Note: Apparently, some of y'all out there are refusing to take Pax because of the taste. THAT'S FOOLISH, PEOPLE. Having a bitter taste in your mouth is immeasurably worth avoiding a worse and longer bout of COVID. And the shorter your bout, the less likely you'll be to spread it to others.
Imagine you could've prevented your kid, partner, parents, coworker from getting #LongCovid if only you had put up with a bitter taste in your mouth for 5 or 6 days.
#Paxlovid is working. I'm not dizzy all the time, the way I was the first time around (Feb '23). Currently on Day 3.5 since symptoms onset & I feel less exhausted than I did yesterday. Also, Pax leaves just as yucky a taste in your mouth as advertised. Except it doesn't actually leave a taste; the ritonavir in Pax activates the mouth's bitter taste receptors. Ritonavir was originally used in HIV meds, and the bitter taste was a known side effect.
My doctor called in a prescription for #Paxlovid, which I'll start taking as soon as I spouse gets home from the pharmacy. The person I caught #COVID from on Thursday morning started taking Pax that afternoon and was already feeling significantly better by yesterday. So I'm hopeful.
So far, 11yo (exposed when I was) and spouse are fine.
"...(W)e are just beginning to realize how our most celebrated 'innovations' (like social media platforms) have enabled the rise of malevolent actors and authoritarians, as well as the demise of facility with language and the value of truth."
--A. Rozelle-Stone, SIMONE WEIL: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION (2024) ________
"Where irrational opinions hold the place of ideas, force is all-powerful."
-- #SimoneWeil, OPPRESSION AND LIBERTY (1955; Engl. translation 1973)
None of which excuses him or Vance or "incels" or anyone else who feels entitled to other people's bodies or wants to remove women's choices. But the lack of those fundamental emotional skills is where a lot of this authoritarian and fascist bullshit originates -- which should be extra motivation for the rest of us to fight them HARD...and, in the meantime, teach our children well.
@bytebro@pooserville@Nonilex I think with "incels," it comes down to never having learned to make a genuine emotional connection with another human, no matter what type of relationship. Something in childhood was missing or never got fully developed -- resulting in a severe attachment disorder and leading to a sense of entitlement as well as a lack of empathy.
That's what's broken about Trump. He stopped developing emotionally around age 3-4. And I'm not being hyperbolic. He's missing basic
@SteveClough@bytebro@pooserville@Nonilex It hurts my heart to call them weird though--because *I* am weird! It's a great word that I adopted decades ago in response to being made fun of for being weird. I leaned into it and repurposed it and made it mine. Using it to describe the fascism-mongers--well, that word is just too good for them! 😆
But I realize this is just me. I do agree 100% that we *must* laugh at them. I prefer calling them "warped," but that probably doesn't hurt them enough.
I don't know a lot. But 3 things are crystal clear to me:
I. Joe Biden has just taken one of the most humble actions I have ever heard of in my life.
Instead of grasping to gain or retain power, he has assessed his own capabilities and energies, and he has chosen to focus them on his current job instead of on a popularity contest. In demeanor and action, his humbleness is the absolute antithesis of the GOP candidate. Whether I agree with Biden's choice or not, this proves him remarkable.
II. Her experience, her person, and the late stage of this race make Kamala Harris the only viable candidate to replace Biden. I don't know if she *can* win -- because racism and misogyny still reign in this nation. But if the Democratic Party and voters throw their support behind her, we stand a chance of not being fucked completely sideways in November and for the rest of the decade (or longer).
III. Assuming the Democratic Party shows the intelligence and gumption to make Harris the nominee... ...if Trump's handlers are stupid enough to let him debate Harris, she will rip him a new one and then use him to mop up his own shit in front of the entire universe, and it will be utterly glorious.
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