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It is insane to me that I see so few people wearing masks outside of medical contexts. COVID is ressurging, this is an extra severe influenza season, and R.S.V is rampant enough that pediatric hospital beds are full up in a lot of places.
People here were so good for the longest time about masking, but it’s less than 50-50 for cashiers and most shoppers don’t bother except medically fragile people like me and the people with them. I don’t want a brand new heart condition. I don’t want to catch influenza at the best of times, but I emphatically don’t want this strain. I do not want my breath to hospitalize or kill anyone, especially a child.
How is this not everyone’s calculation?
I did notice something interesting the other night. I was on my way somewhere and wearing a mask in the hall as is my wont and I saw an elderly woman coming the other way. We met and the opening to the lobby and she stopped. I was momentarily confused, but she gestured for me to go first.
Then it dawned on me. She wasn’t wearing a mask. The opening is about five feet so we were about six feet apart. My mask marks me medically fragile, so she was social distancing.
Driving out of the lot it was like one one of those montages at the end of a mystery movie where all the clues flash past. When everyone work masks, the cock noses would aggressively crowd one in public. Last year a lot of people stopped line distancing if they had on masks.
Since the masks came off, people stopped crowding me for the most part. The people inside my distancing bubble are the people who came with me and cashiers who can’t help it.
I think I’m watching a new regional social convention evolve and it is very, very Pacific Northwest. Unobtrusive, collective politeness that no one discussed or promoted, but like 90% of people follow.
It’s like the thing in small sidestreets were parked cars render them one lane and locals take turns using it much like people take turns at stop signs.
People decided anyone wearing a mask needs protection so let’s akll quietly distance.
I love this town, I really do.
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection on the Rise: A Growing Concern for Parents and Healthcare Providers
In clinics and emergency rooms across North Texas, a concerning surge in Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) cases is being observed. As RSV season gains momentum, doctors and healthcare professionals are raising alarms over its impact, particularly among young children.
The RSV Surge in North Texas
According to pediatric pulmonologist Dr. Preeti Sharma of Children’s Health, RSV often starts with…
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Vaccines and treatments are in trials, but the virus remains a leading killer of infants worldwide.
BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI | NYTimes Health | Disclosure
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A ‘Tripledemic’ in the US? Other Infections Return as COVID19 Cases Rise.
Cases of flu have begun to tick up earlier than usual. Children infected with RSV, rhinoviruses & enteroviruses are already straining pediatric hospitals in several states.
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this was being reported back in September but Jones is unmoved. He has one follower who is obsessed with the whole COVID thing and who constantly tweets at him about it which he's been ignoring as he goes to a crowded kweer festival or a crowded party or a crowded bar and club maskless almost every day and takes pictures to share online with strangers.
He's spent god knows how many hours making videos on COVID, by the way. Exploiting a crisis is fine when it helps your """career""" but ultimately, he will only believe what he wants to believe. He's performed the most ridiculous mental gymnastics to convince himself that no one's priorities are as important as the transes' (because they get attacked with the same shit that gays historically have been!).
contrast: 2022 vs 2021
"It's not COVID, but I'm NOT telling you what it could be! Nor am I listing resources. I may or may not have shown a good understanding of this shit in my latest clickbaity crap show but you'll have to increase my pitiful view count if you want to be the judge of that! Don't forget to help subsidize my degen lifestyle by keeping the algorithm in my favor by liking & subscribing!!! ;)"
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They will keep trying with the bullshit, all because they saw how easy it was to control people the first time with fear of the unknown.
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@tes-summer-fest this ones from yesterday and i just forgot about it completely anyhow its based on the prophecy prompt and its about how Dnefruuk and Shaz get back to mundus from their little sabatical in oblivion with a little help from the dragonborn
"No, child, no, I have a plan."
"Care to share it with the rest of the class? Because I don’t really see a way out of here." Shaz sat dejectedly. Their good ship the R.S.V Hellfire rocked under her but she was far past worrying about falling out. After a solid two years spent in Oblivion, most of the time in this little boat, she wasn't worried about falling in the drink anymore. Quite literally in this instance, being that they were floating on a sea of wine.
"There is a prophecy, you see, one which you should be quite familiar with, coming to pass very soon," Dnefruuk picked up an old book and shuffled through it. Shaz was still unsure why they had had to brave Apocrypha just for that musty old book. Hermaeus Mora had just laughed once they were discovered and let his seekers have at them. Shaz was still sore from that fight.
