Brick Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 I wonder if Ontario will open up for second booster shots for my age group or not. Would be nice to get boosted right before summer to help my chances of not getting sick. Hopefully this year can be the SUMMER OF FUCK!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 I got my first booster at the beginning of November. I may get a second one soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pickle Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 On 5/4/2022 at 8:32 PM, sblfilms said: Yeah, I’m not sure PhDs are the ones kicking the bucket in notable numbers Probably not but professors never retire but I bet a few of them did rather than surround themselves with idiot students Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 On 5/3/2022 at 12:18 PM, Jason said: So apparently had my first known COVID exposure this weekend, the event organizer sent an email just now saying someone tested positive upon returning home. Just did a rapid test that I'm waiting on result from, and will do a PCR in a couple of days either way. At least if I got it I got it doing something I really wanted to do, not at the supermarket or something stupid like that. On 5/3/2022 at 12:32 PM, Jason said: First rapid test negative. PCR test from yesterday came back negative. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 16 minutes ago, Jason said: PCR test from yesterday came back negative. What did you expect when you spritz your side salad with Moderna dressing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: What did you expect when you spritz your side salad with Moderna dressing? I'm far enough from my last booster that it was a realistic possibility to test positive. 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 9, 2022 Author Share Posted May 9, 2022 On 5/7/2022 at 3:38 AM, Brick said: I wonder if Ontario will open up for second booster shots for my age group or not. Would be nice to get boosted right before summer to help my chances of not getting sick. Hopefully this year can be the SUMMER OF FUCK!!! I'm not aware of anywhere in the world that has opened up the second booster for non-immunocompromised folks under 50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 1 hour ago, AbsolutSurgen said: I'm not aware of anywhere in the world that has opened up the second booster for non-immunocompromised folks under 50. They’re checking real hard here in the us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: They’re checking real hard here in the us Checking real hard for what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Just now, Jason said: Checking real hard for what? Immunocompromised status Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 1 minute ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Immunocompromised status They were definitely cracking down hard on people trying to get third shots back in July before boosters were authorized, but it was complete honor system when I went in December for my Moderna shot and I told them I was immunocompromised so give me the full dose not the half dose. I don't think the pharmacies really care anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Achievement unlocked: After 2 years of dodging COVID (including when my wife and daughter had it last year) I finally got it. I probably contracted it from work, as a few people had it last week. I'll have to WFH for ~10 days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 I just have a lot of phlegm and a bit of a sore throat. So not terrible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 So when do we start a betting pool on who will be the last one remaining in the end? I feel like there are only a handful of us left so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 I’d put my money on @Commissar SFLUFANbecause everything about avoiding the virus seems to be his natural state of being Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 We should have a CEB poll. EDIT - Poll here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 9, 2022 Author Share Posted May 9, 2022 Given the amount of asymptomatic infections, how many of the folks who think they haven't had it actually have, but don't know it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Just now, AbsolutSurgen said: Given the amount of asymptomatic infections, how many of the folks who think they haven't had it actually have, but don't know it? Answers are yes, or "Not that I'm aware of," precisely because of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, sblfilms said: I’d put my money on @Commissar SFLUFANbecause everything about avoiding the virus seems to be his natural state of being @Commissar SFLUFAN in the office: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 1 hour ago, chakoo said: So when do we start a betting pool on who will be the last one remaining in the end? I feel like there are only a handful of us left so far. I'd bet on myself after I reach my final form as a vaccine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 (sigh) U.S. will limit next-generation Covid vaccines to high-risk people this fall if Congress doesn't approve more funding WWW.CNBC.COM The White House has warned that it does not have enough money to buy next-generation Covid vaccines for all Americans ahead of a possible fall infection wave. Quote The U.S. will have to limit the next generation of Covid vaccines this fall to individuals at the highest risk of getting seriously sick from the virus if Congress fails to approve funding to purchase the new shots, according to a senior Biden administration official. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, warned the U.S. faces a substantial surge of Covid infections this fall as immunity from the current vaccines wanes and the omicron variant mutates into more transmissible subvariants. The U.S. needs more money for next-generation vaccines, therapeutics and tests to prevent infections from turning into hospitalizations and deaths, the official said. Pfizer and Moderna are developing redesigned vaccines that target the omicron variant’s mutations to boost protection against infection. The current shots are still targeting the original virus strain that first emerged in Wuhan, China, in 2019. As the virus has evolved over the past two years, the vaccines have become less effective at preventing mild illness, though they generally still protect against severe disease. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to make a decision by early summer at the latest on whether the U.S. should switch to the redesigned shots for a fall vaccination campaign, with its advisory committee set to hold a meeting on June 28 to discuss the issue. However, the U.S. currently does not have enough money to purchase the new shots for everybody in the U.S. ahead of the fall, the official said. The U.S. Senate has failed so far to pass $10 billion in additional Covid funding for vaccines, therapeutics and testing despite Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen Mitt Romney, R-Utah, striking a deal in early April. The $10 billion Senate deal is less than half the $22.5 billion the White House originally requested. