38
submitted 7 months ago by Melina@hexbear.net to c/covid@hexbear.net

I think it would be nice if we could all work together to expand this community a bit and we can do this by suggesting what you would like to see in the sidebar and any resources we can compile together to add to it.

top 20 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] Melina@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I will work on the sidebar when I get home - thank you for all the resources, more is always appreciated 😊

Or if any other mods want to start working on it that’s helpful too

[-] Walk_On@hexbear.net 13 points 7 months ago

The only thing I could think to add would be a link to the Death Panel podcast since they've been good about covering COVID from the beginning.

[-] Melina@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

That would be useful as well

Thank you

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Here's some sites that I check from time to time. Some are directly covid related, some are to get a feel of Covid 's impact

US centric stuff

edit: I think that's it for now. If I think of anything else, I'll add it.

[-] Melina@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago
[-] Grebgreb@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

Jessica Wildfire on nasal sprays on doomer.io, twitter doesn't work for me so can't compare it to the other link.

People cdc's youtube channel, might be redundant

Somewhat related, I think a stickied thread with useful information like nasal sprays and vaccine advancements would be beneficial.

[-] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago

nose sprays are great

I've also seriously considered walking into a grocery store with a few full garbage bags full of clean air, attached to a hose, attached to a garbage bag hood on my head.

That way no contaminated air makes it into my nose. It seems like one garbage bag can last a person about 10 minutes (do your own research don't take this at face value)

[-] wopazoo@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago

I've also seriously considered walking into a grocery store with a few full garbage bags full of clean air

At this point I'd just get my groceries delivered.

[-] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago

I do, but going to the grocery store in person is more convenient

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago

Happy to help. rat-salute-2

[-] whatnots@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

i don't have much else to contribute but what y'all already added is already a big improvement rat-salute

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

Forgot about this one! US based.

https://www.test2treat.org/s/?language=en_US

Home Test to Treat is a program that offers free tests and free treatment (if eligible) for COVID-19 and Flu at home 24/7. No insurance or appointments needed!

This program is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to better understand how technologies such as at-home tests and telemedicine can improve healthcare access for individuals across the country. Findings will be used to inform future public health programs for the American people. Any data shared with researchers will be limited to what is necessary to evaluate the program and will not include information which can identify you.

[-] Melina@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago

This is really helpful thanks

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago
[-] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago

US: Bridge access program - for finding free places that have free vaccines if you don't have insurance. The US privatized the pandemic last year, which means it can be an expensive clusterfuck trying to get the latest vaccine or any covid treatment. The place I got my last vaccine at didn't know this program existed.

[-] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago
[-] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

air filtration is great but I feel like it's much less important than getting people to wear masks

[-] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

Yeah, if everyone wore an n95 in public for a while we would get rid of a bunch of diseases. Its frustrating.

Air filtration is just another layer of protection. If you are at home with someone sick, it helps prevent transmission. Or if you have a shared workplace, you can run one and be reasonably safe if you are alone and need to eat lunch or whatever. It's not going to help if someone is close range and coughing in your face, but it does help keep the virus from accumulating or staying in the air.

In hospital wards where they ran HEPA filters, they pretty much eliminated transmission, but I assume that was on top of mask protocols in place.

[-] Southloop@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago

Anything to help in tracking progress/communicate info on vaccines, long COVID treatments or prophylactic developments would really help in keeping hopes up.

Some immediate family has (thankfully non-life-threatening) brain lesions from LC and trying to find good info and manage the sources you do find trying to understand when you might one day be able to leave your cave to rejoin civilization can feel like watching the bombers go out, if you catch me drift.

[-] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago

Found this site which has a lot of info on cleaning the air, specifically for covid. So a lot of resources on UV-light, ventilation, and air filtration.

https://itsairborne.com/

Also, if you want to check co2 levels in places you live or work, to test air quality, the Vitalight mini-co2 detector is very useful and inexpensive compared to what is normally recommended. I just got one to test air quality at work. It's basically 30-40 dollars compared to other models which are sometimes hundreds of dollars each.

this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2024
38 points (100.0% liked)

covid

777 readers
281 users here now

Try to include sources for posts

No Covid misinformation, including anti-vaxx, anti-mask, anti-lockdown takes.

COVID MINIMIZATION = BAN

This community is a safe space for COVID-related discussion. People who minimize/deny COVID, are anti-mask, etc... will be banned.

Off-topic posts will be removed

Jessica Wildfire's COVID bookmark list

Covid.Tips

COVID-safe dentists: (thanks sovietknuckles)

New wastewater tracking (replacing biobot): https://data.wastewaterscan.org/tracker

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS