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epicdemiologist

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MPH Epi '16. She/her. Wife, mother, dog owner, singer, writer. Southeastern US. Profile pic is detail of a water bug and flower by Maria Merian; header is my dog Henry's nose poking out from under a comforter.

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StillIRise1963, to random
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I need to see this white guy’s Black “disguise” IMMEDIATELY.

epicdemiologist,
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@StillIRise1963 Wait, what? I came in late--did you mean this guy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Like_Me

StillIRise1963, to random
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My baby is 9 years old today.

Happy Birthday, Bella!🎂 🎈 🥰

epicdemiologist,
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@StillIRise1963 Happy birthday and lots of treats!

StillIRise1963, to random
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Clarence Thomas is AGAINST Brown v. Board of Education. The only people who shouldn’t be SCARED by this are WHITE SUPREMACISTS.

epicdemiologist,
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@StillIRise1963 What the hell kind of alternate universe hellscape are we living in??

StillIRise1963, to random
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Do you remember “freedom fries” from the GWB administration? This shit started back then.

epicdemiologist,
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@StillIRise1963 Didn't the British start calling German Shepherds "Alsatians" during WWII?

dsalo, to random
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Johns Hopkins is doing a long-COVID survey and apparently is having trouble finding controls -- people who haven't had COVID. If this is you, consider giving them some clicks.

https://covid-long.com/

epicdemiologist,
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@futurebird @dsalo Also I wish they'd had an option for "I don't have a social life" (in terms of meeting up with friends etc.)

BootsChantilly, to random
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I lol-ed.

epicdemiologist,
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@msquebanh @BootsChantilly My daughter had the immense privilege of playing with Brubeck in her college orchestra before he passed. What a legend.

Lizette603_23, to random
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I still laugh til there are tears and gasping for breath with my adult children. Anyone else have those kinds of good times?

epicdemiologist,
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@Lizette603_23 Yup, also with my adult children and husband. We used to have a family rule of "no comedy routines at the table." Only one of the 3 grew up to be an actor, but they're all still hilarious.

StillIRise1963, to random
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I want to do nothing all day long.

epicdemiologist,
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@StillIRise1963 Does resting count?

epicdemiologist,
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@StillIRise1963 I respectfully proffer a different viewpoint: For me, rest is an important task. I don't consider cooking to be doing nothing, and rest is at least as important to my health as eating.

StillIRise1963, to random
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My sister is a middle school teacher in GA. Something racist happened at the school and the white admin. handled it very well. They did all the right things. My sister says she’s never felt so supported at work anywhere in the nation. Good people are everything.

epicdemiologist,
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@StillIRise1963 Hooray from this Georgian--I am both pleased and somewhat surprised!

epicdemiologist,
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@StillIRise1963 I have a friend whose trans and neurodivergent kid attends high school in a very rural Georgia county--the teachers and administrators have been SO SUPPORTIVE! It's delightful to see.

msquebanh, to random
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Back at dentist & I'm full of anxieties.
Getting rest of molars out today.

https://youtube.com/shorts/jdAqP-syraw?si=3_HrGjmnD87l4H1a

epicdemiologist,
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@msquebanh Ow, my sympathies. I've had that same broken-bit-of-root situation and it was no fun (even in my case, when it was the only extraction). Wishing you a fast & smooth recovery!

epicdemiologist, to random
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Georgia (US) 2023 tax form. I swear to you I am not making this up.

epicdemiologist, to random
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ABOUT DAMN TIME. (US) Hospitals must now receive informed patient consent for breast, pelvic, prostate and rectal exams performed by medical students -- particularly on anesthetized patients, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_48rOgNze9w

epicdemiologist,
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@gannet It gives me the creeps knowing that our OB-GYNs were trained on unconsenting, unconscious women. On a related note, I turned around and left without getting my most recently scheduled mammogram, because the hospital wanted me to basically sign a blank piece of paper. I'll take my chances with the breast cancer, thanks.

msquebanh, to chinese
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  1. After dimsum, with fellow galpals. Gloria, me, Darlene & Maria. At Jade Fountain Restaurant.

epicdemiologist,
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@staringatclouds @msquebanh Same. I've been to a couple of plays and concerts only because my (adult) kids were performing--husband and I were masked, but almost no one else was. No movies, indoor dining, etc. and I don't unmask at work receptions, so I don't eat.

