On All that is Yet to Come

[Flap]

Latrin, it's really cool that you're still taking precautions against COVID. The rest of the world is participating in a shared delusion that it'll go away and everything will be fine.

I still wear an N95 respirator when I go to work or anywhere public. It's great, I haven't been sick since 2019! It's a shame that our country decided to make a common sense(filter air, reduce pathogens, very simple) solution a political issue.

COVID-19 is a dangerous disease that is airborne, travels like smoke and can linger in the air for hours after an infected person has been in the area. High rates of air circulation and filtration are needed to clear out lingering airborne COVID(https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...ntilation.html)

COVID-19 damages the heart and other vascular systems throughout the entire body. It can cause permanent damage to literally every system of your body, as it damages everywhere that blood flows.(https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsu...-blood-vessels)

COVID-19 has been discovered recently to cause permanent brain damage by causing brain cells to clump together, and eventually die. This is thought to be one of the primary causes of the varied symptoms of Long COVID.(https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg2248)

The CDC estimates that you have between a 1 in 5 to 1 in 13 chance of having Long COVID symptoms even when vaccinated.(https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/n...2/20220622.htm)

The CDC's estimate is likely very conservative; Long COVID is a relatively new area of study and it's my belief that many symptoms of Long COVID are still unrecognized.

To summarize all of this, COVID isn't just the flu or a cold. It's worth avoiding.

[Suppressed Poet]

Latrin, it's really cool that you're still taking precautions against COVID. The rest of the world is participating in a shared delusion that it'll go away and everything will be fine.

I still wear an N95 respirator when I go to work or anywhere public. It's great, I haven't been sick since 2019! It's a shame that our country decided to make a common sense(filter air, reduce pathogens, very simple) solution a political issue.

COVID-19 is a dangerous disease that is airborne, travels like smoke and can linger in the air for hours after an infected person has been in the area. High rates of air circulation and filtration are needed to clear out lingering airborne COVID(https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...ntilation.html)

COVID-19 damages the heart and other vascular systems throughout the entire body. It can cause permanent damage to literally every system of your body, as it damages everywhere that blood flows.(https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsu...-blood-vessels)

COVID-19 has been discovered recently to cause permanent brain damage by causing brain cells to clump together, and eventually die. This is thought to be one of the primary causes of the varied symptoms of Long COVID.(https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg2248)

The CDC estimates that you have between a 1 in 5 to 1 in 13 chance of having Long COVID symptoms even when vaccinated.(https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/n...2/20220622.htm)

The CDC's estimate is likely very conservative; Long COVID is a relatively new area of study and it's my belief that many symptoms of Long COVID are still unrecognized.

To summarize all of this, COVID isn't just the flu or a cold. It's worth avoiding.

That’s cool man. I support your choice to wear a mask. You are making a risk assessment and making your own choices to mitigate that risk. Rock on. Just don’t go mandating that on the rest of society.

I know some people that conceal level iiia soft body armor & always have on hand a tourniquet & micro-IFAK kit anytime they leave the house. I’m a gun nut and conceal carry for personal protection, and I personally think that is perhaps a bit overboard. I also respect those people’s individual decision. At some point you have to weigh the risk of something like that happening against the cost & toll of carrying all that gear around. It’s hot here in Texas. I’m not wearing body armor unless I know I’m stepping into a very dangerous situation. (Which I try to avoid as much as I can)

We as humans are social creatures that communicate with our faces both verbally and non-verbally . Wearing a mask in public inhibits that communication. That’s one of the many opportunity costs I see with you choosing to wear a mask, but again it’s your choice to make.

[Methais]

Latrin, it's really cool that you're still taking precautions against COVID. The rest of the world is participating in a shared delusion that it'll go away and everything will be fine.

I still wear an N95 respirator when I go to work or anywhere public. It's great, I haven't been sick since 2019! It's a shame that our country decided to make a common sense(filter air, reduce pathogens, very simple) solution a political issue.

COVID-19 is a dangerous disease that is airborne, travels like smoke and can linger in the air for hours after an infected person has been in the area. High rates of air circulation and filtration are needed to clear out lingering airborne COVID(https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/ventilation.html)

COVID-19 damages the heart and other vascular systems throughout the entire body. It can cause permanent damage to literally every system of your body, as it damages everywhere that blood flows.(https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health/is-coronavirus-a-disease-of-the-blood-vessels)

COVID-19 has been discovered recently to cause permanent brain damage by causing brain cells to clump together, and eventually die. This is thought to be one of the primary causes of the varied symptoms of Long COVID.(https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg2248)

The CDC estimates that you have between a 1 in 5 to 1 in 13 chance of having Long COVID symptoms even when vaccinated.(https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/20220622.htm)

The CDC's estimate is likely very conservative; Long COVID is a relatively new area of study and it's my belief that many symptoms of Long COVID are still unrecognized.

To summarize all of this, COVID isn't just the flu or a cold. It's worth avoiding.

Every one of the quoted links is a Rickroll.

[Parkbandit]

Latrin, it's really cool that you're still taking precautions against COVID. The rest of the world is participating in a shared delusion that it'll go away and everything will be fine.

