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I think I'd like a version of the famous "cloud-to-butt" browser plugin that changes Omicron/COVID/etc. to "common cold". Then headlines like, "The Omicron vari

I think I'd like a version of the famous "cloud-to-butt" browser plugin that changes Omicron/COVID/etc. to "common cold". Then headlines like, "The Omicron variant will spread quickly through the U.S., experts say — the threat it poses is less certain." will read, "The common cold will spread quickly through the U.S., experts say — the threat it poses is less certain." Then a) I won't feel as stressed out, and b) I won't read the article, since it sounds ridiculous. This plugin would only make sense for people who are vaccinated of course, since for those people, like myself, COVID has been defanged. Isn't it time for those of us who have had two doses, or even three (I have yet another one scheduled a week from now...), to stop worrying and start enjoying life the way it is meant to be lived?

tejohnso 5y ago
> Isn't it time for those of us who have had two doses, or even three (I have yet another one scheduled a week from now...), to stop worrying and start enjoying life the way it is meant to be lived? Yes, and I would add, time to stop worrying so much about what other people are doing. People are getting really worked up about how so-and-so hasn't been vaccinated or so-and-so doesn't wear a mask properly. It's one more newly promoted category upon which we can focus our vehement, irrational tribalism.
- BoxOfRain 5y ago
  Yeah it's brought the moral busybodies out of the woodwork like nothing else, I'd bet a fair amount that the people snitching on their neighbours for breaking lockdown rules or harassing strangers in public about masks would be exactly the same people siding with things like witchcraft trials or McCarthyism in ages past. Some people identify very strongly with the established norms of the day and will be aggressively conformist towards them because that's who they are, regardless of how much merit those norms actually have. One social impact of the pandemic is that nobody can mind their own damn business any more, and the reason is because we decided basically overnight in March 2020 that catching an airborne virus now has a moral dimension it never had before. You catch a cold, you catch the flu, you catch norovirus, it's just something shitty that happens to you by chance rather than being anyone's fault. When it comes to other diseases people do attach moral judgements; someone gives you HIV or clamydia or syphilis so it automatically has to be someone else's fault that you got sick. Because of the way society has come to see COVID, that disease has been put in the latter category rather than the former which is incorrect in my opinion. Society will never heal from the wounds of this pandemic until COVID is just something shitty you happen to catch rather than something someone gave to you because of a moral failure.
  - bananapear 5y ago
    Relevant Brass Eye clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3xUjw2BCYE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3xUjw2BCYE
  - youerbt 5y ago
    > it's just something shitty that happens to you So you ask for people to accept some hardships in life, but somehow make a big deal with putting mask on your face from time to time?
    - BoxOfRain 5y ago
      Where did I say that? It's literally this ridiculous jumping down people's throat the second they mention anything slightly negative about 'COVID culture' that I'm criticising.
  - EForEndeavour 5y ago
    > regardless of how much merit those norms actually have Isn't that the whole point? Persecuting a neighbour as a witch has no merit. Limiting contact with your neighbour as a pandemic restriction does. > One social impact of the pandemic is that nobody can mind their own damn business any more If "mind their own damn business" means "go about daily life as if there weren't a global pandemic" then yes, this is indeed an expected impact of public health crises.
  - johnchristopher 5y ago
    Okay boomer, we heard you, now please put your mask on when riding public transport, thank you :-).
  - crtasm 5y ago
    You can't catch something without someone else spreading it. Please wear a mask to lower the chance of covid infections and help out the society you live in.
    - BoxOfRain 5y ago
elpakal 5y ago
I would just like my (young) children to not have to wear masks at school - that’s really hard on them and they have been doing so for 2 years now. How does that make sense - especially if they are vaccinated?
- carlivar 5y ago
  It doesn't make sense. It makes people (except kids, who have no voice) feel better, and is the "safe" political choice for leaders in various areas.
piva00 5y ago
> This plugin would only make sense for people who are vaccinated of course, since for those people, like myself, COVID has been defanged. Isn't it time for those of us who have had two doses, or even three (I have yet another one scheduled a week from now...), to stop worrying and start enjoying life the way it is meant to be lived? I want to tell my short story with COVID so far, as a double vaccinated individual (last dose 2021-08-18) who took all the precautions and got infected due to an irresponsible person (older than me, didn't get vaccinated simply due to their own laziness and lack of empathy towards others). I tested positive a couple Tuesdays ago (2021-12-04) on an antigen test, I took the test after waking up with a runny nose. I didn't experience much of the physical symptoms, no cough, barely had fevers (one instance it broke through 38.3C, otherwise hovering on the lows 37C), no fatigue. Instead I've been experiencing quite a few cognitive issues, I lost my smell and taste last Thursday, so about a week ago, and since then I've noticed that my thoughts aren't on the same level as before. It started when I was playing chess with my girlfriend a week ago, I noticed that I simply couldn't string thoughts together, they became "loose" and it was hard to get continuation. I'd start thinking about a strategy and would experience a "brain fart" where it didn't make sense what I was thinking about, then I couldn't figure where my pieces could move and my thought would start spiraling. It is really, really strange. When I tried reading books I felt similarly to what some of my friends with ADD/ADHD described how their thoughts wander away. I simply couldn't focus enough to finish a paragraph without having to re-read parts of it. Sometimes it would take me 4-5 times reading the same sentence to finally settle it. I don't understand or know the mechanism behind this but it's happening. I've been also experiencing bouts of anxiety, physically, I do struggle a little with anxiety but never happened this way. I learned to cope through the last week and noticed these bouts come in waves so I just endure the few seconds or minutes while it's happening. Today was my first day back at work, as a SWE my job is basically to mentally juggle multiple things and considerations about them to find a solution or a way forward. I simply cannot do that at the moment, I still feel these waves of brain fog creeping up where I simply can't make sense of something that was said or shown. I've been trying to pair program but it's been mostly pointless as sometimes I can't finish my train of thought, or remember why I started one. I believe the same way as you, that my double vaccinated status would protect me from the worst case and it's definitely protected me from the worst (as well as my girlfriend, also vaccinated and who endured the whole quarantine/isolation period with me and never got infected). I didn't feel shortness of breath or other dangerous symptoms but I feel a tight chest and sometimes a burning sensation. Still, it's not all fine and dandy, I cried multiple times from panic attacks (some induced by my psyche, some from COVID); the brain fog is lingering and making me question how and when will I ever get back to "normal", if it stays for long it will impact my job and expectations on me. Bottom line is: yes, we are protected from the worst, it is still something I don't want to go through again, it's still something I would have avoided as much and for as long as possible because medical research is still in its infancy about long-term side-effects. I have no idea if I will experience issues with clotting later in life (brain aneurysms are one of my worst nightmares), the symptoms on my chest are pretty weird and uncomfortable. I'm a pretty healthy individual, low 30s, always commute by bike (averaging around 4000 km/year on a bike for the past 6 years), gym-goer and with mostly healthy eating habits (not crazy, still stuff my face with sweets, ice cream, etc. but overall healthy compared to the general population). Just adding my report because I believe I was misguided in believing this would be a much easier time than it was due to the vaccines. Vaccines work, they save lives and protect our healthcare system. It is still a fucking nasty bug causing a really strange disease that we know very little about.

