Eniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)My masking post attracted a few really unsavory antivax types, yuck
Also so many proudly announcing that they've been infected repeatedly and don't mask. Like bruh, you know that just makes you look dumb right?
Jon A. Cruz
trash from the past@eniko it does approach the point where yeah they probably have a debilitating brain injury and it's almost fucked to make fun of them
Machine Lord Zero@eniko why would the people who've been repeatedly infected by a brain damaging disease know things?
Rev. GothAlice@MachineLordZero @eniko I have a response for these people. “Ah, The neuro-degenerative side-effects are well under way. You may have been stupid before, but now… you’re proud of it? Have you reported this new symptom?”
I’m not a pleasant person when confronted by wilful ignorance.
@MachineLordZero @eniko Had someone at my building (I suspect a nurse) confront me yesterday, “You do know your mask is plastic, right?”
“Only the outer shell is a woven polymer, the inner three layers are medical cotton. The whole mask is vastly superior to the ill-fitting disposables the hospital hands out, and I’m wearing something. **You are not.**”
Tristan@eniko I particularly liked the one that proudly said he had it 7 times already and didn't think masking was needed
Squiggy@eniko long term health risks of covid exposure still unknown.
Maybe you’ll be fine. Maybe you’ll have an increased rosk of heart failure and stroke? Nobody knows!
@squiggy except "unknown" here is more like scientists have a pretty good guess of how bad it might be but being scientists they won't say so conclusively until we actually get to that point
sabik@eniko @squiggy
It's not even a guess at this point; we know pretty conclusively that long covid is bad for at least two years, which is the longest period it could've been studied at scale
Increased risk of stroke for 6-12 months is known; increased risk of all sorts of conditions at 6, 12, 18, 24 months
Scientists are arguing about the details, not the big picture
spherulitic@eniko “I punch myself in the crotch, hard, first thing every morning. Do you think I’d wimp out and wear a cup? No! I’m not one of those woke libs, no, the tingling in my gonads follows me the entire day, reminding me that I’m a REAL MAN”
Uh, sir, this is a Wendy’s