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Re: Is the Corona virus the elephant in the room?
« Reply #225 on: July 27, 2020, 03:59:12 PM »
I've been trying the "safe word" but it just ain't happening.

I think the rules are borked.
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Re: Is the Corona virus the elephant in the room?
« Reply #226 on: July 27, 2020, 04:27:04 PM »
Reminds me of the movie "Eurotrip".

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Fluggaenkoecchicebolsen
The safe word used in the Vandersexxx Erotic club, featured in the movie "Euro trip"
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fluggaenkoecchicebolsen

I was going to link the YouTube video where the guy tried to use it but it showed "tushy" (man tushy) so opt'ed just to link the Urban Dictionary entry.
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Re: Is the Corona virus the elephant in the room?
« Reply #227 on: August 05, 2020, 04:00:38 AM »
Quote from: christ on August 05, 2020, 03:30:35 AM
The spread of Covid-19 is based on two factors: 1. How dense the population is and 2. How dense the population is.

I see what you did there.
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Re: Is the Corona virus the elephant in the room?
« Reply #228 on: August 05, 2020, 03:02:02 PM »
Quote from: christ on August 05, 2020, 03:30:35 AM
The spread of Covid-19 is based on two factors: 1. How dense the population is and 2. How dense the population is.

Well, folk are pretty fick down the road in Lambeth.
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Re: Is the Corona virus the elephant in the room?
« Reply #229 on: October 18, 2020, 12:40:28 PM »
I was approached by Imperial to be part of a COVID testing research study. Of course I agreed and I received a home testing kit that I'll have picked up next Saturday.

This got me thinking on what result I'd truly like to hear back from it. On the one hand I'd like to know if I have it and I am just asymptomatic as that'd make me unsusceptible to the disease, but that'd put me in quarantine for 2 weeks which would screw me up proper with work (and my wife). On the other hand if I test negative then I don't know if I've had it and how tolerant I'd be to the disease if I were to catch it. That would be a bit of a pointless result.

I'm hoping that just being a part of the program might make me a candidate for an antibody research study if they run one - which actually gives me the exact same dilemmas now I think of it?
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Re: Is the Corona virus the elephant in the room?
« Reply #230 on: October 18, 2020, 08:42:44 PM »
Reinfection has become a concern, you may be asymptomatic the first time, but apparently the secondary infections are worse.

I really hope your test comes back covid negative.
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Re: Is the Corona virus the elephant in the room?
« Reply #231 on: October 19, 2020, 12:55:01 PM »
Quote from: 8ullfrog on October 18, 2020, 08:42:44 PM
Reinfection has become a concern, you may be asymptomatic the first time, but apparently the secondary infections are worse.

I really hope your test comes back covid negative.

You're right, that's the only sensible result to wish for.

Thanks for the sentiment too, 8ully.
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Re: Is the Corona virus the elephant in the room?
« Reply #232 on: October 28, 2020, 03:56:10 PM »
My result was negative as it should have been.

It doesn't mean that I didn't contract the virus 10 minutes after sending the test off, of course. This, for me, is the real flaw with getting tested for your own piece of mind as you can contract it even while awaiting your test result. Sure, testing is great for tracing and knowing when to isolate, but I don't see many people that worried about those around them.
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Re: Is the Corona virus the elephant in the room?
« Reply #233 on: October 28, 2020, 11:08:30 PM »
The mask I wore today was disgusting. My roommate has been getting boxes of them from work (They issue him the boxes, he's not just grabbing them) and those ones are for the most part inoffensive. You jam down your nose wire and you go about your outdoor business.

But he had to stockpile his last ten until they get him a new box, so the glory days are over. I got a bunch at the dollar store, and that was a huge mistake.

On the upside, I managed to get a bottle of 70% alcohol for the first time in a year.

I am very happy your test came back negative, apparently there is a whole new batch of post covid health complications coming down the line.

One thing that bugs me is everyone is "Ready" for this to be over, and that's not a given, at all. People are pissed off at the second wave, but they didn't take the precautions that would have prevented this second wave in the first place! THIS poo COULD HAVE BEEN OVER IN AUGUST!

Instead people madam loudly about freedoms being taken away. It makes me incredibly angry.

There is no magic cure, and the vaccine trials are going poorly. Everyone wants a cure, and it ISN'T ON OFFER.

I've heard The President has taken credit for solving the Covid-19 crisis on the white house website, but I don't have the stomach to load that up.
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Re: Is the Corona virus the elephant in the room?
« Reply #234 on: October 29, 2020, 04:55:38 AM »
I love you, you absolute pedant. Platonically, of course.
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Re: Is the Corona virus the elephant in the room?
« Reply #235 on: October 29, 2020, 06:38:46 AM »
Quote from: christ on October 29, 2020, 03:49:30 AM
"peace of mind".

I must be slow today.

Imperial released some of their findings from that research I was part of and apparently 100,000 a people in uk are contracting the virus daily. I guess I was lucky then.
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Re: Is the Corona virus the elephant in the room?
« Reply #236 on: October 29, 2020, 09:30:44 AM »
Quote from: christ on October 29, 2020, 07:55:12 AM
Quote from: smokester on October 29, 2020, 06:38:46 AM
I must be slow today.

Imperial released some of their findings from that research I was part of and apparently 100,000 a people in uk are contracting the virus daily. I guess I was lucky then.
Well, you were lucky that day.

Well, you were lucky at the exact moment you did the swab.
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Re: Is the Corona virus the elephant in the room?
« Reply #237 on: October 29, 2020, 11:35:12 AM »
Quote from: dweez on October 29, 2020, 09:30:44 AM
Well, you were lucky at the exact moment you did the swab.

I was. I could've taken an eye out.
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Re: Is the Corona virus the elephant in the room?
« Reply #238 on: October 31, 2020, 06:37:59 AM »
Rumour has it that we could be in another month long lockdown by Wednesday.

That might be just enough time for all my injuries to heal.
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Re: Is the Corona virus the elephant in the room?
« Reply #239 on: October 31, 2020, 01:36:04 PM »
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