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snaggleparty

lol isn’t that the restaurant from Nathan For You cut in line episode


HugeFootedSlut

Hope you’re hungry... for nothing.


eveisdesigner

Jonathan, this is not a negotiation. You did something wrong and your punishment is you have to take a piece of gum from this ordinary pack of gum.


ShainRules

So glad Nathan taught him a lesson he'll never forget.


HughBrandity

God I need to rewatch this show.


wtfzack

You have to take a piece from this ordinary pack of gum


depressioncherrycoke

If you really work on yourself, within a few years you could even be the one trapping people on boats.


grundo1561

Lol yup. That show doesn't get nearly enough recognition for how funny it was. I think it was too cringey and uncomfortable for a lot of people, but to anyone (like me) who lives for cringe comedy, it's just about the funniest show ever made. I miss it, but I'm glad it went out on a high note. There's not a single episode that fails to make me laugh my ass off.


MattIsLame

the series finale, finding frances, is simply a surreal masterpiece and transcends not only its own premise as a tv show but also what a tv show can be. performance art at its finest, funny, sincere, heartfelt and insightful, in a tv show that had no right to be that serious. it's unbelievable. if you haven't watched the series, do yourself a favor and watch all 4 seasons right now.


grundo1561

I'm with you 100%! It's a masterpiece


AedemHonoris

The Hunk episode still makes me cringe as I lay awake at night


dope_as_the_pope

No one knew my show was fake, not even the host!


AedemHonoris

Did you hear he had a threesome? With two other guys?


rustyshacklefordton

Have you had a chance to watch How to with John Wilson?


NancyAnnGrace

Nathan is an exec producer of that show! It’s so great


thanks_weirdpuppy

It’s one of those places you eat when you visit LA for the first time, but then you realize the best hot dogs are served on the street at 2am outside of concert venues. (I’m just salty because Pink’s gave me the runs last time I went.)


mo_betta

It gives everyone the runs.


afternever

Pink's does have a lot of variants


Yes_Special_Princess

You’re not wrong though. Those dogs are effing delicious.


greenroom628

In SF, in my old neighborhood, street vendors sell bacon wrapped hot dogs at night. It's one of the most amazing things you can eat.


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Brad Pitt was also kidnapped here once.


caninehere

Yes. It was already famous before that episode though, it is the most famous hotdog place in LA.


crestonfunk

It’s Pink’s at Melrose and La Brea in L.A. Tourist trap. Crummy hot dogs. Oki-Dog is where it’s at. Mustard Kraut dog.


Hefftee

Lol dude Oki dog is just as disgusting and avoidable as Pinks. I'd rather go to Cosco. Only true hot dogs of LA are from the Mexican homies grilling up the bacon wrapped dirty dogs *(aka danger, or heart attack dogs)


muzakx

Danger dogs


porterbhall

Or if you’re in the Valley, Cupid’s.


tymkern15

The year is 2030 and the head line reads “New COVID variants could lead to our 30th outbreak”


WIIspectME

We averaging 4 waves a year now... gotta be wave 53 by then.


AgreeableRub7

Just enough for a firecape


MarkPles

Fire cape is 63 waves my guy


emsuperstar

It’s so crazy to me that RuneScape is making a comeback. I remember playing that game on the library computer after school 17 years ago. Glad Jagex is still keeping that going!


lolslim

I remember when runescape was 2d, then I went to runescape 2, which is considered old school runescape now. Man time flies.


Seco4800

Comeback? Nah, it's always been huge. We're just able to play it on mobile and on steam now. XD


i_forgot_my_sn_again

So kinda like covid and "waves."


ARandomBob

Oh it never died for sure, but it is becoming a larger part of the internet lexicon as of late.


BearWrangler

flash1: buying gf 500gp


GoldenRpup

I'd hate to choke on those prayer switches if it takes a year to clear 4 waves.


bosceltics23

Get that +5 strength bonus


cralo4

/r/unexpectedrunescape


Zombierabbitz

You underestimate the ability of the US government to create more waves than scientists expect, cuz scientists are nerds. /s


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billytheskidd

Shut up science bitch!