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 27 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: (sigh) U.S. will limit next-generation Covid vaccines to high-risk people this fall if Congress doesn't approve more funding WWW.CNBC.COM The White House has warned that it does not have enough money to buy next-generation Covid vaccines for all Americans ahead of a possible fall infection wave. Great timing! COVID cases, hospitalizations, death could surge this winter, White House warns ARSTECHNICA.COM Cold-weather conditions, relentless march of variants, and waning immunity up risks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Apple's Director of Machine Learning Resigns Due to Return to Office Work WWW.MACRUMORS.COM Apple's director of machine learning, Ian Goodfellow, has resigned from his role a little over four years after he joined the company after... Quote Apple's director of machine learning, Ian Goodfellow, has resigned from his role a little over four years after he joined the companyafter previously being one of Google's top AI employees, according to The Verge's Zoë Schiffer. Quote Goodfellow reportedly broke the news to staff in an email, saying his resignation is in part due to Apple's plan to return to in-person work, which required employees to work from the office at least one day per week by April 11, at least two days per week by May 2, and at least three days per week by May 23. "I believe strongly that more flexibility would have been the best policy for my team," @legend do you know who this guy is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 9, 2022 Author Share Posted May 9, 2022 Someone needs to tell him that no vaccine is actually mandatory in Ontario schools. You can opt out by watching an online video and signing a form. And since only 56% of kids aged 5-11 have received their first dose (only 36% have received 2), I am not sure that most parents will even support this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: Apple's Director of Machine Learning Resigns Due to Return to Office Work WWW.MACRUMORS.COM Apple's director of machine learning, Ian Goodfellow, has resigned from his role a little over four years after he joined the company after... @legend do you know who this guy is? I haven't had the chance to meet him in person because we work in different sub fields of AI/ML, but I do know of him. He was the inventor of generative adversarial networks (GANs), which is a method for learning a data's distributions so that you can synthetically sample new instances. For example, a lot of the AI generated images or "style transfer" methods you've seen are GAN-based methods. Although more recently, diffusion models are starting to take that field over. For example, the recent DALL-E 2 system from Open AI that generates images from text descriptions is a diffusion-based model rather than a GAN. Not that long ago, it probably would have been implemented using GANs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pickle Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 7 hours ago, Jason said: I'd bet on myself after I reach my final form as a vaccine. Ehhh, but u travel too much and u live in the states. I got this folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 @Joe I'm going to Vancouver in July, Novavax is approved in Canada, and you can apparently get vaccinated in Canada as a tourist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 I might have COVID. High fever, puking, tight chest, asperated on puke so I was super congested. Rapid test is negative, getting a PCR tomorrow. Hoping not to puke up my gtube feeding right now. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Is puking part of covid? Like I said when I was sick back at Christmas I woke up in the night dry heaving, but nothing came out, and that was the only time it happened. Rapid test was negative, but I couldn't find a place to get a PCR test to find out for sure if I had it, or if it was a regular cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 23 minutes ago, Brick said: Is puking part of covid? Like I said when I was sick back at Christmas I woke up in the night dry heaving, but nothing came out, and that was the only time it happened. Rapid test was negative, but I couldn't find a place to get a PCR test to find out for sure if I had it, or if it was a regular cold. Nausea/vomiting is a possible COVID symptom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 8 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Nausea/vomiting is a possible COVID symptom. A friend of mine recently got covid and their only symptom was GI issues. No cough or loss of taste/smell. Her husband got it And she also tested positive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share Posted May 10, 2022 31 minutes ago, Brick said: Is puking part of covid? Like I said when I was sick back at Christmas I woke up in the night dry heaving, but nothing came out, and that was the only time it happened. Rapid test was negative, but I couldn't find a place to get a PCR test to find out for sure if I had it, or if it was a regular cold. It can be: Nausea and Vomiting Might Be the First Signs of Coronavirus WWW.HEALTH.COM Is vomiting a symptom of COVID-19? Find out what doctors say about nausea, vomiting, and coronavirus symptoms. If you also had other symptoms such as fever, runny nose and/or cough then the symptoms would be consistent with COVID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 1 minute ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: A friend of mine recently got covid and their only symptom was GI issues. No cough or loss of taste/smell. Her husband got it And she also tested positive. COVID-19 appears to attack so very many parts of human physiology that it appears that just about anything could be a symptom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pickle Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 15 hours ago, Jason said: @Joe I'm going to Vancouver in July, Novavax is approved in Canada, and you can apparently get vaccinated in Canada as a tourist. You stay away from our damn vaccines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Not dead. Still puking a little, and something is irritating my throat so it's been flooding itself with saliva trying to choke me out. Fever broke at 6am. I don't feel that bad right now. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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