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Hayley Williams of Paramore probably has Covid but they can’t say so because of cancellation insurance? -- (link)

Posted by Tim (aka othertim) Aug 10 '23, 11:35

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https://twitter.com/blakemmurdoch/status/1689685403685752833 (twitter.com)

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Daughter’s boyfriend got it after attending a convention. Seems like a new surge no one is talking about. - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 10, 11:41 26
- They're talking about it around here. A lot of us are just in denial. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 12:11
- I've seen reports about increased numbers here in NC but haven't read too much. -- nm - sycor Aug 10, 11:55 3
  - San fran finding 40% positive tests at Walgreens -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 11:57 2
    - Yikes. I guess I should read the articles I've been seeing. And read up on the new symptoms. -- nm - sycor Aug 10, 12:03
    - that's... a lot. -- nm - Andie Aug 10, 11:58
- I've seen several reports of a surge. The epidemiologist I follow had it first. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 10, 11:46
- SDCC was a confirmed superspreader event, GenCon probably too. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 11:44 1
  - Anime Matsuri is this weekend here. DragonCon is in Atlanta on Labor Day week and end. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 11:50
- There's been local news reports about a surge and the NYT had something about a rise in cases the other day but it's not front page news. - Krusty Aug 10, 11:43 6
  - I haven't been masking at all this summer, but i will be again as we move into fall and things move indoors again. (also, will be getting boosted this - Andie Aug 10, 11:48 5
    - Good call, I should get another booster this fall before people coughing and sneezing starts to pick up. -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 11:53 3
      - yup. It'll be an annual thing each fall for me: flu shot + covid booster -- nm - decline Aug 10, 11:57 2
        
        We’re a year or two away from them being combined into one shot, thankfully. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 11:58 1
        
        that will be nice -- nm - decline Aug 10, 11:58
    - I have noticed an increase in masks lately. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 10, 11:48
- I’m off this week but last week I used more Paxlovid than I have in the previous 2 months. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 11:43 10
  - Not to sound too glib, but isn’t this what we wanted? A managed virus? -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 11:50 9
    - it's all good news, but i think it's a good reminder that it's not going away. We have controls and we can live normally again, but, just like the - Andie Aug 10, 11:56 3
      - the symptoms for this strain are also apparently different. still the sore throat/cough but not the same cardio/respiratory issues as past strains -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 12:00
      - Long Covid is real. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 11:57 1
        
        Yep. My ex-wife has/had it. I haven't heard from her recently, but she was complaining of long term issues including - sycor Aug 10, 12:02
    - I mean this is my thought too. I simply don’t understand why we are still talking about it. -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 11:53 2
      - I understand why we are talking about it. But it’s a marathon not a race. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 12:30
      - Because it is still an issue. We talk about the flu every year as well because it kills a lot of people and Covid is going to be the same - Krusty Aug 10, 11:56
    - We had a chance to eradicate it but people got mad they couldn’t have dinner at Olive Garden so now we made into a deadlier flu. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 11:51 1
      - I mean, that's a bit of an oversimplification, but yes that was a factor. - sycor Aug 10, 11:58

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