#covid vaccine testing

[squeakadeeks]

moodboard for this past week ❤️

#they should invent a grad school thats not fucking insane #i'm hanging in there but im the most unwell i've been in AWhile #this week was just horrible #there was already the freezer food incident but it also started off with a very severe pain episode thats putting me in constant woe #even mundane motion has been agonizing which is McAwesome bc we had a lab inspection which involved moving hundreds of pounds of equipment #during which we found a blackwidow and rats which we had to deal with and was a whole thing psychologically on top of the physical toll #the new class fiasco is still popping off and i had to respond to at this point over 400 emails in the fleeting moments outside of lab #AND A STUDENT TRIED TO FINANCIALLY BRIBE THEIR WAY INTO THE CLASS ? ?? ?? ????? #then the instructor wanted to use me as a guinea pig and i had to test new circuit boards but I wasnt given any time to do so properly #i had to test them plus get them operational and deal with my incoming students all in a frantic 10 minute window #im in charge of running our meetings too but the instructor was interrupting and having side conversations that made it really hard- #to train the other people on the new equipment in a smooth manner #which meant that a bunch of people had to keep me after to ask questions which made me late for my drs appointment #where i found out i cant get the new covid vaccine bc my heart and blood levels arnt stable enough #and joanns lost an expensive+critical fabric order of mine+i had to give a big presentation this week on my research that was stressful #and my inbox is still blowing up from being needed all over the place between teaching lab and classes and yall i am. so so tired. #im in so much pain and so stressed out #debating the ethics of turning into a pile of lint to escape my responsibilities and mortal frame

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

Very interested in the whole the FL has fatal cancer thing in Queen of Tears because the doctor told her by herself, told the husband, and the FL has been having hallucinations and other symptoms. Doesn't seem like this is a fake disease. So can she live? Without it feeling like magic?

I've watched two other dramas where a lead has fatal cancer from the beginning, Doom at Your Service and Moon in the Day but both of those were fantasy. I guess they set up her giving money to research and I'll have to suspend my disbelief if that comes true (I am a medical researcher, all the money in the world cannot make research go *that* fast)

Anyway, such an interesting premise. Curious to see where it goes!

#queen of tears #they were able to make COVID vaccines quickly because they were already mostly there #but a cancer drug would need time to test how effective it is #and 3 months just isnt a lot of time #anyway I'll take it if that's the explanation #but I'm curious

[tilting-at-windmills]

Keep wearing your fucking mask and testing yourself after exposure people x

#covid #covid safety #wear a mask #get vaccinated #covid testing

[pain-in-the-butler]

s2e2

Sebastian: it's time to get up young master uwu

Ciel: ??????hghhgg?

Sebastian: nice to see you awake uwu

Ciel: what the fuck. how am I not dead

Sebastian: oh you were just dreaming, everything is fine uwu

Ciel: oh

Sebastian: uwu

Ciel: what are we doing in this boat

Sebastian: you just finished building new floodgates on your land. You have to give a speech to all the people who have come to celebrate your accomplishment

Ciel: I have to do what now

-at the floodgate unveiling-

Ciel: Floods are cringe. I'm literally always saying this. Like, honestly? Fuck floods

Sebastian: *standing behind him* uwu;;

#kuroshitsuji #edit: bad news I just tested positive for covid #now that one I did get vaccinated for. and boosted. this is so rude

[mentalbarf]

DIEception

ignorance is bliss in a world full of deceit

Twitter: @mentalbarfwtf

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#mental barf #mentalbarf #deception #dieception #dark art #glitch art #dark glitch #glitch gif #gif artist #gif art #vaccine #animal testing #lab test #booster shot #flu shot #shot #covid #covid boosters #pandemic #digital art #digital artist #skull art #tezos #objkt #objktcom #crypto art #crypto artist

[bunnies-and-sunshine]

Livin' the bun life!

After some noogies and treats, it's time for a nap with her besties.

Thanks for visiting the blog and we hope you all have a great weekend!  Stay safe out there and we'll be back with more bunny cuteness on Monday.

Also, if you're in the US, the updated Covid vaccines (for the XBB variant) are out now so you can schedule an appointment for it and the flu shot at the same time.  On Monday, the government will also open up orders for 4 free Covid test kits at:  https://www.covid.gov/tests

#bunny #river the bunny #living the bun life #covid vaccine and test kit info 2023 #mr giraffe #scoots mcgee

[somethingmissingthiswaycomes]

Drinking hot tea isn't enough.

I must become the tea.