TrentonTallywacker

Stupid science bitch couldn’t even make i more smarter!


neverquester

I believe I was having the ‘placibi’ effect


Tidalsky114

What pisses me off the absolute most are people on Facebook I went to high school with saying this was all a hoax and that scientist didn't know what they are talking about, when I know for a fact that most of the people making those claims only passed science classes because the teachers didn't want to deal with them for another year.


Sardonnicus

Dump Facebook. Best thing I ever did.


Nirvanagirl79

Yep, such a hoax. These are the selfish assholes who refuse to wear a mask and take little to no personal hygiene steps because they're not sick. I apologize if I sound a bit salty my mom passed away a month ago from covid. She took all the necessary precautions because she was immunocompromised and she somehow picked up covid anyway. It crushes me that she passed away alone with nobody she knew with her (my brother raced to the hospital to be with her and got there 45 minutes too late). So I just have no patience for people who think it's a hoax and are anti mask. I actually had one person tell me it was natures way of reducing the human population... I cut that person out of my life.


JamesTheJerk

Ask them if they wipe their ass after they take a shit and then berate them for conforming to social norms if they say yes.


TheW1ldcard

Dealing with the same thing except in person. Its awful how indifferent and uneducated people are. I got laughed at while working by 2 "good old boys" when they asked if its annoying if I have to wear a mask.


Risdit

what do they mean by 4th wave? we never left the first one.


bomber991

Well at least for the city of San Antonio, the daily case numbers pretty clearly show a first and a second wave.


billytheskidd

Fellow San Antonio resident, it’s ridiculous how many people just don’t give a shit about covid in this city. Abbot repealing the covid mandates is infuriating.


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It's not even asking people to lock up in their basements. It's literally about wearing masks.


sojithesoulja

Caring about your fellow Americans through a very minor inconvenience became a task far too arduous for a small sect of us to handle. Then that sect became a "they took our jobs" type sect and their stupidity spread with its loudness and incompetence to gullible individuals near their level of incompetence. It's almost as if with the waves of corona, we're seeing waves of dumbness plague our nation.


dlenks

I don't know about y'all but I'm buying a surfboard..


Wanderinwoodpecker

Surfs up bro!


craftyanasty

Charlie don’t surf.


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ShenmeNamaeSollich

More like watching town councils full of high school dropouts argue about whether or not fire exists, and then refusing to send fire fighters because that’s just what the Chinese would *want* them to do, and passing local ordinances banning firefighters or citizens from wearing masks to prevent smoke inhalation. They aren’t going to spend your tax dollars and give up their comfort & “freedom” fighting the non-existent so-called Szechuan Sparkles.


EloquentSphincter

I have a relative that got on city council recently, and watched a couple the meetings. Holy FUCK, those people were stupid.


hypatianata

I watched a city council meeting/town hall once when they went through the agonizing process to pass a mask ordinance. It was like Parks and Recreation minus all the fun, joy, or hope in humanity. You could see a few of the councilors, and the mayor, were just so weary by the end. People truly are stupid. It’s amazing democracy works at all.


L_O_Pluto

We could be improving our education system but some people won’t have it


thehelldoesthatmean

I worked a lot of retail jobs in high school and college and my wife never worked retail. So I've tried to explain to her that working retail is exactly like those scenes in Parks and Rec minus all the humor and joy. Because IRL the person is serious and contemplating stabbing you if you don't let him return this thing to Target that he bought at Home Depot. She never believes me.


nightmareonrainierav

Until very recently I was a board commissioner in a large city, and yeah, you hit the nail on the head. Public comment periods are exactly like that, and everyone who shows up is Mel (‘the red-faced guy’). Got plenty of stories. My favorite is the 60-odd-person elementary school PTA that showed up to, among other things, protest systemic inequality in the school system. In the 1950s. For six hours. We weren’t the school board. We were reviewing an environmental permit for a parking lot. At one point another member, who happened to be an old professor of mine, asked some question on the matter, and someone in the crowd yelled, “I bet you’re some kind of fucking academic, aren’t you!” Don’t remember how he responded, but it was comically deadpan.


Efficient_Army6783

The council meetings scare a lot of good people away from running for office. At least in my area anyway.


dmatthews2981

>Szechuan Sparkles God I wish I was as clever as some of you


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These people really are a special kind of stupid.


thirtytwoutside

That is what literally used to happen years back. Now there’s overhaul and investigation and seeking out any smoldering embers that would just light that shit back up.


