Don’t you fucking take him, COVID. Don’t you fucking dare.
I’m sure he had his updated COVID shot, so hopefully his symptoms are mild. Fingers crossed.
If there’s one person whose head should be put into a jar Futurama-style, it would be him.
I know he’s up there in years but Bernie’s no idiot so I’m sure he’s caught up on vaccinations. Hopefully that means he’ll do fine.
More importantly though, more politicians need to take up the progressive mantle.
Wish that man a speedy recovery. He has given so much. Good luck Bernie.
For God’s sake provide soup to this man. Give him something to return!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Thursday he tested positive for COVID-19, amid a nationwide spike in infections.
The 82-year-old Sanders, said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, he was experiencing “minimal” symptoms and will continue to isolate while working from his home in Vermont.
The Senate finished its legislative business for the year last week and won’t be returning for votes until Jan. 8.
The U.S. is seeing elevated levels of respiratory illness this winter, and the Northeast is experiencing the highest levels of viral activity, according to the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wastewater data.
Nationally, the wastewater viral activity level for COVID-19 is the highest it’s been since the omicron surge in 2022.
It is too early to know whether or to what extent JN.1 will cause an increase in infections or hospitalizations,” the CDC said, adding that existing vaccines, tests, and treatments still work against JN.1.
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This is bullshit. COVID-19 hospitalizations are spiking right now, something that doesn’t happen with colds.
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Yes, but those variety of viruses are rhinoviruses and COVID is a coronavirus. Just because they’re both viruses doesn’t mean they’re the same illness.
https://www.cdc.gov/ncird/rhinoviruses-common-cold.html
They’re vastly different species. It’s like saying a coral snake and a zebra are the same animal because they both have stripes.
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I have the same issue with COVID deniers (I do not think @YoBuckStopsHere is a COVID denier) calling it the flu. It’s silly to treat all viruses as the same even if they cause similar symptoms with an infection.
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Two young women I know with no health issues were wrecked from covid
You mean YOU call it the cold, no “we”
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This attitude is so fucked. Jesus Christ.
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Banned @YoBuckStopsHere
reason: Mod abuse + using moderation tools after being removed as a mod. Perma-ban.
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That’s the kind of mods this community has?
On c/politics of all things
Edit: the mod tried removing this for being “”“uncivil”“” and it got reinstated by an admin
It’s a politics sub on the largest instance. Not that I condone it but what do you expect?
Better?
Agreed but the quality coming out of .world seems to be lower than most other instances. Not saying it’s excusable and I am already starting to get a bias when I see anything coming from the instance.
They got banned for mod abuse
It’s still a deadly virus, just not as contagious as it first was
Ummm it’s only behind measles on how contagious it is. These omicron strains are insanely contagious. Way more than OG, alpha, delta etc.
Even though measles is more contagious, the time from infection to contagious is much longer, so covid will spread much faster than measles as well.
We’ve never had to deal with something with this combination before.
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It’s still the most deadly disease out there excepting AIDS (in terms of raw numbers), even though we’re doing our best to ignore it.
The deadliness of the infection has gone down but the transmissibility is actually up, for what that’s worth.
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We have known for literal years at this point that fomite transmission is essentially a non issue for COVID, what is up with this April 2020 level information? COVID is transmitted by breathing in air that someone with COVID has exhaled. It can linger in the air like cigarette smoke. And vaccination does not prevent you from getting long COVID, even if you are young and healthy.
The best way to not get long COVID is to not get COVID. The best way to not get COVID is to wear a mask. Definitely get vaccinated in case you do get it, but it’s still better to not get it than to get it.
We also have literally no idea what getting COVID every year for 4, 5, 6, etc years will do and I don’t intend to be part of the test group.
Its an airborne virus. Washing your hands doesnt help. Wear a mask, ventilate, and use air purifiers.
Holy shit how did this guy ever get mod