#sick #Probably covid but I'll test again in an hour or two #The fda recommends testing every 48 hours at least twice if you're showing symptoms #And I started getting sick two or three days after having breakfast with someone who turned out to be covid positive the next day #sooooooooo #I have all but the latest vaccine #Only not the latest bc it isn't available for me here yet #Hopefully it won't get any worse than it is now

[icewindandboringhorror]

A very interesting cloud formation!

#I don't think I had ever really seen clouds like this before? it looks like a cool painting or something :0 #Pulling just a few images from my cloud and sky photos folder which has like 650 pictures in it becvause I'm obsessed with the sky lol #I will usually spare everyone the cloudposting but... in some exceptions when it's really cool I must Share #(upcoming covid mention in tags for those avoiding the topic) #I WANT TO BE ON AN AIRPLANE SO SO BAD I am going to start casting evil spells to explode all these 'back to normal' bastards who are out #spreading virus and shit HHHHHH... Covid is NOT over actually contrary to popular beielf especially for people with health conditions #that make them more vulnerable or would have worse consequences if they were to catch it etc. etc. wearing a mask in public is #in MOSt cases not THAt much of a horrific terrible evil inconvenience and it helps keep everyone around you safer including these #vulnerable populations!!!! Even if I didn't have any problems myself I would STILL be masking because it's a small gesture that can make a #big difference in people around me being comfortable. It's not like people with health issues just never have to go out or go to the stor #or whatever. There are still people out there who could be helped by extra precautions that are being overlooked. grrrrr... #Like at this point since I'm vaccinated and everything I would MAYBE consider flying on an airplane IF everyone else around me #was masking and being just as careful as me. But at this point it's just the wild west and I would literally be the only one who gives #a shit or who gets tested freqeuntly before after and during traveling and wears the proper type of mask well fitting and not half off my f #ce and blah blah blah. And precautions work best when EVEYRONE is participating. There's only so much you can protext yourself if everyone #around you is doing nothing. So.. alas.. I still do not feel safe traveling. And probably won't for years until more progress is made in #terms of like understanding and treating certain long covid issues and etc. Since I think it's inevitable that if I start going out again #I would get covid. Me and my household bubble are some of the only people I know who haven't had it yet (or at least not knowingly so - if #so it was one of the asymptomatic cases etc.). So if I was GOING to get it anyway I'd at least like the assurance that whatever long term #issues I inevtabley suffer because of it will be more easily treatable at that point instead of entirely disabling even further than I'm #already disabled. etc. AAANYWAY!! all that to say. I JSUT REALLY WANT TO be on an airplane!!! I dont even like traveling and going places I #hate vacations and would rather be at home working on my projects I'm fixated on lol HOWEVER I love the view from airplane windows #like the very few times in my life Ive actually been on a plane and the window is so COLD when you lay your forehead on it and sometimes yo #even see little ice crystals and it's like you're just in a landscape of clouds with a sea of clouds above and below and aaaAAAAAA #Literally I want to get on a plane just to go up in the air and then land and fly back. I don't even want to go on a real trip. I just NEED #to see the sky I need to be IN the sky I need to have that VIEW and the cold and everything!!!! gRGGHGgg... And I will do that the entire #time. I think my longest plane ride was 7 hours and I do not watch movies. I dont text or play games. I literally do nothing to entertain #myself except stare straight out the window for 7 hours (with a few eating and bathroom breaks). not even joking lmao. It's like a trance #I LOVE the sky and clouds so much and the view you get from an airplane is like incomparable!! also I love airports with the big windows an #people watching. but mostly I just long for the sky view again. GRRR.. sobbing and yearning >:T

[dbphantom]

🫠

So I went in to work today bc my coworker has been out sick and I'm the only one trained in his area (hard mode of my area with like 7 new responsibilities on top of the normal work I'm used to with 10 more units to keep track of and lots of areas where one tiny mistake (like forgetting to push a button) can cost days worth of work) and end of month is APPARENTLY this Thursday and they desperately need units for shipping because we are low on parts AND the guys doing the building are having trouble with a certain bit which fails all our tests, so it's all compounding into constant failures and nothing passing.

I haven't been sleeping (<3 hours of restless sleep every night the past few days, waking up in cold sweats, dry heaving every morning) because I am so stressed about getting everything out in time and without any dumb tiny errors because they just dumped this in my lap all of a sudden. also because I'm a mess and forgot if I confirmed if one valve was turned the correct way because if it isn't the entire area could flood with oil (one valve... on 37 different units!) and my memory is so dogshit that I left the parking lot and IMMEDIATELY FORGOT if I had turned one of them up or not (the process involves flipping it from drain (down) to cycle (up) a bunch to rid the line of air bubbles) and I had planned to take photos of every valve and FORGOT TO DO THAT TOO so I was up all night tossing and turning planning to get fired because I flooded the entire floor. I was all good the next morning because of fucking course I was I quintuple checked everything, but still didn't sleep that night so I am running on about 9 hours of sleep for this whole week so if I sound a little wired I apologize.