"Here." Dnefruuk turned the book so Shaz could see what they were talking about. The page was covered in runes that Shaz could only vaguely grasp and strange circular diagrams that spun and interlocked in different ways as she watched.
"I see." Shaz lied. Dnefruuk, too absorbed in whatever the book said, nodded and didn't bother to elaborate. Shaz sighed and pulled a loaf of sweetbread from the food barrel. She looked out over the sea of wine and at the yellow sky. The clouds drifting lazily above were white, like on mundus, which Shaz wasn't sure about because the water was literally wine. She took a bite of sweetbread and twisted in the boat so her feet dipped in the drink.
One thing about Oblivion that she had not expected was that it was hot. All the time. Everywhere. Shaz slung her head over the edge of the boat and closed her eyes, listening to the wine foam and lap at the hull. She had another bite of sweetbread and opened her eyes.
She blinked.
"Dnefruuk." she said.
"Not now, child," the dwarf said, scribbling away in a different book.
"Yes now, child!" Shaz scrambled upright and fumbled for the looking glass.
"What are you-"Dnefruuk stopped short once they saw what she was looking at "oh. Oh OH!" they fumbled through their notes and the book.
"What is that? We should move, right? I’m gonna move us-"
"NO! That’s our way back to Mundus! I think." Dnefruuk yelled. The roar of the incoming projectile was getting quite loud now.
"No thats our way to drown in Sanguines fucking wine glass!"
"That’s your friend the Dragonborn! We need to follow him back to Mundus!"
"Are you fucking with-" Shaz was cut off by what was apparently her friend Do'Kath hitting the water about a foot off their port bow. Dnefruuk was already opening the sail and aiming the till. Shaz knew her place and immediately filled the sail with wind and got them moving into the trail of light left behind. Dnefruuk was on their feet and singing something She couldn't hear. A halo of red light illuminated the ship and before she knew it they were underwater. Underwine? Whatever. It was the familiar feeling of hopping between planes of oblivion with the combined feeling of falling an impossible distance. Shaz grabbed for the mast and held on for dear life.
A moment later they were out of the wine and surrounded by yellow orange flames. Shaz managed to blink the wine from her eyes and saw Dnefruuk had crawled to the bow of the ship and was poking their head over the side. Beyond them, Shaz saw stars. Below them, she thought she could see clouds. Right next to them she for sure could see a loaf of sweetbread fly up and disappear into the night, because it was indeed nighttime. The Hellfire shifted in the wind and Shaz saw what should have been a heartwarming sight, had they not been plummeting towards it at an alarming speed.
Spread out below her was Whiterun hold, the White River, Dragonsreach, and even Riverwood. As the ship spun she caught sight of the Throat of the World, about half a second before they crashed into it.
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She woke groggily, still in the Hellfire, still wrapped around the mast. A fresh dusting of snow covered everything, and the early light of morning painted it all a golden yellow. She stood shakily and immediately cast stoneflesh on herself to ward off the chill.
"Good morning, Mal Fahiil," came a deep rumbling voice. It sounded to her like an avalanche was speaking. She spun slowly to see none other than a giant dragon.
"Good...Morning?" Shaz managed. The dragon was bigger than the ones she had seen, but also much much older. He was gray and yellow and had a few chipped spikes.
"I am Paarthur-nax."
"Oh uh. Hi" Paarthurnax snorted and a wave of hot air washed over Shaz.
"Drem yol lok, wundiik. You expected someone else...drog do sadon vum. You have fallen far to stand here in my hofkiin...My home."
"I uh. Didn’t mean to, we were just trying to get home."
"Geh...Wake the Onik-Fahiil and take the Dovahkiin in your...your veysun, your boat. Zu'u fen bo...I will take you to my students." With that the great shape pulled back and waited, stretching in the sun.
Shaz looked behind her at the Hellfire. It had held up well, given the fact it had just crashed into a mountaintop. Sticking out of the snow nearby were Dnefruuk’s boots. Shaz jogged over and found the dwarf snoring and upside down.
