will you still be bringing me a vax in time
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 5 March 2021 20:38 (three years ago) link
i heard the news today, oh boyabout the table that got his shot
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 March 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
Here comes the shot, doot'n'doo-doo
― wake me up before you cuomo (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 6 March 2021 00:43 (three years ago) link
I have been living my life in a solitary bubble for months now. Wonder what life will be like after I and my friends can get vaccinated. There hasn't been any guidance about that from the CDC yet, I don't think?
I don't imagine myself going back to normal, and I'm not as enthusiastic about getting back out into the world as I thought I would be at this point.
― Dan S, Saturday, 6 March 2021 00:52 (three years ago) link
Re-entry is going to be weird for sure. I'm worried that a lot of people are going to be surprised by the level of PTSD they have and feel confused, disappointed, guilty, etc. when going back into the world doesn't bring the unqualified joy they've been hoping for.
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 6 March 2021 01:01 (three years ago) link
I think my level of trust in other people has gone way down, even trust in friends, but certainly in the general public
― Dan S, Saturday, 6 March 2021 01:08 (three years ago) link
OTSD morelike
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Saturday, 6 March 2021 01:10 (three years ago) link
― Lily Dale, Friday, March 5, 2021 8:01 PM bookmarkflaglink
Yeah I've been thinking about the PTSD aspect. Not sure what to expect
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Saturday, 6 March 2021 01:36 (three years ago) link
My best guess is that at the very least, a lot of us will know intellectually that things are better long before we are able to really feel normal. Doesn't mean we won't sometimes be delighted to walk into a friend's house or go to the store without fear, but overall, day-to-day, I think it's going to be rocky.
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 6 March 2021 02:13 (three years ago) link
My expectation for myself (which may or may not be accurate, we'll find out) is a brief period of euphoria, followed by a crash as the novelty of going into the world wears off and I start to process all the trauma of the pandemic, followed by a gradual climb back toward normality.
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 6 March 2021 02:27 (three years ago) link
I think it's going to be weird for a week and then very quickly most people who've been rigorously social distancing for a year will proceed with life-as-before as if nothing had happened.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 6 March 2021 02:49 (three years ago) link
Everyone here has been acting as if things were back to normal for the last two months. The bars are full. Almost no one wears masks. Not good.In other news, me and my husband have gotten our first shot today.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Saturday, 6 March 2021 02:59 (three years ago) link
My best guess is that at the very least, a lot of us will know intellectually that things are better long before we are able to really feel normal
given my reactions to everything lately, this sounds right to me
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 6 March 2021 03:04 (three years ago) link
I just want to say the bee gees rule
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Saturday, 6 March 2021 03:06 (three years ago) link
In other news, me and my husband have gotten our first shot today.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Friday, March 5, 2021 9:59 PM bookmarkflaglink
<3
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Saturday, 6 March 2021 03:09 (three years ago) link
Bee Gees certainly did some great stuff late 60s. Beatlesque in places.Dunno what the young whippersnapper have against either really. Toetapping stuff. But really both did some great psych era material. What's not to like.
Would think there were more pressing concerns really. Like how many masks to wear post shot.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 6 March 2021 07:42 (three years ago) link
I'm choosing to see it as a sign of progress that my COVID stress dreams have morphed from being about getting trapped in a small space with people refusing to wear masks to ones where I keep losing the daily "vaccine lottery" and am increasingly forbidden from doing things and screamed at because I don't have one.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 8 March 2021 15:53 (three years ago) link
Finally felt obliged to get my first-ever COVID test this weekend. Came back negative. Can't believe I made it a year without getting one, everyone else in my household has been tested at one point or another. (I attended an outdoor, distanced, backyard happy hour with a few friends, and the next day one of them found out his wife was COVID-positive, and then found out he was too.)
It was just the nasal swab tho, I didn't get the full brainscrape experience.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 8 March 2021 15:58 (three years ago) link
Can someone help me with what I think may be a brainfart? A friend suggested I look at the NY BMI requirements for vaccination because they're lower than you might think.
The NY gov website describes "Severe Obesity (BMI 40 kg/m2), Obesity (body mass index [ BMI ] of 30 kg/m2 or higher but < 40 kg/m2)" as characteristics where you can currently get the vaccine.
I'm 5'9" and 190lbs. This translates to roughly 1.75m and 86 kg. 86 / 1.75 = 49 kg/m2, putting me well into the "severely obese" category. That seems like it cannot possibly be right -- am I making some stupid math error?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 8 March 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
I mean at those numbers a person my height would be considered "obese" if they weighed 115 lbs!