tejohnso 5y ago

> Isn't it time for those of us who have had two doses, or even three (I have yet another one scheduled a week from now...), to stop worrying and start enjoying life the way it is meant to be lived? Yes, and I would add, time to stop worrying so much about what other people are doing. People are getting really worked up about how so-and-so hasn't been vaccinated or so-and-so doesn't wear a mask properly. It's one more newly promoted category upon which we can focus our vehement, irrational tribalism.

BoxOfRain 5y ago
Yeah it's brought the moral busybodies out of the woodwork like nothing else, I'd bet a fair amount that the people snitching on their neighbours for breaking lockdown rules or harassing strangers in public about masks would be exactly the same people siding with things like witchcraft trials or McCarthyism in ages past. Some people identify very strongly with the established norms of the day and will be aggressively conformist towards them because that's who they are, regardless of how much merit those norms actually have. One social impact of the pandemic is that nobody can mind their own damn business any more, and the reason is because we decided basically overnight in March 2020 that catching an airborne virus now has a moral dimension it never had before. You catch a cold, you catch the flu, you catch norovirus, it's just something shitty that happens to you by chance rather than being anyone's fault. When it comes to other diseases people do attach moral judgements; someone gives you HIV or clamydia or syphilis so it automatically has to be someone else's fault that you got sick. Because of the way society has come to see COVID, that disease has been put in the latter category rather than the former which is incorrect in my opinion. Society will never heal from the wounds of this pandemic until COVID is just something shitty you happen to catch rather than something someone gave to you because of a moral failure.
- bananapear 5y ago
  Relevant Brass Eye clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3xUjw2BCYE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3xUjw2BCYE
- youerbt 5y ago
  > it's just something shitty that happens to you So you ask for people to accept some hardships in life, but somehow make a big deal with putting mask on your face from time to time?
  - BoxOfRain 5y ago
    Where did I say that? It's literally this ridiculous jumping down people's throat the second they mention anything slightly negative about 'COVID culture' that I'm criticising.
- EForEndeavour 5y ago
  > regardless of how much merit those norms actually have Isn't that the whole point? Persecuting a neighbour as a witch has no merit. Limiting contact with your neighbour as a pandemic restriction does. > One social impact of the pandemic is that nobody can mind their own damn business any more If "mind their own damn business" means "go about daily life as if there weren't a global pandemic" then yes, this is indeed an expected impact of public health crises.
- johnchristopher 5y ago
  Okay boomer, we heard you, now please put your mask on when riding public transport, thank you :-).
- crtasm 5y ago
  You can't catch something without someone else spreading it. Please wear a mask to lower the chance of covid infections and help out the society you live in.
  - BoxOfRain 5y ago

