Ummm...COVID is endemic now, sweaty (www.npr.org)

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And even though COVID is still spreading widely, daily life has returned to normal for most people, even during this summer's wave of infections. On Wednesday, Noah Lyles competed in his Olympic race despite a symptomatic COVID infection and won a bronze medal.

lmao yea you can run so there's definitely no damage occurring from a covid infection

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[-] batsforpeace@hexbear.net 31 points 5 months ago

“I certainly hope that this is not our new normal for COVID,” says Samuel Scarpino, who studies infectious diseases at Northeastern University in Boston. “I had it a few weeks ago, and just about everybody that I know has had it. It would be a real bummer if we’re in this situation where we’ve got COVID [in summer], and then we get into the fall with RSV, and then we have influenza and then it’s basically year-round respiratory infection risk.”

it would be a real 'bummer' of a situation this-is-fine something bad is happening around us but you know.. that's just 'the way of the world', we kinda just woke up in this situation and everyone is surprised, how did it get like this, totally caught us off guard

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 17 points 5 months ago

Wouldn't surprise me, either, if more diseases sprout up as global warming gets worse. Mammals aren't the only things that will migrate, viruses and bacteria will as well. Algae blooms in water have caused problems all over the place making water sources drying up even worse. So we'll have year-round respiratory illnesses with stomach illnesses and antibiotic resistant bacteria to go with them as a treat!