She shook her head and looked around. Further behind the dragon was a crumbling word wall, and in the middle of it lay a familiar orange figure. She ran over and knelt beside Do'kath. As soon as she touched him her sleeve caught fire. With a yelp she buried it in the snow and looked closer at the snoring Khajiit. With a quick clairvoyance spell she saw he was covered in spectral flames. Fortunately she had just spent the past two years dealing with shit like that, so after a quick warding spell, she was able to drag him through the snow by his boots(one of which was missing) and into the boat. At that point, Dnefruuk had woken up and stumbled over to hide in the Hellfire.
"What is that!" they hissed to Shaz, pointing at the watching dragon.
"That's Paarthurnax. He’s the head of the Graybeards. I don’t think he'll kill us." She said.
"That’s reassuring. Why are you bringing him? He’s on fire." Dnefruuk nodded to Dek.
"He asked me to. Oh shit hold on," Shaz scrambled into the ship as Paarthurnax took flight. She quietly prayed to any divine listening that he wouldn’t just decide to throw them off the mountaintop as his claws gripped the Hellfire and they rose up in one great heave of the dragons wings.
#tesfest22#skied rim#i do have like a good drawing of the mental image here#but its on my computer at home not the laptop im using rn#so stay tuned for that if yall want
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Federal health officials presented data hinting at a link to Guillain-Barré syndrome, but said the connection was still uncertain. #BioTech #science
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Antonio Velardo shares: Despite New R.S.V. Shots, Most Older Adults Remain Unvaccinated by Dani Blum
By Dani Blum
Health officials say people 60 and older should talk with their doctors about the vaccines.
Published: December 6, 2023 at 11:32AM
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Three Shots for Fall: What You Need to Know
Most Americans have had one or more shots of the flu and Covid vaccines. New this year are the first shots to protect older adults and infants from respiratory syncytial virus, a lesser-known threat whose toll in hospitalizations and deaths may rival that of the flu.
Federal health officials are hoping that widespread adoption of these immunizations will head off another “tripledemic” of respiratory illnesses, like the one seen last winter. For people with insurance, all of the vaccines should be available at no cost.
“This is an embarrassment of riches,” said Dr. Ofer Levy, director of the precision vaccines program at Boston Children’s Hospital and an adviser to the Food and Drug Administration.
Here’s what he and other experts say about who should receive which immunizations, and when.
What respiratory illnesses are coming our way?
The coronavirus, the flu and R.S.V. are all likely to send thousands of Americans to the hospital this year, but exactly when, and how severe the toll will be, is unknown. That’s in part because the restrictions in place during the pandemic altered the seasonal patterns of the viruses.
Last winter, the flu peaked in December instead of in February, as it typically does. Covid kept up a steady number of infections and deaths most of the season, with a peak in January.
Compared with its pattern before the pandemic, R.S.V. peaked several weeks earlier last year, and it circulated for longer than usual. But this year, it is now beginning to pick up in the South, suggesting that the virus may return to its prepandemic patterns.
R.S.V. is the least familiar of the three viruses, but increasingly it is recognized as a major respiratory threat, particularly to older adults, immunocompromised people and young children. “R.S.V. has a burden of disease similar to flu in older adults — it can make you very, very sick,” said Dr. Helen Chu, a physician and immunologist at the University of Washington.
Which vaccines should I seek out?
Everyone should have at least the flu and Covid shots this fall, experts said.
The annual flu vaccine is recommended for everyone aged 6 months and older, but is most important for adults ages 65 and older, children under 5, and people with weak immune systems.
Updated Covid shots from Pfizer and Moderna are now endorsed by the F.D.A. and the C.D.C. (A third, from Novavax, is expected to arrive in the next few weeks.) The recommendations:
Americans aged 5 and older may receive one dose, at least 2 months after their last dose of any Covid vaccine.
Children aged 6 months through 4 years who have already been vaccinated may receive one, or two, doses of the new vaccines. The timing and number of doses depends on the previous vaccine received.
Unvaccinated children aged 6 months through 4 years may receive three doses of the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine or two doses of the new Moderna vaccine.
Federal health officials aren’t talking about a primary series of shots followed by boosters. (Officials aren’t even calling the shots “boosters” anymore.) Instead, they are trying to steer Americans toward the idea of a single annual immunization with the latest version of the vaccine.
“Like a seatbelt in a car, it’s a good idea to keep using it,” Dr. Camille Kotton, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and an adviser to the C.D.C., said of the Covid vaccine.
