Ghost_MH Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Cool, so many parents have been lying about their kids and sending them to school on enough meds to hide symptoms that my son's school is now doing the opposite of what schools have always done in the past. Every day for the past week and a half, we've gotten notes of someone in the school having COVID. No more doctor's note to excuse absences. Now your doctor has to directly fax a note to the school that clearing kids of COVID or they're getting turned away at the door. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Because I can't share this info with many people in my life (just my wife and close friends)—I've been doing daily COVID-19 updates on my province's main subreddits, organizing the government stats into an easier-to-read format since the government hasn't done a good job. Here is an image of how my posts started out a year ago, and how they look today (well, I smashed the six pages together, normally they are separate and much larger): I don't share that I'm the one doing it because A) I don't need any recognition, and B) as much as I get offers for a drink, dinner, or gifts to thank me for doing the work, I also get threats and harassment from anti-vaxxers, saying my charts are "hate filled" and designed to segregate the world. However, as today was the one-year mark of my posts, I decided to do something. I made a thread in each of the subreddits and asked everyone who had offered to buy me a drink to do something better with the money—give it to charity. I set up a fundraiser for a great local charity that provides help for the homeless (which is a real issue in my city at the moment, especially during winter), and posted the link: OkayArbiter's Fundraiser for Carmichael Outreach - CanadaHelps WWW.CANADAHELPS.ORG A fundraiser to help the homeless and those in poverty, on behalf of the daily reddit COVID-19 updates - OkayArbiter I am floored by the response. I set a goal of $2,000, thinking it would take two weeks to reach it, and right now, only a few hours after posting, the total already sits at $2,533. I am so happy that I've been able to do something positive with the "fame" that I've accrued, beyond doing a small thing with the daily charts. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 2 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: Because I can't share this info with many people in my life (just my wife and close friends)—I've been doing daily COVID-19 updates on my province's main subreddits, organizing the government stats into an easier-to-read format since the government hasn't done a good job. Here is an image of how my posts started out a year ago, and how they look today (well, I smashed the six pages together, normally they are separate and much larger): I don't share that I'm the one doing it because A) I don't need any recognition, and B) as much as I get offers for a drink, dinner, or gifts to thank me for doing the work, I also get threats and harassment from anti-vaxxers, saying my charts are "hate filled" and designed to segregate the world. However, as today was the one-year mark of my posts, I decided to do something. I made a thread in each of the subreddits and asked everyone who had offered to buy me a drink to do something better with the money—give it to charity. I set up a fundraiser for a great local charity that provides help for the homeless (which is a real issue in my city at the moment, especially during winter), and posted the link: OkayArbiter's Fundraiser for Carmichael Outreach - CanadaHelps WWW.CANADAHELPS.ORG A fundraiser to help the homeless and those in poverty, on behalf of the daily reddit COVID-19 updates - OkayArbiter I am floored by the response. I set a goal of $2,000, thinking it would take two weeks to reach it, and right now, only a few hours after posting, the total already sits at $2,533. I am so happy that I've been able to do something positive with the "fame" that I've accrued, beyond doing a small thing with the daily charts. $3k+ now bitch, wtg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 8 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said: $3k+ now bitch, wtg What's horrible is that after I posted the fundraiser, the charity announced they had been broken into this weekend and had a bunch of cash and computer equipment stolen. So hopefully this will help them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I opened that thinking it was going to be Jacksonville or something...but it was in Italy, which of all places in the world should know how bad COVID-19 is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 Vaccinations started booking for kids aged 5-11 today. Daughter gets her first does on 12/2. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Check the thread to find your state. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 2 hours ago, thewhyteboar said: Check the thread to find your state. "Politics has made us so divided" "Why are both sides so mean to each other?" One side is so stupid they would literally have us all become plague rats and kill a significant portion of the population if they had their way but yeah both sides or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Child COVID cases are on the rise, jumping 32% in latest surge ARSTECHNICA.COM Children account for 25% of cases but only 22% of the population. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 My oldest son got his first shot last week, the wife and I are getting boosted this evening. Now it’s just down to my one year old, but who knows if and when that will happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I had the fun of dealing with an anti masker today (he got aggressive because I was walking down a side street wearing a mask today). Is it really so wrong that I want to start throwing eggs at these assholes? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 19 hours ago, Jason said: This is why the Herman should never have been removed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Fucking unvaccinated dipshits want to clog up our hospital beds. There was this massive vaccination center in Bakersfield back before eligibility was opened up to the general public that people were driving to from LA County, even San Diego and San Francisco, because the community just wasn't getting vaccinated so they said fuck it anyone who wants a shot that can make it here can have one. If someone like has a stroke or something then I guess they can have a bed but anyone unvaccinated who caught COVID can rot where they are. With hospitals full, Central California pleading to send COVID-19 patients to L.A. WWW.LATIMES.COM Officials are urging California to make it easier to transfer hospital patients to places like L.A. County. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 14 minutes ago, Jason said: Fucking unvaccinated dipshits want to clog up our hospital beds. There was this massive vaccination center in Bakersfield back before eligibility was opened up to the general public that people were driving to from LA County, even San Diego and San Francisco, because the community just wasn't getting vaccinated so they said fuck it anyone who wants a shot that can make it here can have one. If someone like has a stroke or something then I guess they can have a bed but anyone unvaccinated who caught COVID can rot where they are. With hospitals full, Central California pleading to send COVID-19 patients to L.A. WWW.LATIMES.COM Officials are urging California to make it easier to transfer hospital patients to places like L.A. County. Central California is hell on Earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 So update on my booster: The first day, I had muscle aches and fatigue. Went to bed that night and the aches intensified but subsided the next day. The second day, I had fewer aches (still some joint pain), but more fatigue. Starting last night and into today, the third day, the lymph node under my left arm (the arm I got the booster in) is swollen and tender. It's still not that big a deal and everything I'm experiencing is proof this thing is working. But it's markedly different than how the 2nd shot hit me, which was aches and fatigue for about a day or two, and that was it. I would very much like for my lymph node to not be so tender though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 For me I slept for like 24hrs on the couch. I was completely drained and any effort to do anything was difficult and not worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 When I got my booster a couple weeks ago, I only had a bump on my arm for a day or so. Am I just lucky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, marioandsonic said: When I got my booster a couple weeks ago, I only had a bump on my arm for a day or so. Am I just lucky? You got water bro 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Pandemic skyrockets in Europe; COVID is the No. 1 cause of death ARSTECHNICA.COM "There is a duty to society to get vaccinated." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Still haven't received my test results back after a full week of work, but was informed that I needed to go get my booster... I hate everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 I don't want to think about the covid cases that will appear during this weekend. Me and everyone in my family is vaccinated (that I know of), but still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 I just took a test for my flight back to the USA, I'm in Mexico. Negative!!! Yay Also no one here has problems wearing masks. In some touristy spots some chuds won't go inside stores because they have to wear them and it's like so... You flew here to not see anything to prove a political point in a country where no one gets or cares about your politics? Idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaxick Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 You could say things are going well here in Michigan. Now I'm wondering how many people are going to lose their lives after fighting the black Friday crowds for a shitty TV. Military to help Michigan cope with COVID-19 patient surge | AP News APNEWS.COM LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The federal government will send 44 military medical staffers to Michigan to help beleaguered hospitals treat COVID-19 patients amid a fourth surge that is... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Dr. Shahab is our province's top doctor. This was planned for yesterday...and only one person showed up. I think the organizer was hoping for a Jan 6th-style insurrection. However, hundreds did gather in front of the school board offices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Why do idiots always target ice cream companies? And they are a fantastic Canadian company: When their ice cream plant burned down, they continued to pay their entire staff for a year while they rebuilt They built an entire separate facility for peanut/allergen-free products Paid $2 million to keep a local school open near their plant which many employees use for their children Volunteered their ice cream freezers to store vaccines for the government Donated millions to local hospitals during the pandemic But they are evil because they are demanding workers be vaccinated. Fuck off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 There might not be such a thing as a truly good corporation, but there are definitely companies that are run in such a way that they can do as little harm to as few people as possible. Hats off to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pickle Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: Why do idiots always target ice cream companies? And they are a fantastic Canadian company: When their ice cream plant burned down, they continued to pay their entire staff for a year while they rebuilt They built an entire separate facility for peanut/allergen-free products Paid $2 million to keep a local school open near their plant which many employees use for their children Volunteered their ice cream freezers to store vaccines for the government Donated millions to local hospitals during the pandemic But they are evil because they are demanding workers be vaccinated. Fuck off. Damn, their ice cream kinda sucks but I think I'll buy some this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted November 25, 2021 Author Share Posted November 25, 2021 At some point the media should stop reporting on nasty voicemails from anti-vaxxers. The people doing this are looking for attention, and we should stop giving it to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 2 hours ago, AbsolutSurgen said: At some point the media should stop reporting on nasty voicemails from anti-vaxxers. The people doing this are looking for attention, and we should stop giving it to them. THIS. Stop giving attention to them. Stop signal boosting their nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 11 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: Take a prick, give a prick? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted November 25, 2021 Author Share Posted November 25, 2021 South Africa to be put on England’s travel red list over new Covid variant | Coronavirus | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Variant causing concern because of ‘extremely high’ number of mutations feared present across South Africa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaljedi Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 A day out from my Moderna booster, feels the same as both of my Pfizer shots. Feels like I got frog punched in the arm and I'm a bit tired, that could be the shit weather though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Cool, cool, yet another variant to deal with. Just have a flesh-eating variant already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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