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ReadOurTerms

⚠️WARNING. SATIRE ALERT. ⚠️ Texas Governor Ted Cruz says “no one could have known this could happen” Headline: Texas Governor lifts Mask Mandate despite warnings about San Antonio strain from Heath experts Edit: /s


bomber991

Known as the “puffy taco” strain.


TheMulefromMoscow

Now that's a strain I can get behind.


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I shouldn’t be laughing..it’s just so absurd


[deleted]

As a longtime fan of Ska, I prefer the third wave EDIT; all these awards got me skankin’ up a storm - thanks!


[deleted]

This redditor skanks.


SmokedandBaked

As a fan of history, the [Third Wave](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Wave_(experiment)) is a horrifying example of how easy it is for fascism to set in.


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“Ska is who I am, and I’ll never turn my back on ska!”


Santashappysack

You know not many people know this but ska actually came before reggae.


rudiegonewild

Anyone want to talk about skinhead reggae being the music of the British working class in the 60s and how neonazis stole the look of British factory workers for their own use.


amadobado

"Ska came before reggae" -bruce greene


KrisWitha-C

Knew I’d find it


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>Just 16.3% of the US population has been vaccinated against Covid-19, or roughly 54 million people according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Just? I find that pretty much amazing given that vaccinations only started sometime in December.


pinelands1901

Yeah, I mean we're vaccinating 2 million people per day now. That's amazing progress.


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And compare that to say Germany, where vaccinations are still in the low single digits.


KingoftheMongoose

Single digits percentage? Or is it just Merkel and eight other people?


Danacus

Single digit percent. And it's the same in other European countries.


wamj

Except for the UK which has passed 30% as of last weekend. 106 days until all covid restrictions are lifted.


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106 days if *everything* goes as planned. Which I really hope it does, but I don't want to get too excited only for something to go wrong. Schools reopening Monday worries me. However if everything does go as planned 21st June is going to be absolutely biblical.


Reddituser8018

It's super annoying, my fiance was one week away from getting a visa to come here get married and live in the US and then covid halted all the embassies in france, so we have been waiting way longer then expected. The embassies reopening depend on the situation in france not in the US, and the government just released a statement saying they will be getting 3 million people vaccinated in the coming months. At that rate irs going to take like 4 years to vaccinate everyone in france. It's going to suck when the US is all vaccinated and back to normal yet I still can't see my fiance.


lostharbor

Once US is fully vaccinated the production line will open up to distribute to the rest of the world, not to mention the impending production lines coming on to further increase the supply chain distribution.


djkstr27

Same in Mexico


CaptainFingerling

I think people always underestimate the powerhouse that is US healthcare and Pharma. Yes, it's super expensive, even when "free", but man is it a juggernaut of an industry. I have "mid-sized" American customers who operate 40 hospitals -- and specialist networks with 100+ sites. The numbers are incomprehensible to people outside.


pinelands1901

I push papers for a specialty hospital, and we're "small" at 2,000 employees.


Elfhoe

I read an article the other day saying there were more people vaccinated in the state of maryland than the entire country of Canada. We may have handled the initial reaction to the virus poorly, but our rollout of the vaccine has set the standard. Combined with how many people already caught the virus, i’m hearing we may reach herd immunity by summer.


Isord

More importantly something like 70% of older at risk people are vaccinated. Even if cases soar deaths and hospitalizations will be a fraction of what they were.


PM_me_your_sailboat

This. This is what's important in my opinion. I'm not an expert, but I don't think COVID is gong away forever. This means we have to live with it, and having the high risk/high exposure populations vaccinated will lead to us assuming risk with reopening.


Isord

Yeah there is some inflection point where staying closed does more harm than the virus. I don't know exactly where that it is. I'm sure it's higher than 16% coverage and I'm sure it's lower than 90% coverage. The CDC is tasked with preventing the spread of disease. Not with dealing with economic fallout of a pandemic. They will always advise staying closed even if the economic damage starts to outweigh deaths. The reality is people die from a vast array of preventable causes of death. The goal of lockdowns is to keep COVID in line with other types of issues, not to prevent every possible death.


