his stance on vaccines that even when he's been proven wrong, or called out on some of the 'facts' he's spouted regarding them, particularly their potential side effect percentages. He basically either completely ignores it or starts disputing the source of information.

Which he actually did on one of his podcasts when he made some claim about how a particular vaccine raised the chances of a particular age group suffering from some sort of side effect, the guest tells him he's incorrect & that the statistics actually point to the opposite, he gets his guy to Google it on air & what the guest told him was correct. If I could remember the episode number I'd post it.

 

[squeekness]

I used to have a lot of time for Joe Rogan, however he's so dug in on his stance on vaccines that even when he's been proven wrong, or called out on some of the 'facts' he's spouted regarding them, particularly their potential side effect percentages. He basically either completely ignores it or starts disputing the source of information.

Which he actually did on one of his podcasts when he made some claim about how a particular vaccine raised the chances of a particular age group suffering from some sort of side effect, the guest tells him he's incorrect & that the statistics actually point to the opposite, he gets his guy to Google it on air & what the guest told him was correct. If I could remember the episode number I'd post it.

He's making money on disinformation. He's not going to give that up easily.

 

[B]

He's making money on disinformation. He's not going to give that up easily.

It's actually annoying & there will be people that hear those snippets of him saying something & take it as pure gospel.

 

[Dr.]

How many Americans still haven't caught COVID-19? CDC publishes final 2022 estimates - CBS News

Virtually every American ages 16 and older — 96.7% — had antibodies either from getting vaccinated, surviving the virus or some combination of the two by December [2022], the CDC now estimates. The study found 77.5% had at least some of their immunity from a prior infection.

 

[squeekness]

I've never been confirmed as having it but I have been vaccinated. If I caught it for real it was very light.