LeftistLawyer, to disability

Houston, we have a …
Is there a doctor in the house?

epicdemiologist,
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@LeftistLawyer As with this graph, if someone doesn't believe this is due to COVID, then what is it?

epicdemiologist,
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@jawarajabbi @maggiejk @LeftistLawyer In the specific case of bicillin (the only antibiotic safe for pregnant women with syphilis), Pfizer bought out the other 2 manufacturers and is now the sole source. https://www.propublica.org/article/how-federal-government-fails-stop-syphilis-babies-pregnancy

ColinTheMathmo, (edited ) to random
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[I'm not asking for advice ... please don't try to help me]

OK, so ...

Trying to assist to to things on the computer. These are things that they are absolutely capable of, and will (I believe) greatly enhance their quality of life.

Then Oh. My. God.

The misconceptions are f'n unbelievably. The way they think things work, the things they believe happen when they perform certain operations, it's just ... inconceivable.

I've started to unpick some of what's going on, and it's horrendous.

To start ...

epicdemiologist,
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@ddrake @ColinTheMathmo The problems aren't just related to cognition, vision, or learned expectations, either. For example, touch screens often don't register touches from older people's (dry) skin. This is a problem not only with phones and tablets, but with home appliances, cars and a myriad of other devices that have gone to touchscreen tech.

LeftistLawyer, to random

Ok, I rarely do this, but for the sake of anecdotal #Covid research could you please boost?

  1. Are you O negative blood type?
  2. Have you had covid?

Please chime in with your experience.

epicdemiologist,
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@LeftistLawyer 1. No 2. Not to my knowledge.

HeavenlyPossum, to random

Something I find fascinating is the way in which awful people seem to instinctively know how to be awful.

So like abusers tend to follow particular and predictable patterns for manipulating their victims. Groomers have these strategies for grooming. Fascists come to power in similar ways to each other. Con artists win their victims’ trust in ways remarkably similar to each other.

Do they all go to some evil villain school to learn these techniques? Or are some people just legitimately born with these instincts? I’m somewhere on the spectrum and I struggle to intuit basic social interactions, much less routinely manipulate them to my advantage.

How does that work?!

epicdemiologist,
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@HeavenlyPossum I think there's some selection bias here. There's a stock fraud where you "predict" ten or twenty stock moves in a row by making half "up" and half "down" predictions to a huge list of people, discarding the ones who got the wrong prediction. After multiple rounds you're left with a very short list of people who think you're a genius. We're seeing the psychopaths who won repeatedly. We're not seeing the ones who failed in the first few rounds and never got away with anything big.

epicdemiologist,
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@HeavenlyPossum I did read the 3 stories. All 3 of them succeeded repeatedly before they failed, which is why they were worth writing about. The dude who tries to convince a stranger he's the King of England's third cousin, and gets laughed out of town, doesn't get a story.

StillIRise1963, to random
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"Scabies is not the only disease that appears to be making a comeback in Rishi Sunak’s Britain. In 2022, 423 patients were admitted to English hospitals with rickets, a disease caused by lack of sunlight and inadequate levels of vitamin D. The same year, 188 people were treated for scurvy, a condition caused by not eating enough fresh fruit and vegetables, leading to a deficiency in vitamin C."

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/18/return-of-victorian-era-diseases-to-the-uk-scabies-measles-rickets-scurvy

epicdemiologist,
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@StillIRise1963 My mom had rickets as a child, and the bones in her feet were permanently deformed. This just makes me want to weep.

Lizette603_23, to random
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https://www.penzeys.com/shop/about-republicans/
BUY PENZEY'S. they also happen to have fantastic items.

epicdemiologist,
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@Lizette603_23 One thing I appreciate VERY much about Penzey's is they have a 'garlic and onion free' search option--very important for my family members with IBS and similar issues!

StillIRise1963, to random
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I'm on day 8 of covid and I'm tired.☹️

epicdemiologist,
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@StillIRise1963 Best wishes for a smooth and complete recovery!

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