What about R.S.V.?
Two vaccines are now available for adults aged 60 and older: Abrysvo, by Pfizer, and Arexvy, by GSK. They are not universally recommended; patients may choose to get them in consultation with their doctors. The vaccines, which may have rare but serious side effects, are mostly likely to benefit older people with such underlying conditions as heart disease and asthma.
Abrysvo and Arexvy are not yet approved for most Americans younger than 60.
The C.D.C. now recommends another new shot against R.S.V. — Beyfortus, a monoclonal antibody — to protect infants less than 8 months old, as well as infants 8 months to 19 months old if they are at risk for severe illness.
In August, the F.D.A. approved Abrysvo for pregnant women as a way to protect infants from the virus. The vaccine, to be given in the last weeks of pregnancy, may prevent severe respiratory illness in infants up to 6 months.
While risks posed by any of these respiratory viruses increase with age, remember that “65 is not a magical cutoff point,” Dr. Chu said.
“Even those with no pre-existing conditions can become quite sick with all three of these viruses.”
When should I get the vaccines?
You should get the shots early enough to build immunity against the pathogens, but the timing may depend on your particular circumstances.
If you do not want or are unable to make multiple trips to a clinic or pharmacy to space the shots apart, experts recommend getting the shots together. But if at all possible, it may be wise to time the shots to provide maximum protection.
Covid is already on the rise, so getting that shot as soon as possible makes sense. Flu may not peak until December, so getting the flu vaccine in October may be wisest — your antibodies will not have waned so much by the time the virus comes most prevalent.
Adults aged 50 and older should also get the vaccine for shingles, if they haven’t already, and those 65 and older should sign up for the pneumococcal vaccine. But those vaccines don’t need to be given in the fall and can be scheduled for different times, Dr. Chu said.
Is it safe to get these vaccines all at once?
Getting the Covid and flu shots all at once does not significantly affect the protection or produce worse side effects compared with getting either one alone, according to a recent study by Israeli scientists.
“F.D.A. and C.D.C. systems monitor vaccine safety year round and will remain in place,” the Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement to The Times. “If any new potential safety signals are identified, the F.D.A. and C.D.C. will conduct further assessment and inform the public.”
Some research suggests that the R.S.V. and flu vaccines produce lower levels of antibodies when given together than when delivered one at a time. But those levels are probably still high enough to protect people from the viruses, experts said.
Because the R.S.V. vaccine is new, however, there is little information on how it might interact with the other two vaccines.
There is also limited data on the safety of the two R.S.V. vaccines. Clinical trials recorded six cases of neurological problems, including Guillain-Barré syndrome, compared with none in the placebo groups.
But the numbers were too small to determine whether the cases were a result of the inoculations. More clarity will come from surveillance while the vaccines are administered on a large scale, Dr. Chu said.
Christina Jewett contributed reporting.
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New Covid 19 Vaccines May Be Launched Within Days
The latest Covid boosters are expected to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration as early as Monday, arriving alongside the seasonal flu vaccine and shots to protect infants and older adults from R.S.V., a potentially lethal respiratory virus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to follow up on Tuesday with an advisory meeting to discuss who should get the new shots, by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. After a final decision by the C.D.C.’s director, millions of doses will be shipped to pharmacies, clinics and health systems nationwide within days.
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The latest Covid boosters are expected to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration as early as Monday, arriving alongside the seasonal flu vaccine and shots to protect infants and older adults from R.S.V., a potentially lethal respiratory virus.
As with earlier shots, the updated ones are not expected to eliminate the chances of contracting a mild case of Covid. Instead, they are expected to reduce the chances of severe illness, hospitalization or death. The first Covid vaccines, given in early 2021 and targeting the initial form of the virus that emerged in Wuhan, had an efficacy rate of about 95 percent, meaning that far fewer vaccinated people became sick than those who were not immunized.
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RSV Shot Is Approved for Infants
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a shot to protect infants and vulnerable toddlers against respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., offering one of the first protections for an illness that fills children’s hospitals year after year.
The monoclonal antibody shot is expected to be available at the start of the fall R.S.V. season. The F.D.A. is also considering approval of an…
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Strategy to avoid a tripledemic in the US.
This fall, Americans will be urged to get shots against the flu, Covid19 and, if they’re older, RSV.
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