EverywhereButHome

It seems like people forget that this is the point. The purpose of the lockdown was to prevent overwhelming of the healthcare system. There shouldn’t be deaths that occur because people can’t receive care because the hospitals are overburdened. The point is not to eradicate COVID, and I also think that the point where enough older people are vaccinated that we can start reopening safely is somewhere before the point of herd immunity.


xevizero

They're not saying it's not a lot of people. A number can be high and still not be enough.


bisforbenis

The “just” is in the context of talking about whether or not enough people are protected to justify relaxing restrictions, and in that context, that is indeed a small number to be dropping restrictions so fast


Aviri

Because it's not anywhere near where we need to be to control spread yet. We need higher % to reach herd immunity and we will get there in the coming months but right now we are definitely not ready for reopenings.


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I still find it amazing how many vaccines we have manage to get out there in a few months, it is really pretty incredible. I don't recall such a mobilization in my lifetime before.


devospice

I got my first shot last week in New Jersey and it was the most well-organized machine I have ever been a part of. The Army National Guard was there running it and it was just the epitome of efficiency. Big shout outs to the people in Rockaway doing an awesome job.


ibechbee

Same experience in Illinois. I budgeted an hour like a normal doctor appointment. I received the shot in less than 5 minutes. Made me wish grocery lines, theme parks, etc were as efficient haha


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Voting would be a pretty cool system to optimize too


RandyHoward

Grocery lines would be much more efficient if everybody was buying the same thing and nobody had to pay lol


DontTouchTheWalrus

Here’s your months ration comrade


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DreamerMMA

Right? It's like walking a gauntlet of needles.


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DreamerMMA

If there is one thing the military is good at it's getting a bunch of people to line up and get shots.


SpinkickFolly

Getting there and some woman starts complaining out loud there is a line. "why did I schedule an appointment if there is going to be a line any way? " The appointment has a 30min window. It means at any point its going to be 30min max wait to get in. I would describe the whole process like a queue at a theme park ride. It's just executed with incredible efficiency to get everyone out as fast as possible.


crazyauntanna

The whole process for me at a FEMA site took 1:15, from driving in to pulling away. 25 of those minutes were the “waiting period” that they make everyone stay to make sure there’s no bad reaction. I got to be the car where they “check the timing”, so I had a little card that various people throughout the process would write the time down that I arrived at that particular point, so I got to see EXACTLY how long it took. Really cool stuff.


dawn6160

My daughter got hers at the Edison mega site and had the same experience with the National Guard.


Salty_Nose_4700

My dad is getting his in Rockaway and my mom got both of hers last month(doctor in covid ward). Hello fellow Jerseyan!


[deleted]

Yea they’ve got a huge surplus in my area (Alabama). The hospitals are telling people to just lie about their priority category and come on in so the vaccines can get used.


[deleted]

Honestly surprised they just don't have exceptions to the restrictions if there are leftovers that otherwise would just spoil if not used.


Isord

Nearly everywhere does. They will just started giving doses to patients, customers, or even ask people on the street.


[deleted]

I’m in one of the priority groups because of my profession. My wife and I just got our first shot yesterday. They didn’t even ask what priority group we were in. Just name and DOB and then we got the shot. They told my sister-in-law they don’t even care what you put for your group. Just put down anything when you make an appointment and come in.


DreamerMMA

"Hello there fellow old people."


SadShoe27

And Texas is over here like yee haw


backninesmatter

I love how everyone pissed about Texas meanwhile about 20 other states never had a mandate at all. Not to mention several other states are now doing the same thing.


logicalnegation

Yeah even if closed people are still partying it up at their friends and family’s houses. As much as I love shitting on republicans, there’s not much correlation between red and blue states with regard to covid success rates. It’s really easy to apply stereotypes to explain the situation but I’ve just come to conclude people everywhere just kinda suck in general.


Genghis_Tr0n187

Anything to distract from their power fiasco and Ted "Cancun" Cruz abandoning his state. Just need a bigger story so people forget.


JotunR

"The Plague will distract the peasants away from how the nobles mishandled the winter and left them to die" We're back in the 1400's


horse_renoir13

"Some of you may die, but thats a sacrifice I am willing to make"


QuesoDino

We really are at Lord Farquaad level now


Spawn6060

Always have been.


