Ryujin
Legend
Deaths. But given modern treatment, that might be a flat line.
D&D and the rising pandemic
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Statistically, that would be hard to disentangle from all the other possible contributing factors that have been changing over that same time. For example, over that period you have a dramatic drop in the number of smokers, but then a rise of vaping. You have changes in diet, exercise levels, and goodness knows what other chemical exposures. You have changes in stress levels, alcohol consumption, and rate of being able to afford health care...
GreyLord
Legend
I'm not sure how they figured it out, but I imagine it's similar to how they also connected the rise of violent crime to lead in gasoline, and how it's reduction also led to a reduction in violent crime.
harvard health lead and heart disease
EHP lead and cardiovascular disease
Another article for those of us not so much into scientific papers, but addressing more modern issues, as gasoline wasn't and still isn't the only source of lead entering into our bodies
Desert Sun on lead study
AcererakTriple6
Autistic DM (he/him)
My family tested positive for Covid today. This is the first time we've had it. We're all vaxxed and all of our symptoms are pretty mild (slight fever, headache, exhaustion, joints hurting, coughs), but it still sucks.
Yellow and orange slowly creeping up in the US. The blotch in NY has spread out, upper midwest is sprouting some, and a few more here and there.
Graduation at my University was this weekend, and the K-12 will be out before the end of the month. Hoping we stay in the green until then.
Trying to figure out when I want my second booster (had a mild case in early February).
Graduation at my University was this weekend, and the K-12 will be out before the end of the month. Hoping we stay in the green until then.
Trying to figure out when I want my second booster (had a mild case in early February).
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Is that one county in the north-east holding out? Midwest is getting worse and scattered elsewhere.
Thankfully my university in the south-east is in the sparsely attended summer semester and the K-12 only have a couple more weeks.
Summer time in person gaming isn't nearly as sure as it was looking in the spring. Will be interesting to see what waive we're in a bit under three months when we're planning to go to DC for sight seeing.
Personally for me, yellow will mean masking and avoiding eating in. Orange will be using curbside pick-up.
Thankfully my university in the south-east is in the sparsely attended summer semester and the K-12 only have a couple more weeks.
Summer time in person gaming isn't nearly as sure as it was looking in the spring. Will be interesting to see what waive we're in a bit under three months when we're planning to go to DC for sight seeing.
Personally for me, yellow will mean masking and avoiding eating in. Orange will be using curbside pick-up.
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Without measures to stop the spread, spreading is inevitable. The hope is, that like so far in New England, the level of immunity from previous infection or vaccination is sufficient to keep the hospitals from going under again.
Eltab
Lord of the Hidden Layer
Update on a side-thread:
I have been paying student loans even though they were in forebearance, wanting to take advantage of 0% interest so my money efficiently takes down principle and I get more "mileage" out of my payments.
I got a letter from my student loan lender.*
FINISHED !!!
* Contrary to some common chatter elsewhere, not a bank but a specialized student-loan-only finance firm.
I have been paying student loans even though they were in forebearance, wanting to take advantage of 0% interest so my money efficiently takes down principle and I get more "mileage" out of my payments.
I got a letter from my student loan lender.*
FINISHED !!!
* Contrary to some common chatter elsewhere, not a bank but a specialized student-loan-only finance firm.
South by Southwest
Incorrigible Daydreamer
Congratulations! That's a huge weight no longer to have around your neck.
WHO HAD MONKEYPOX FOR 2022?
South by Southwest
Incorrigible Daydreamer
Here too I'm stuck between
and for my upvote. Friends' parents tested positive today for the latest variant, and it scares me because one of them just recovered from a bunch of cancer treatments.I am so, so sick and tired of this virus. We all are, I know--it just has me at my wits' end.
With the high availability of home tests, the case numbers are becoming less reliable. Many people around me are testing at home, self-isolating, and only become an officially counted case if they go to the doctor.
Our wastewater signal dropped by about a third this week, though. It may be the current surge in our area is on its way out.
Our wastewater signal dropped by about a third this week, though. It may be the current surge in our area is on its way out.
Mom is talking about going to a restaurant “in the near future” for the first time- seriously- since 2019.
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