Anyway all this was to say it turns out I have been SO stressed about everything that I basically showed up, did the work I needed to do to hopefully finish testing the last 5 units on Tuesday, then puked up the slices of pizza I ate yesterday into the bathroom and took an Uber home. now I am unable to go to the party tonight because I feel like shit. I am become sad.

#I got home and immediately covid tested bc that's what my coworker is sick with and so far so good (vaccines are a blessing) but #I feel like shit and I *loathe* being nauseous #On the bright side I remembered to take pictures of the 3 units I still had in oil today so I won't be having an anxiety attack tonight #When I'm trying to sleep #I just #AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH #I am so fucking tired but I'm so stressed and wired that my brain isn't letting me sleep even though I don't have any plans tomorrow #Cruddy rambles

[savage-rhi]

This certainly explains some recent shit...

#lmao #like 2021 all over again #caught covid the first time a week right before the vaccine rolled out and i was pissed #almost killed me too! that was a strange limbo to be in #to this day garlic and coffee taste the same they swap with each other sometimes #third times the charm i guess catching this bitch #I'm vaccinated so hopefully this won't be a bumpy ride #but this explains so. much. shit. #im used to my fibro flares being miserable but these aches and chest pains felt foreign #this is right up there with the anxiety I'd get over a pregnancy test if i wasn't fixed #2024 is testing me already

[toshootforthestars]

From the report by Beth Mole, posted 29 Feb 2024:

In a lengthy background document, the agency laid out its rationale for consolidating COVID-19 guidance into general guidance for respiratory viruses—including influenza, RSV, adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, enteroviruses, and others, though specifically not measles. The agency also noted the guidance does not apply to health care settings and outbreak scenarios. "COVID-19 remains an important public health threat, but it is no longer the emergency that it once was, and its health impacts increasingly resemble those of other respiratory viral illnesses, including influenza and RSV," the agency wrote. The most notable change in the new guidance is the previously reported decision to no longer recommend a minimum five-day isolation period for those infected with the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Instead, the new isolation guidance is based on symptoms, which matches long-standing isolation guidance for other respiratory viruses, including influenza. "The updated Respiratory Virus Guidance recommends people with respiratory virus symptoms that are not better explained by another cause stay home and away from others until at least 24 hours after both resolution of fever AND overall symptom are getting better," the document states. "This recommendation addresses the period of greatest infectiousness and highest viral load for most people, which is typically in the first few days of illness and when symptoms, including fever, are worst." The CDC acknowledged that the eased isolation guidance will create "residual risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission," and that most people are no longer infectious only after 8 to 10 days. As such, the agency urged people to follow additional interventions—including masking, testing, distancing, hygiene, and improving air quality—for five additional days after their isolation period. "Today’s announcement reflects the progress we have made in protecting against severe illness from COVID-19," CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen said in a statement. "However, we still must use the commonsense solutions we know work to protect ourselves and others from serious illness from respiratory viruses—this includes vaccination, treatment, and staying home when we get sick." Overall, the agency argued that a shorter isolation period would be inconsequential. Other countries and states that have similarly abandoned fixed isolation times did not see jumps in COVID-19 emergency department visits or hospitalizations, the CDC pointed out. And most people who have COVID-19 don't know they have it anyway, making COVID-19-specific guidance moot, the agency argued. In a recent CDC survey, less than half of people said they would test for SARS-CoV-2 if they had a cough or cold symptoms, and less than 10 percent said they would go to a pharmacy or health care provider to get tested. Meanwhile, "The overall sensitivity of COVID-19 antigen tests is relatively low and even lower in individuals with only mild symptoms," the agency said. The CDC also raised practical concerns for isolation, including a lack of paid sick leave for many, social isolation, and "societal costs." The points are likely to land poorly with critics. “The CDC is again prioritizing short-term business interests over our health by caving to employer pressure on COVID guidelines. This is a pattern we’ve seen throughout the pandemic,” Lara Jirmanus, Clinical Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, said in a press release last month after the news first broke of the CDC's planned isolation update. Jirmanus is a member of the People's CDC, a group that advocates for more aggressive COVID-19 policies, which put out the press release. Another member of the group, Sam Friedman, a professor of population health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, also blasted the CDC's stance last month. The guidance will "make workplaces and public spaces even more unsafe for everyone, particularly for people who are high-risk for COVID complications," he said.

