• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    So, everywhere, then. Virus don’t care 'bout no state boundaries.

    BA.3.2 has been found in California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming, Louisiana, Michigan and Ohio.

  • Jankatarch@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Alright if we get remote jobs again this time agree to absolutely not let this one go.

    They listed jobs as remote before forcing us to come anyway last time and they will try again.

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      They’ve told us we can’t work from home. So that’s what I’m going to say. If they try to fire me I’ll use their own words against them.

      We have stronger employment law where I live.

  • NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net
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    4 days ago

    WEARING A MASK IS LIKE WEARING A CONDOM.

    Would you risk a permanent disease for the sake of “ehh I dont like how it feels”?

    • AngryDeuce@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      “I can only breathe with a mask on my face when im hiding my identity to beat up on people of color!!! Any other time though, fuck off!!!”

    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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      “ehh I dont like how it feels”

      Considering how well preventable STI’s still get around, I’d say that sentiment is a little too common. That or a lot of people are hot garbage at risk assessment.

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        4 days ago

        People are, in fact, hot garbage at risk assessment. See, for example, how many people refused to mask/vax during the height of the pandemic, and the concurrent death rates…

      • Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca
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        4 days ago

        I think it’s people believing it won’t happen to them. There is risk, but I will be an exception.

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        4 days ago

        I happen to know when my (now ex-) wife cheated on me, she raw dogged him… Never would have expected that from her, she’s such a germophobe otherwise…

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      It’s actually only a good analogy if you have an STI you’re preventing giving to others.

      Masks keep YOU from spreading what you have unless it’s KN-95 or better iirc.

    • HubertManne@piefed.social
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      4 days ago

      I mean I would say its a heck of a lot easier. Having a condom all day would be kinda hard to deal with but wearing a mask is essentially the same as wearing a hat.

      • SabinStargem@lemmy.today
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        4 days ago

        A mask is like socks and underwear for me: I feel weird if I don’t have it on, especially when wandering about.

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          Yeah it does not have that much of a natural feel to me but its never been much of an imposition. The most difficult thing is I have glasses and live in a place that has winters so like my glasses can get fogged although my scarf does that to. I actually have an idea for next year on that. You know though it is kinda wierd though because now I kinda relate unmasked as kinda private and intimate. Like it feels a bit lewd to be walking around without one. Maybe like walking around without a shirt as a guy. So maybe more impolite than lewd.

          • SabinStargem@lemmy.today
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            3 days ago

            For my part, I no longer have to figure out what face I should wear when around people. As someone with autism, adjusting to humanity can be troubling.

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              its kinda nice to because you see someone else with one and you give a little nod or such. I sorta miss hanging in a subculture and in a way this provides that nice little thing.

  • TheKingBombOmbKiller@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    Travelers spending way more time in the airport, increasing the likelihood of catching and transporting the virus, isn’t the most optimal combination with this news.

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    4 days ago

    Can we stop talking about this? Covid has evolved to the point of the common cold. The fact that it is spreading so quickly means it is minor.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      covid is anything but minor lol, its much more severe than a simple cold and it produces certain symptoms worst than flu, stop with the misinformation.

    • hitmyspot@aussie.zone
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      4 days ago

      Very few people die from colds.

      A pandemic and works shut down and some people still don’t know the difference between a cold, the flu and covid and the risks for each. Especially for the very young, elderly or immune compromised.