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 8 March 2021 17:13 (three years ago) link
Try this:
https://www.bmi-calculator.net
― pomenitul, Monday, 8 March 2021 17:14 (three years ago) link
Yeah I know that by standard calculations by BMI is around 28. But it looks like the NY website is calculating BMI differently.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 8 March 2021 17:16 (three years ago) link
fwiw, the BMI is notoriously bullshit... but in this case helpful in making more people eligible for the vaccine sooner.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 8 March 2021 17:16 (three years ago) link
everyone who wants the vaccine should be able to get it
one of my co-morbidities seemed to materialize overnight on the ny eligibility survey ("moderate-to-severe asthma") so i'm trying to get an appointment but it just makes me think the whole thing is stupid, open up this fucking pit
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 8 March 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
m2 = square meter. 1.75 meters= 3.06 square meters
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 March 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
Yeah, everything seems to be getting even more confusing the more they try to adjust eligibility requirements. It's nuts and just needs to be opened up, hard agree.
Chicago opened up a big site at the United Center, home of the Bulls and Blackhawks, yesterday, but apparently changed the requirements like an hour or two before the appointment website went live and caused a whole bunch of chaos.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 8 March 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
xpost 86/3.06 = 28.1
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 March 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
well, it's official:
Federal health officials released guidance Monday that gives fully vaccinated Americans more freedom to socialize and pursue routine daily activities, providing a pandemic-weary nation a first glimpse of what a new normal may look like in coming months.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said people who are two weeks past their final shot face little risk if they visit indoors with unvaccinated members of a single household at low risk of severe disease, without wearing masks or distancing. That would free many vaccinated grandparents who live near their unvaccinated children and grandchildren to gather for the first time in a year. Long-distance travel is still discouraged, however.
The CDC also said fully vaccinated people can gather indoors with those who are also fully vaccinated. And they do not need to quarantine, or be tested after exposure to the coronavirus, if they have no symptoms.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/08/vaccinated-people-cdc-guidance/
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 March 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
BMI is horseshit but if you can use it to get a shot, go for it!i do think we're going to move to "sign up if you want it" before the end of April in most major cities at least; the 24/7 Javits Center opening in NYC is very heartening
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 8 March 2021 17:26 (three years ago) link
IMO just inject boxes of Captain Crunch with vaccine
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 March 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Monday, March 8, 2021 12:21 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Ok, I saw the m2 and thought "maybe it's square meters" but then I couldn't figure out how I would calculate my personal square meters (I'm not a square obv). Didn't occur to me that they literally just meant your height squared.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 8 March 2021 17:51 (three years ago) link
most elite athletes would qualify as obese because of their muscle mass iircman alive perhaps you are just swole
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:02 (three years ago) link
(I'm not a square obv).
O RLY
― wake me up before you cuomo (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
built like a brick shithouse
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link
Mighty mighty, just lettin it all hang put
― wake me up before you cuomo (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
my bmi is 29.9 so i'm currently drinking a pint of water to push me over the limit.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:09 (three years ago) link
lmao congratulations
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:10 (three years ago) link
Haha, it literally was some Hunger Games type shit where each state aired a drawing every morning where they pulled names out of a gigantic tumbler. I guess even COVID stress dreams have to realign themselves.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:12 (three years ago) link
spotted in jersey city
http://i.imgur.com/Y5f1xHf.png
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:14 (three years ago) link
what's their method, man?
Covid Results Everywhere Around Me
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
get the jab, 'derna derna vax y'all
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
Hut 1Hut 2Hut 3WhatOle Dirty VaxxerLive and uncut
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link
Ironically, at the outset of the pandemic I weighed just enough to qualify for the vax today, but I lost about 10lbs due to no longer being in the gym lifting.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:46 (three years ago) link
i.e. this:
most elite athletes would qualify as obese because of their muscle mass iirc
man alive perhaps you are just swole
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, March 8, 2021 1:02 PM (forty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:47 (three years ago) link
so uh I got my first jab 40 mins ago
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 March 2021 20:48 (three years ago) link
Congrats Alfred!
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 8 March 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
way to go!
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 8 March 2021 21:03 (three years ago) link
CVS and Publix, using fed guidelines, have offered the vaccine to K-12 teachers and staff. Thinking "what the hell" and because I teach duel enrollment students every semester, I put in my info, my university name, and the portal allowed me in without a hitch. Didn't even get asked for ID to confirm my DOB ("We checked you out," the lady said, ominously). Out in 20 mins, counting the 15 mins you're required to linger.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 March 2021 21:09 (three years ago) link
The university I work for tried to lobby for their employees (faculty and staff) to get bumped up to an earlier group, but apparently got shut down.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 8 March 2021 21:12 (three years ago) link