But, the CDC argues that the threat of COVID-19 is fading. Hospitalizations, deaths, prevalence of long COVID, and COVID-19 complications in children (MIS-C) are all down. COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective at preventing severe disease, death, and to some extent, long COVID—we just need more people to get them. Over 95% of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 in the 2023–2024 respiratory season had no record of receiving the seasonal booster dose, the agency noted. Only 22% of adults got the latest shot, including only 42% of people ages 65 and older. In contrast, 48% of adults got the latest flu shot, including 73% of people ages 65 and older. But even with the crummy vaccination rates for COVID-19, a mix of past infection and shots have led to a substantial protection in the overall population. The CDC even went as far as arguing that COVID-19 deaths have fallen to a level that is similar to what's seen with flu. "Reported deaths involving COVID-19 are several-fold greater than those reported to involve influenza and RSV. However, influenza and likely RSV are often underreported as causes of death," the CDC said. In the 2022–2023 respiratory virus season, there were nearly 90,000 reported COVID-19 deaths. For flu, there were 9,559 reported deaths, but the CDC estimates the true number to be between 18,000 and 97,000. In the current season, there have been 32,949 reported COVID-19 deaths to date and 5,854 reported flu deaths, but the agency estimates the real flu deaths are between 17,000 and 50,000. "Total COVID-19 deaths, accounting for underreporting, are likely to be higher than, but of the same order of magnitude as, total influenza deaths," the agency concluded.

(say no to raw dough: CDC)

#please stay safe #the vaccines are safe #yes the covid shot is safe #covid is not a hoax #covid causes permanent long term damage to your body even if you're healthy #news #scicomm #science #ars technica #covid--19 #coronavirus #beth mole #pandemic #the cdc #centers for disease control #5 day covid isolation #yes you should stay home for at least 5 days if you test positive for covid #Open windows to ventilate indoor space with outdoor air to prevent virus transmission #Wear a mask that doesn't touch your lips #keep distance from others

[didanawisgi]

#pathology #covid-19 vaccine #covid-19 #new holocaust #new dark ages #sperm quality #sperm count #fertility #LINE-1 #reverse transcription #testes #men’s health #women’s health #family planning #sperm

[thenon-fictiondays]

In case anyone needs a reminder how shit the US healthcare system/late stage capitalism is, when I was getting checked in at the ER and told the desk guy i have covid he said "oh yeah me and my coworkers think we had it a few weeks ago but they told us not to test cuz then we'd call out sick" 🥴

#he then proceeded to tell me how he wished he hadn't gotten the vaccine bc if you're healthy then covid is basically just a cold #and im like if that were true....i wouldn't be in the er......... #he also told me he'd heard that China eased up on restrictions recently and that's why it's still bad in the us 🥴 #i straight up told him “no i think it's probably bc you were sick but told not to test bc then you'd call out sick” #this country is an embarrassment #in general but also this guy specifically #how u gonna work in an er but have so little understanding of like... illnesses/vaccines and also basic cause and effect #😭😭 #tw covid

[banrions]

annnnnd i have finally gotten covid. merry fucking christmas to meeeee

#i feel mostly okay #(these vaccines do good work!!) #but i def exposed my whole goddamn family last night #and i feel super guilty abt it #like yes. i tested negative before i went. #and i felt worse last night as it went on and the worst when we got home #so like. i tried to do my due dillgence #and /also/ i should ahve trusted my insticts more and not gone bc i just had a FEELING #that my huge lack of energy was more than shitty sleep #i felt Off #and i should have trusted that #and i'll tell you what!! i will always do so now!!! #covid cw #FOUR YEARS AND I'VE BEEN SO CAREFUL!!!! #AFTER ALL THE RABIES SHIT THIS MONTH THIS IS HOW CHRISTMAS TREATS ME?? #fucking hell #covid 19 #your girl #texpost

[carrot-felisidad]

So remember the random guy in Glass Onion? Somebody mentioned that he's the symbol for covid still being around though ignored.

At the ending, Blanc was hanging out with him, and I'd like to think that means Blanc got Covid.

#Glass Onion #benoit blanc #covid 19 #random guy #people posting their meta understanding of the movie and here I am like #Blanc got covid hehe #tho he's the kind of guy who probably got 2 doses of vaccines with 3 boosters #he's fine #also his husband would not let him in their apartment without getting tested