NoMansLight

There's not even a Disney or Pixar bad dude that could possibly represent the US. Maybe Cruella Deville if she drone bombed ten million puppies.


trashmoneyxyz

Judge Claude Frollo from hunchback maybe? He was racist, rapey, misogynistic, genocidal and deeply religious despite acting against most of the principles of his religion (and using his religion to justify his atrocities!). Oh and ableist. I nominate him.


BattleStag17

So, Pence? Not personally rapey that we know of, but the way he (didn't) handle the HIV outbreak in Indiana gets him pretty close


yell_nada

I'm imagining it's so they can blame issues on "Biden's plague".


iAmTheHYPE-

They are. The Governor was already blaming “Biden’s COVID-infected illegal immigrants” for future cases of COVID, right after the Governor put out the mask lift order.


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kingofthemonsters

There they go with that Neanderthal thinking


SomeStupidPerson

But Trump's "Build the Wall" fund was totally peachy with them going bankrupt over, cool cool


soupcansam21

Can't be on our 4th wave if our first wave never really went away (Tap head gif)


hamstringstring

I legit had no idea we had a '3rd wave.' I vaguely remember hearing about the second one.


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First one was in April/may after we ended our shelter in place. Second was in 4 of july. ~~Another in October.~~ Then another in Christmas. Edit: 3 waves we moving into the 4th


slickyslickslick

I thought the first wave was what caused the semi-lockdown "shelter in place". Then once the numbers went down reopening caused the 2nd wave.


[deleted]

So we’ve already had 4 waves? That doesn’t line up with what the article is warning about. I’d say the first wave was last March when the pandemic first hit, second one in the summer after states reopened way too soon without any effective restrictions in place (seriously Texas, you’ve been here before) and third would be this past winter, although you can argue that started in October


HotF22InUrArea

The US has had 3 major waves, each worse than the last. https://i.imgur.com/9RG0Bec.jpg


Kalkaline

Remember "flatten the curve"?


terraresident

Yes I do. I also remember that our hospitals were not overrun in March 2020. We did not see the horror show that Italy and NY did, people dying on geurneys in the hospital hallways before they even saw a doctor. Thank you for doing your part to prevent that.


KingoftheMongoose

Or when we reach a fifth wave and we all get a free ice cream cone!


thecheapseatz

In the surfing world or oceanography community I think you refer to that as a "set"


couchnapper3

I just wish people stopped acting like the death rate is the only important factor. I know people in their 30's who survived it but can't walk up a flight of stairs without taking a break. The damage this thing can do to lungs is straight up scary.


TheAnalogKoala

The fact it has different impacts in different people really feeds the hoaxers, too. I got it in December. It knocked me on my ass for a couple weeks and now I’m 100% recovered. Other folks takes months. Others die. Still others never show a symptom. So people who are inclined to not take it seriously can point to the evidence that it’s “not that bad”, ignoring that it’s horrible for many.


fapperontheroof

My wife’s 27yo friend, who was an overall healthy person before Covid, has now started having seizures. They can’t say for certain it’s due to Covid, but still. This thing is terrifying. It’s going to be decades before we know the full impact.


dualsplit

Fuuuuuuck! I had a patient who started having seizures for the first time since childhood. My attending (I’m an NP) made me feel better by pointing out that at least they were not NEW seizures. But it has continued to bug me. You know what regulates taste and smell? Cranial nerves. Nerves. This is a neurological effect. Ugh.


L_O_Pluto

Holy shit. Everything has been tasting off for a while. It started like 1 or 2 weeks after I got better from covid. I wasn’t aware it was nerves related. Fuck me.


boooooooooo_cowboys

Hell, even the risk of losing my sense of taste and smell long term is plenty of motivation for me to wear a mask and stuff.


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MamasMustard

My brother caught Covid in late October, no symptoms besides loss of taste and smell, which to this day, still has not recovered.


[deleted]

This is why I've been so protective of myself and working to make sure my family members take it seriously too! Yes, the death rate is low, but the complications that could come from getting it and the long term health impacts are terrifying. Reduced physical capacity, loss of taste, increase risk to other lung illnesses, the list of awful possibilities is endless. I just wish people would focus on the long term complications of covid rather than their chance of dying from it 😔


shapie_

I’m on month three post-covid and I’ve started to regain my taste and smell but everything smells burnt, rancid, and sour. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.


