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Can you wear fake glasses?

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One thing that my husband pointed out is that certain rural communities in Texas seem to have low Covid numbers. But then we realized that they almost all have NO hospitals…just maybe a one-two bed clinic. So all serious cases of anything have to go to THE CITY. Dallas has had cases from, not only all of North Texas but also all of Southern Oklahoma. And, naturally, those areas don’t do much testing either.

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I believe antibodies from a recent (for some values of "recent") case of COVID will protect you from reinfection by the same variant.

But antibodies against the original strain weren't very protective against Delta, and antibodies against Delta aren't very protective against Omicron. But ISTR antibodies against Omicron do offer pretty good protection against Delta.

But yes, all that having been said, antibodies from a full course of vaccinations are better still.

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The Anti-vaccine Right Brought Human Sacrifice to America "Since last summer, the conservative campaign against vaccination has claimed thousands of lives for no ethically justifiable purpose.ANDThis morning, actress Cheryl Hines ... issued a statement regarding recent comments that her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., made about the Holocaust. “My husband’s reference to Anne Frank at [an anti-vaccine] mandate rally in D.C. was reprehensible and insensitive,” Hines. “The atrocities that millions endured during the Holocaust should never be compared to anyone or anything. His opinions are not a reflection of my own.” https://www.thecut.com/2022...

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Tell me more about this UV box. Does it have an establishment number on the packaging?

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I have been rotating N95 masks as well. If I remember correctly, and this was a while ago so it may not be up to date information, it was recommended to rotate at least five. And there was a point at which they be discarded.

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What?

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Aaron Collins, who has been testing masks for almost 2 years on YouTube, says they seem to be ok after 30-40 hours, but says that's probably the limit.

As others have said, have at least a few and rotate them (others say to air them out or put them in a paper bag, he just puts them in the package it came in).

Do not wash them, that can can get rid of the charge (although getting them wet doesn't seem to be a problem).

Here's the video where Aaron talks about it:

https://youtu.be/_In-nBP6WkQ

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Love Neil Young, and he is right, if all the other intelligent artists also pulled their catalogs, spotify would be fucked.

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Probably had to restock it after Jared and his friends pilfered it.

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I hear you.

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You should not trust our numbers DeathSantis has a multitude of ways to game the numbers and he's using them all.

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people(?) like that should be eligible for an early trip to hell (i.e. hell on earth)!

[ i'll contribute firewood if there's a shortage ]

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Good for her. Still can't understand what she sees in him, but love is weird that way I guess.

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