elpakal 5y ago

I would just like my (young) children to not have to wear masks at school - that’s really hard on them and they have been doing so for 2 years now. How does that make sense - especially if they are vaccinated?

carlivar 5y ago
It doesn't make sense. It makes people (except kids, who have no voice) feel better, and is the "safe" political choice for leaders in various areas.

piva00 5y ago

> This plugin would only make sense for people who are vaccinated of course, since for those people, like myself, COVID has been defanged. Isn't it time for those of us who have had two doses, or even three (I have yet another one scheduled a week from now...), to stop worrying and start enjoying life the way it is meant to be lived? I want to tell my short story with COVID so far, as a double vaccinated individual (last dose 2021-08-18) who took all the precautions and got infected due to an irresponsible person (older than me, didn't get vaccinated simply due to their own laziness and lack of empathy towards others). I tested positive a couple Tuesdays ago (2021-12-04) on an antigen test, I took the test after waking up with a runny nose. I didn't experience much of the physical symptoms, no cough, barely had fevers (one instance it broke through 38.3C, otherwise hovering on the lows 37C), no fatigue. Instead I've been experiencing quite a few cognitive issues, I lost my smell and taste last Thursday, so about a week ago, and since then I've noticed that my thoughts aren't on the same level as before. It started when I was playing chess with my girlfriend a week ago, I noticed that I simply couldn't string thoughts together, they became "loose" and it was hard to get continuation. I'd start thinking about a strategy and would experience a "brain fart" where it didn't make sense what I was thinking about, then I couldn't figure where my pieces could move and my thought would start spiraling. It is really, really strange. When I tried reading books I felt similarly to what some of my friends with ADD/ADHD described how their thoughts wander away. I simply couldn't focus enough to finish a paragraph without having to re-read parts of it. Sometimes it would take me 4-5 times reading the same sentence to finally settle it. I don't understand or know the mechanism behind this but it's happening. I've been also experiencing bouts of anxiety, physically, I do struggle a little with anxiety but never happened this way. I learned to cope through the last week and noticed these bouts come in waves so I just endure the few seconds or minutes while it's happening. Today was my first day back at work, as a SWE my job is basically to mentally juggle multiple things and considerations about them to find a solution or a way forward. I simply cannot do that at the moment, I still feel these waves of brain fog creeping up where I simply can't make sense of something that was said or shown. I've been trying to pair program but it's been mostly pointless as sometimes I can't finish my train of thought, or remember why I started one. I believe the same way as you, that my double vaccinated status would protect me from the worst case and it's definitely protected me from the worst (as well as my girlfriend, also vaccinated and who endured the whole quarantine/isolation period with me and never got infected). I didn't feel shortness of breath or other dangerous symptoms but I feel a tight chest and sometimes a burning sensation. Still, it's not all fine and dandy, I cried multiple times from panic attacks (some induced by my psyche, some from COVID); the brain fog is lingering and making me question how and when will I ever get back to "normal", if it stays for long it will impact my job and expectations on me. Bottom line is: yes, we are protected from the worst, it is still something I don't want to go through again, it's still something I would have avoided as much and for as long as possible because medical research is still in its infancy about long-term side-effects. I have no idea if I will experience issues with clotting later in life (brain aneurysms are one of my worst nightmares), the symptoms on my chest are pretty weird and uncomfortable. I'm a pretty healthy individual, low 30s, always commute by bike (averaging around 4000 km/year on a bike for the past 6 years), gym-goer and with mostly healthy eating habits (not crazy, still stuff my face with sweets, ice cream, etc. but overall healthy compared to the general population). Just adding my report because I believe I was misguided in believing this would be a much easier time than it was due to the vaccines. Vaccines work, they save lives and protect our healthcare system. It is still a fucking nasty bug causing a really strange disease that we know very little about.