My boyfriend is in nursing school, and they have some sort of program where you can move there and get a house for cheap, if not free. I'm sure they're not great houses and would need some work done, but still a great deal. We considered it for a hot minute...
But then I started thinking about that stuff, and did some more research into what it's like to move there. Some really awesome aspects to it, but I think we are gonna pass.
It's still surprising to me that so few after 4 years of this still do not understand the airborne nature of respiratory illnesses especially Rona with all that has gone on.
Then again I might be expecting too much from people...
Everyone was supposed to be upgrading their ventilation systems and installing purifiers instead they put tape on the floor and installed plexiglass you had to lean around
They would just declare that Biden (or Obama) is agreeing that they shouldn't wear masks, because that interferes with their oxygen intake. They will always try to twist whatever Biden says, no matter how sensible it is.
If all my friends jumped off a bridge, there's probably a good reason. I keep pretty intelligent friends. The bridge is probably collapsing or some shit. Wear a fuckin mask tho.
If all my friends jumped off a bridge I’d assume there is good reason AND hell now that they’ve jumped I don’t need to ignore that intrusive thought that’s been telling me to jump.
"So what, now I'm just supposed to do anything that Rosa does? What if she... jumped off a cliff?"
"If Rosa were to have jumped off a cliff, she would have done her due diligence regarding the height of the cliff, the depth of the water, the angle of entry... so, yes, if you see Rosa jump off a cliff, by all means, jump off a cliff."
A mask mandate was recently reinstated for New York City's public hospitals due to an increase in flu/COVID/RSV infections.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently warned that respiratory illnesses are on the rise across the country. Just before Christmas, national COVID-19 hospitalizations jumped 17% in one week.
"I think that's a major reason why we're seeing this rise in not only cases, but also hospitalizations. Because we've just had Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, so a lot of people are gathering from all over the country," Roy told NY1.
We lived in a small town with the bridge being one of the best spots to jump off of into the lake. So after the first time our parents used that saying we pointed that out and they never did it again hahaha.
Yeah, I lived in Florida for a bit. We had a spot everyone just called the jumping bridge. Because it was a bridge that people would jump from. It was a cool hangout spot.
It's 2024. Covid is no longer that much worse than the flu. Unless you have some condition, you don't need to mask anymore. Covid is still a thing, yes, and masks still help, but it's not going away, we're better prepared for it, and it's evolving to be more infectious and less lethal.
People bandy about that it's no worse than flu as though that's like saying it's no worse than a bad cold. Flu still kills thousands each year and will knock you on your arse for a fortnight.
evolving to be more infectious and less lethal
It was already around 3 times more infectious than the flu. If it's getting more infectious and is still just not that much worse than the flu we're in for a rough time.
Masks help preventing spread, they help a little to stop you from catching it but it's more about spread prevention, refusing to wear one because YOU'LL be okay is selfish.
I won't shame you for it, but I am making you aware that you're being selfish.
Well I assumed that wearing a mask and/or staying home if you actually have covid is a given, but I guess with some people's jobs that's not exactly the case.
People die from obesity but we don't talk about that.
We can't prevent everyone from dying, and wanting to force everyone to wear a mask is not the answer. We've lived out whole lives not wearing them, and I'm not going to start now
As someone with autoimmune disorders it will never be over for me until covid is gone. Lost a friend with muscular dystrophy to it in 2022. There are still millions of vulnerable people out there fighting this thing to the literal death. When you take precautions the life you save may not be your own.
I understand how it works perfectly well. I simply don't give a shit anymore. Society forces is standards on me and I my quality of life is decided by how much richer people like me. I cannot stand living like this. If I get COVID again and die, good. If it spreads to the asshats who determine my mode of life, even better.
Unless you're also rich, the people who catch it from you won't be the ones who control your life. Plus, the lizard people who do control you are immune anyway, everyone knows this.
Hey, get this: did you know people wore face masks before COVID? That's right! Little known fact.
In fact, many people in Asian countries used to be seen wearing masks in enclosed spaces like subways when they are sick, purely out of consideration for the health of others. Wow!
Some people have never stopped masking where I am. I've asked my partner to mask up when going any place indoors where sick people can't avoid (pharmacy, groceries, etc). We don't mask at a bar, but we do mask at a concert. The difference is that a concert happens once and tickets spoil. A bar is available every night, and sick people are more likely to stay home.
It's mainly if you have contact with vulnerable people. COVID and flu both get upticks in the winter months, and hit the elderly and immunocompromised pretty hard.
I'm not militant about it but I keep 2 masks in my car and use em if I remember. I've only had covid mildly once and never have caught the flu in my life, but learning I could be an asymptotic carrier I decided no point in not wearing it when I remember.
I still use them if I am the one who is sick to prevent spreading, or if I'm going to be going on a trip soon to prevent me being sick and ruining the vacation, or if I'm around vulnerable people. The vacation one might sound silly, but I had a very close call this year where a family trip that couldn't be canceled and had to be planned a year in advance was almost ruined by everyone getting sick a few days before. We lucked out and it was very mild, but it could have been something nasty that made us cancel the trip. So now I wear a mask when going out in public a couple weeks before a trip.
I'm absolutely masking before any vacations. I'm going on a trip I've wanted to do for decades this fall, and no way am I risking missing it. The last "vacation" I was supposed to have (in 2019) got ruined by some asshole coughing up a lung on the plane and I spent a week in Aruba miserable in bed, which was a great use of my limited time off and money. Not doing that again if I can help it.