• AFineWayToDie [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Not to mention the cognitive issues experienced by survivors. COVID might be Gen Z's equivalent to leaded gasoline.

      • 2022 [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        In addition to gen z's other leaded gas equivalent, microplastics

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        • AFineWayToDie [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          The most famous mention of it was in a Mother Jones article. It's only one hypothesis among many, and I don't like the idea of declaring an entire generation to be cognitively deficient (even if it's boomers), but it's a well-known idea.

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            • AFineWayToDie [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Oh, then I'm not sure. I've just heard various sources say that there's a small but statistically measurable decline in cognitive function among covid survivors. I'm afraid I don't have any more info.

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    • Melenkor [he/him,any]
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      3 years ago

      Even gen alpha is fucked. Covid ripped through my daughters elementary school back in August when the school year started up. Almost half the classes in the school had to switch to remote for quarantine for 2 weeks.

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      3 years ago

      can confirm, in class right now. college is cancelling everything they can EXCEPT classes.

  • Quimby [any, any]
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    3 years ago

    Only because CHINA is LYING about they're covid numbers!!!1! TEN MILLION DEAD! look it up! :so-true:

  • I_Voxgaard [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    I for one am grateful we have the personal liberty afforded to us to incubate the next variant.

  • AFineWayToDie [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    So it turns out that the US's abhorrent management of the pandemic was part of a long-term agenda to eliminate Mercator Projection.

    • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      The members of the executive board of the secret MAP organization are in a meeting unconsciously rubbing their hands together in glee and in unison because their plan working perfectly.

      Of course that's the Mercator Abolition Project.

  • bananon [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    So does this mean the bubble wraps around more than half the globe?

    • SerLava [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Yes google "covid map usa" and scroll around, it's eating the world like an octopus

  • jabrd [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Is this per capita or is India sincerely doing that much better than us even in absolute numbers

        • cawsby [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Most US States are running high school football games right now at full capacity, no masks required.

          https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/sports/football