I still wear an N95 respirator when I go to work or anywhere public. It's great, I haven't been sick since 2019! It's a shame that our country decided to make a common sense(filter air, reduce pathogens, very simple) solution a political issue.

COVID-19 is a dangerous disease that is airborne, travels like smoke and can linger in the air for hours after an infected person has been in the area. High rates of air circulation and filtration are needed to clear out lingering airborne COVID(https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...ntilation.html)

COVID-19 damages the heart and other vascular systems throughout the entire body. It can cause permanent damage to literally every system of your body, as it damages everywhere that blood flows.(https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsu...-blood-vessels)

COVID-19 has been discovered recently to cause permanent brain damage by causing brain cells to clump together, and eventually die. This is thought to be one of the primary causes of the varied symptoms of Long COVID.(https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg2248)

The CDC estimates that you have between a 1 in 5 to 1 in 13 chance of having Long COVID symptoms even when vaccinated.(https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/n...2/20220622.htm)

The CDC's estimate is likely very conservative; Long COVID is a relatively new area of study and it's my belief that many symptoms of Long COVID are still unrecognized.

To summarize all of this, COVID isn't just the flu or a cold. It's worth avoiding.

Beta cucks gotta beta cuck...

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Every one of the quoted links is a Rickroll.

Never gonna give you up

[drumpel]

[Latrinsorm]

Easy test, they are doctors and said masks are no longer necessary in most parts of the facility.

and that's why this has nothing to do with "know[ing] more", and never has

it has only ever had to do with who is willing to ask the questions

which, as always, is those who are willing to hear the answers

[Latrinsorm]

Dear God L. You are a pussy. Do you want to live in fear and have people make fun of you the rest of your life?

Remove the mask. Breathe fresh air. Go outside. Mingle. Free your cock & balls. Seed the earth. Propagate humanity.

it should but of course doesn't trouble you that you exhort me to not live in fear by simultaneously threatening me - literally incoherent

it should but of course doesn't trouble you that you genuinely believe "people make fun of you" is something that should concern me to any degree whatsoever, even a little bit, at all, under any circumstances

people have been making fun of me and people like me throughout the pandemic - how many people died of mockery?

people have been exhorting others to stop wearing masks throughout the pandemic too - how many people died of COVID?

[Latrinsorm]

That’s cool man. I support your choice to wear a mask. You are making a risk assessment and making your own choices to mitigate that risk. Rock on. Just don’t go mandating that on the rest of society.

I know some people that conceal level iiia soft body armor & always have on hand a tourniquet & micro-IFAK kit anytime they leave the house. I’m a gun nut and conceal carry for personal protection, and I personally think that is perhaps a bit overboard. I also respect those people’s individual decision. At some point you have to weigh the risk of something like that happening against the cost & toll of carrying all that gear around. It’s hot here in Texas. I’m not wearing body armor unless I know I’m stepping into a very dangerous situation. (Which I try to avoid as much as I can)

We as humans are social creatures that communicate with our faces both verbally and non-verbally . Wearing a mask in public inhibits that communication. That’s one of the many opportunity costs I see with you choosing to wear a mask, but again it’s your choice to make.

that's my whole point though - how are any of us making a risk assessment?

you can evaluate how many people get shot, because you can look up how many people get shot, in what scenarios, where, when, and you can then decide whether body armor is an appropriate decision

it is literally impossible for you to look up how many people are dying of COVID

it is natural for you to respond to this uncertainty with defense mechanisms:
that it must be my fault for bringing it up
that i must be trying to mandate things
that i must be scared

absolutely none of which answer the fundamental question:

how can you possibly make a COVID risk assessment when you cannot possibly know how many are dying of COVID?

[Latrinsorm]

See, I read your initial post as you finally having a moment of clarity that perhaps the vaccine didn't work as intended.. that masks never really worked.. that shutting down the country for 3 weeks to flatten the curve didn't work and only destroyed lives.. that social distancing didn't work... that shutting down schools for that long of a period of time probably damaged us on a generational scale.

But you didn't. You tripled down on all the stuff that has proven ineffective and claim if we just did those things MORE, THEN it would work.

You sound like a crack whore at this point, looking for his next fix.

I completely understand: You suffer from pantophobia and covid-19 was probably the best time of your life.. no longer were you forced to be with others.. no longer were you forced to socially interact with people.. you could stay under your bed and be "normal"!

I'm sorry the rest of us have moved on and we deal with the world as it is.. and you just want to go back to the glory days of 2020 and live in that moment.. but we can't.

It's time to put away all your masks.. get your 14th dose of booster courage and get back to living your life.

it was very bizarre of you to bring up an august 2021 post where in a matter of months i was proven incontrovertibly right

it is even more bizarre that you bring up 2020, when i was giving the same warnings and you were giving the same dismissals, some of them word for word

there's nothing i can do to salve your guilt
and i don't pretend to offer that
all i'm offering is a reminder

you have the courage to do the right thing
you have always had the courage to do the right thing
you will always have the courage to do the right thing

there doesn't have to be another yesterday you regret tomorrow