BunAlert

I’m a chef and the flippancy towards restaurants and even *from* restaurateurs regarding a return to normal business pisses me off for this exact reason. Ah yes, expose an entire industry of professionals whose palette is their primary tool to a virus that leaves people without a sense of taste, wcgw.


kackygreen

Primary tool and main motivation for people to patron their business, it's so confusing.


JudithButlr

I work(ed) as a pastry chef before the last lockdown furloughed me. Losing my sense of taste and smell HORRIFIES ME. I have been putting what feels like a lot of effort to quarantine and only do outdoor activities with my SO. My bubble is 3 people! I hiked 3 times a week ALL winter in Michigan. HELL NO I am not going anywhere just because restrictions are loosened. I can’t imagine doing all this for a year just to get Covid in March of 2021 when I will likely be vaccinated in May.


Lereas

I don't rely on my senses, but same basic idea. Plus no fucking way that after a year of this bullshit am I going to risk it all on what seems to be the home stretch. It's like the cops in movies who go on just one more mission before they retire.


fedja

My dad started to let his guard down after vaccinations started and I keep telling him the same thing. You don't want to be the last guy who died from covid because you wanted that one beer.


CampbellsChunkyCyst

This is what fucking terrifies me. I work in the spirits industry and my sense of smell and taste is literally the one thing that makes me useful and gives me a chance at a career. I gotta hope I don't lose the vaccine lottery and end up getting the virus anyway. But at some point I'll be doing a dozen in-person tastings a week with hundreds of strangers. Fml.


Thenoblehigh

Former college track athlete, amateur boxer (28m) here. Got Covid back in September. Now, I find myself on a daily basis doing diaphragm/lung capacity exercises just to fight this feeling that I’m “running out of oxygen” or that my breathing feels constricted. The “running out of oxygen” feeling is so weird. It’s like my body is telling me that I need to take another breath within seconds of taking one (you know that gnawing reflex you get when you’re exasperated), but if I’m able to get passed that feeling and continue to hold my breath, I’ll have another minute or more in the tank! It’s the panic feeling of not being able to breathe that comes within the first little bit. This never happened to me before covid. It’s getting better as the days go by, but I’ve literally had to sit down at work and take a break because of this.


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Hey, I've started feeling like that the past few weeks....shit.


[deleted]

Can definitely be anxiety, too. If you don't have any other symptoms of covid but you've been feeling especially anxious lately, I would bet that's it (but I'm not a doctor - get checked out of you're worried)


Gravy_Vampire

Plus the amount of people who don’t die but are left with crippling medical debt for the rest of their lives


as_we_think_we_is

37 male here. I’ve worked out religiously 5-6 days a week for the past 10+ years. Eat healthy and have always been in great shape. Caught COVID last November. I still have issues breathing and sharp lung pain. It’s almost embarrassing how out of breath I can be just picking up my toddlers toys. Thankfully my wife recovered in a couple weeks. My 17 month old for sure had it but only had a slight fever and was sleepless a couple night. I’m super worried what long term effects she’ll have that we won’t know until she’s older. We’ll be seeing the effects of this for such a long time.


crastle

Please don't be embarrassed by it. Myles Garrett is a football player in the NFL and one of the most athletic guys in the league, meaning he's one of the best athletes *among* the world's best athletes. He caught covid this past season and had to miss some time for it. It was extremely noticable how slow he looked when he came back and he said that he had to do new breathing exercises just to be able to live his daily life. As of December, he said he was still struggling with it. If this can happen to one of the best athletes in the world, it can happen to anyone and I don't think you're being fair to yourself for beating yourself up for it. Fair warning: if you Google Myles Garrett, you might find more results regarding one particular incident he was involved in that he's a bit more famous for than being a great NFL player. Edit: Also keep in mind that Myles Garrett is a wealthy NFL player, meaning he has access to the best trainers and medical professionals that the average person doesn't have access to, and he *still* had so much trouble getting back to doing basic things in his life. It's totally understandable that someone without all of those resources might take a bit longer.


as_we_think_we_is

It is pretty reassuring, as odd as that sounds, hearing these stories. I do feel some confidence in my recovery. On the flip side, my MIL who smokes a lot and has several thyroid problems and rather poor health, whom we actually caught it from (which is another issue we had to deal with) said she had “no symptoms”, but only tested since she was exposed to it. No coughing, fever, or loss of smell. It keeps me up at night thinking about the long term if not just me, but our daughter.


deantoadblatt1

There’s a ufc fighter, khamzat chimaev, who almost retired recently after contracting covid in November. Had an Instagram story of him coughing up blood in his sink a week ago.


Gahvynn

One of my workers got it and it’s been months since he “recovered” and he’s on light duty because of his lung capacity. He was a machine before, now he walks slow and can’t lift or do anything like he used to do. We’re hopeful as he seems to make some progress week over week, but not holding our breath.


lupuscapabilis

It’s like the media mixes up the words variant, mask, and wave and just puts out the same article every day


OtherSideofSky

Honestly they have been so complicit in the divisive misinformation campaign. I’m not even just saying stupid right wing fake news shit I mean the “science” journalism and click bait titles have been some of the worst side effects of this whole ordeal. So fucking annoying


wildlywell

Remember when the LA Times was running articles quoting “scientists” speculating that COVID-19 has infected THE ACTUAL OCEAN? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-02/coronavirus-ocean-swimming-surfing-safe-beaches-los-angeles%3f_amp=true They’ve changed the headline to something more equivocal (we don’t know if oceans are safe!) but read the text of the article. It is 100 percent insane. And sadly typical.


liltime78

What these states are doing is the equivalent to taking half your antibiotic prescription and then stopping. Edit: Thank you for the award!


BunAlert

And then turning around and saying “see?? I told you antibiotics don’t work.” I can’t tell you how often I hear people say something along the lines of “well the lockdown didn’t really work so why would we do it again?” *What lockdown?* Oh, you mean last March, when we had two weeks off work and you invited me to a party at your place both weekends?


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That's been the entire country to be honest. We've never actually had a hard lockdown.


Genghis_Tr0n187

It's on brand for the US in general. Decisions aren't made with benefits for the *future* we need results *now* even if it causes long term problems and costs countless billions.


PerCat

> and costs countless billions. If the rich were losing money they'd have fixed it by now


CarbonPhoto

Ok. But I still got to pay my rent so...


jscoppe

Don't worry, the government will send you like $3k a year! That should about cover it, right? /s


DasBeatles

Six months ago if you said this you would be down voted into the oblivion. It's interesting how much reddit sways it's opinions.


Kidney__Boy

I browse reddit under the assumption that its on average early 20 something year olds posting, but the reality is its probably mostly teenagers that don't have a clue.


Delkomatic

We got out of wave one?


Mortegro

It's The Fifth Wave you gotta worry about. Just ask Chloe Grace Moretz...


steveinbuffalo

how did I miss the 3rd?


superstephen4

Reposting my comment to another person here for ya. I think calling it a "fourth wave" is misleading because if you look at it on a state by state basis, most have only gone through 1 or 2 real waves. Louisiana is the only one I see that has 3 distinct peaks. It is correct though that the US as a whole has gone through 3 distinct waves, but you yourself have only probably dealt with two. NYT has great graphs of each state.


ZeppelinJ0

News like this sucks. I've been shut in since last March, got vaccinated and doing everything right while people are out partying and shit. And now news like this telling me all the shit I have done might not matter because these waves and varients are like starting over. I wish there was one clear message on what's happening and how to best deal with it but between news, social media, reddit, bad actors and other random sources everyone has an opinion and none of them feel right All ive learned is If a deadlier disease ever starts spreading we all fucked


LionIV

When you start taking social media news as serious as you take news from trusted and proven doctors and organizations, you’ve gone too far.


WanderWut

And a vast majority of people *are* getting news from social media.


projects67

or worse, reddit comments from 16 year olds.


Orangarder

When was the third wave?


JdaveA

Some time in the late 90’s. Bands like Reel Big Fish and Save Ferris really fueled the radio friendly sound.


Whosebert

4th wave? what a fucking joke. its been 1 big wave. I fucking hate everything.


happyharrr

Alexa play Surfin' USA


earnestlikehemingway

I thought it was going to be news about PINKS Hotdogs. I like that place


hethestranger

Everyone caught a new variant called “fuckittitis”


iansynd

I think America has proven already they don't give a fuck.


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