The government is still screaming “French kiss every stranger you meet then spit directly in to their mouths”, which is not helpful.
The wastewater numbers and test positivity in my area are both higher than previous troughs and trending up. Does that mean Covid is spreading more aggressively? Does it mean anything? The only data I have, and that as far as I know anyone has, is test positivity and wastewater numbers. I feel like I’m going fucking nuts because EVERYONE, including the fucking contagion dispersal cult, says Covid is over but the actual available data says it’s trucking right along and nothing has changed.
I want to 
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I bought a HEPA air purifier for my bedroom today since no one in household is doing any sort of prevention. Will it help? No fucking clue, but I’m clutching at straws.
Yeah, I have HEPA filters in the two rooms I spend the most time.
I just don’t know how to assess the risk anymore, especially when wastewater is the only data left and wastewater says nothing has changed. What I think is likely is that there’s a lot of asymptomatic Covid going around, but since no one is being tested and “Covid is over” no one knows or cares. But I don’t know if that’s a reasonable belief. I have no idea and every social institution that’s supposed to help me figure this out has decided not to.
The government just keeps repeating that very few people are dying. I don’t care that very few people are dying, I want to know how many people are being injured and disabled by Long Covid, and it doesn’t seem like anyone is tracking that or even acknowledging that it’s a risk.
They say like 96% of people donating blood have covid antibodies, but I swear to god I’ve read papers throughout the pandemic saying that Covid antibodies diminish after 2-6 months whether from infection or vaccine, so doesn’t that mean the entire population either got covid or got vaccinated within the last 6 months? I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t fucking know.
Apparently there’s research saying some covid antibodies persist for 16 months, But Covid strains don’t persist that long so whatever caused those antibodies isn’t circulating anymore and all the modern variants are extremely immune evasive in addition to directly attacking the immune system.
Just… sustained screaming idk what else to do.
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Just read an article that quotes a Dr. saying “Omicron is long gone” and shows numbers of currently circulating variants.
Then two paragraphs down, under a “Will new variants effect the vaccine?” header, the article implores you to get vaccinated, because it will protect you frome 🥁 drumroll 🥁 … Omicron and Delta! Neither of which exist anymore!
I HATE PUBLIC HEALTH I HATE PUBLIC HEALTH I HATE PUBLIC HEALTH!
And the vaccine coming out this fall was made from XBB1.5, which is already a small minority of infections. FUCKING YEAH I LOVE THE 21st CENTURY!
I’m in Florida, so YMMV, but Wastewater is definitely rising around the state significantly worse than the “off season” of March to May-ish. But again, it’s incredibly difficult to tell how much of an off season we had when we’re only monitoring 9 out of 67 counties. I can guarantee there were small spikes going unmonitored during that time, but nothing to back it up. I mean, the counties we are monitoring never get close to zero anymore. I think it’s best to just accept that those days are behind us and we have to always be on guard. Which fucking sucks. I was just thinking how fucking depressing it is that I’ve gotta purify my own room and prioritize my own well being because my family has no concern for theirs or mine. It’s not a healthy mindset to have to maintain.
According to posts on Twitter Japan was getting hit hard, and dunno if its related but the news over in the UK has finally acknowledge a new variant called ‘Eris’ ctrl-f, 0 results for masking.
I got my last vax in november of last year, not sure if I should try to get a shot now (no healthcare, little money) or wait till the new one releases. either way, I’ll continue n-95ing it around people indefinitely. But tbh, except for family and shopping, I pretty much avoid people.