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   feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 00:36:01 JST feld
   People posting these articles like "Research shows COVID does this really weird thing to cells in your brain!" and shouting "omg this is the worst, why does everyone dismiss COVID as a threat, we're all gonna die"
   
   Ok, it's not the worst. We know things that are much worse. And that study only existed because billions are being pumped into COVID research. It's very likely other viruses do the same, but we don't pump billions into their research so we'll never know.
   
   Just because we threw a ton of money at COVID and have new interesting data does not mean COVID is uniquely dangerous in this way.
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     Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 00:37:10 JST Sexy Moon

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     @feld I am too lazy to verify but I read that pfizer updated their guidelines admitting it has an elevated rate of causing heart problems in teenagers in the first several weeks
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 00:41:21 JST feld

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     "We blew $6B researching the effects of the Rhinovirus and discovered it temporarily does this weird thing we don't understand to your sex organs while you're infected!"
     
     OMG THE WORLD IS ENDING EVERYONE STAY HOME IF YOU HAVE A COLD
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 00:47:38 JST feld

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     • Another Linux Walt Alt
     Sure, but we don't need to treat people with the common cold like they're lepers
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     Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 00:47:39 JST Another Linux Walt Alt

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     @feld People staying home when they're sick is a good thing. I recently saw an article where bosses were unhappy that younger employees were using their sick leave. As an older employee who has worked in 1000+ person buildings where a substantial fraction were sick at the same time, I say yes. If you have paid sick time, stay home when you know you're sick. That's what it is for. Use it.