PlagueWatch 2020-23 - Coronavirus

[MChambers]

That's not all we should do, but I didn't feel like making a full list. I'm sick. My (multiple) covid tests have come back negative so it's probably just a bad cold, but I don't feel well and I'm cranky.

I agree. As I typed my response, I thought of other things, such as investing in clean indoor air systems, but didn't feel like getting into it right now.

[MChambers]

Your Local Epidemiologist has a summary of the latest news about long Covid, which is easy to read and I found it interesting. It also has a link to a YouTube video by a person who used to do regular YouTube videos about physics, but nail is completely disabled by long Covid. Warning: it is a very moving and sad video.

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.subs...m_medium=email

[MChambers]

New study, not yet published, says raccoon dogs may have been the species from which Covid spilled over into humans:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/s...-lab-leak.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/...b-leak/673390/

[wavedukefan70s]

That's not all we should do, but I didn't feel like making a full list. I'm sick. My (multiple) covid tests have come back negative so it's probably just a bad cold, but I don't feel well and I'm cranky.

Have you ever tried life everlasting?
You make a tea and drink .
I know we have a billion doctors .
But it works sometimes .gullah root doctor turned us on to it.
I was a skeptic ....
Hope you feel better.

[aimo]

New study, not yet published, says raccoon dogs may have been the species from which Covid spilled over into humans:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/s...-lab-leak.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/...b-leak/673390/

I was reading about this. Apparently, their fur is often used as "fake" fur in clothing. Blech.

[budwom]

we are cutting way back on our raccoon dog intake. This would seem to cast even more doubt upon the flimsy "escaped from the lab, low probability" theory...

[MChambers]

we are cutting way back on our raccoon dog intake. This would seem to cast even more doubt upon the flimsy "escaped from the lab, low probability" theory...

Just don't eat it rare. You want your raccoon dog steaks and burgers well done.

[bundabergdevil]

Am I the only one who was not aware of the existence of raccoon dogs until today and also think they may be fake?

[OldPhiKap]

Am I the only one who was not aware of the existence of raccoon dogs until today and also think they may be fake?

Are you saying that raccoon dogs aren’t real?

[aimo]

Am I the only one who was not aware of the existence of raccoon dogs until today and also think they may be fake?

I had never hear of them, either, but then I had never heard of pangolins until COVID. There are all kinds of weird creatures around the world.

[CrazyNotCrazie]

Am I the only one who was not aware of the existence of raccoon dogs until today and also think they may be fake?

I had never heard of them. And I'm not sure how I feel. Love dogs. Hate raccoons. The term "raccoon dog" makes me think of Cousin Eddie from Vacation/Christmas Vacation.

[bundabergdevil]

Are you saying that raccoon dogs aren’t real?

About as real as Sasquatch and birds.

[camion]

Am I the only one who was not aware of the existence of raccoon dogs until today and also think they may be fake?

Well they are purported to eat birds.


Just sayin'.

[MChambers]

Am I the only one who was not aware of the existence of raccoon dogs until today and also think they may be fake?

You can read all about raccoon dogs here (apparently considered to be a delicacy in some parts of China):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...-origin-wuhan/

[budwom]

wandering thru large Chinese markets can be fascinating (and a bit troublesome)...we loved the ones in San Francisco, a really broad array of stuff we do not personally eat...a friend of ours who got aquaculture degrees from UNC-W works for a large fish farming company (barramundi are the fish) and their primary market is Chinese and Asian markets all over the US who greatly prefer buying live fish, that's the way their customers like them, alive and frisky, just like their raccoon dogs.

[YmoBeThere]

customers like them, alive and frisky, just like their raccoon dogs.

And civet cats...

[rsvman]

Racoon dogs are nasty looking creatures, to be sure, but they are real.

[OldPhiKap]

Racoon dogs . . . are real.

Are they also spectacular?

’(I had never heard of one until recently, but then again I had never heard of a pangolin either).

[Rich]

Racoon dogs are nasty looking creatures, to be sure, but they are real.

Are they also spectacular?

Must spread sporks yada yada yada

What's the over-under on % people here who get that reference? I thought about adding a video but, meh, not in the mood. Let those who don't get it look it up.

[CrazyNotCrazie]

Must spread sporks yada yada yada

What's the over-under on % people here who get that reference? I thought about adding a video but, meh, not in the mood. Let those who don't get it look it up.

That is basic cultural literacy for anyone over 40. No soup for anyone who doesn’t get it.