Contrary to what you may believe about your own intellect, your opinion as someone who is not a credentialed medical professional is not of equal value to the information presented by the CDC, NIH and various independent virologists and immunologists - none of whom make the “high false positive rate” but rather state the opposite.
You also recommended taking three tests for redundancy which is directly counter to medical advice to test five days after exposure, and to test a second time two - three days later only if experiencing symptoms.
So Yes, you are spreading misinformation once again.
Your usual politicization of the topic notwithstanding, my comments weren’t aimed at your more or less benign statements QB, but rather IC’s direct mischaracterization of the nature of PCR tests and the direct advice to defy recommended testing best practices.
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Ok, no more talk about COVID testing, statistics, and truthfulness in reporting. My thread, my rules.
EDIT: If you or someone you know has been impacted by the virus, feel free to mention it. The last two years have been incredibly difficult for many of us. If I want to dig through the ditches and look up facts I know how to do so, and I'm assuming everyone else can do the same.
Thanks.
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I do want to thank Quark Blast for providing the links to the information available. But let's just try and not get too heavy with too much of such because it rankles people easily. Let's just support each other as much as we can. It's the only way we'll really beat this crap.
Tonya, could you remove my two posts on this page, they were both replies to the removed posts
Ain't no gaming while I'm ill
It's not warm I have a chill
Ain't no gaming while I'm ill
I hope it's gone before too long
Anyway, I have COVID
Dang it.
That's a terrible song!
Anyway, that sucks Cal. As you know, my wife is getting over it. Get lots of rest. I hope you feel better soon.
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That's a terrible song!
Anyway, that sucks Cal. As you know, my wife is getting over it. Get lots of rest. I hope you feel better soon.
Thanks! I'm glad she's on the mend. Mine has felt really the same as a typical chest cold, at least so far. So hopefully it's the milder Omicron variety.
Guess what! My day got even better! I broke a tooth tonight and my dentist's office is closed on Fridays! WOOOOOO!!!
Y'all have fun gaming this weekend. I'm gonna get drunk.
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Y'all have fun gaming this weekend. I'm gonna get drunk.
That's a much better song.
My life, you're having quite the week, Cal - hope that all gets sorted soon!
My life, you're having quite the week, Cal - hope that all gets sorted soon!
Thanks. Things can only get better. Right? RIGHT?
:)
My life, you're having quite the week, Cal - hope that all gets sorted soon!Thanks. Things can only get better. Right? RIGHT?
:)
Well, I was wrong about that, it seems. Meat Loaf, one of the musical superheroes of my youth has died.
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Towards the end of his life, one of my Dad's major laments was that he outlived most of his contemporaries. I now begin to see where he was coming from.
Towards the end of his life, one of my Dad's major laments was that he outlived most of his contemporaries. I now begin to see where he was coming from.
My ex-wife's grandmother, who I dearly loved, was quite a character. But the very first thing she'd read in the daily paper was the obituary column. She called it "keeping score". She really wasn't a callous person but just thought it was funny to say it like that.
No game again at Sweet Home Calabama. Today is the fifteenth day of my COVID journey. Wednesday was the first day I did not have a fever, but it came back the next day. It's only been above 100.5 once or twice, but a fever makes things even more contagious. My symptoms have not even been close to life-threatening (for which I am thankful!) but just the fact they won't go away is starting to wear on my psyche, I think.
What are the rest of us doing this weekend?
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I think the only thing on my plate is checking out the Royal Rumble. I haven't kept up with WWE since they sold the streaming network to Peacock, but this and Wrestlemania are the two events I don't mind watching even if I have no idea what storylines are going on.
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I painted my two-handed sword up to make it look like Stormbringer, but it needs patching up after I used it earlier on this week, and some heavier-duty varnish putting on to help protect it better in future.
I painted my two-handed sword up to make it look like Stormbringer, but it needs patching up after I used it earlier on this week, and some heavier-duty varnish putting on to help protect it better in future.
I must see a photo of this!
No game again, but the good news is I think I'm finally at the tail end of my COVID journey. Hopefully next weekend we'll be able to get together. We're also having a bit of bad weather here in the central Arkansas area with sleet and freezing rain making travel hazardous.
How about everyone else? What's shakin'?
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Running the penultimate scenario before the party is finally ready for Eyes. This will be a test run with just the core four players who will be participating. Depending on how well they gel without the fifth and sixth character, we'll see how they feel about their performance. I don't want to ruin their Seeker arc with too many players, but I also don't want to send a party that can't hang into that meatgrinder.
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No game this weekend as one of my four players is going to be unavailable due to Girl Scouts for her kiddo. More time for Pokemon Legends Arceus for me as a result, probably.
Glad you're feeling better-ish, Cal.
Hi Orthos! Long see, no time!
TOZ. *dignified nod*
Nothing planned for this weekend, but everyone in Texas is worried about freezing temperatures tonight and tomorrow night, because we're all still traumatized from last year's winter power grid failure. We'll see what happens!
Also, apparently my wife promised our daughter that we can buy a pet fish.
The past couple weeks have been exhausting with my wife getting Covid, trouble with my kids' school, my mom having upcoming surgery, and a friend having a really tough time but us not having any real way to help them out. I really fell behind on my PbPs and a couple other hobbies that involve other people, and I just felt like I caught up a couple days ago. And now that I'm all caught up, most of the other people seem not have time, either.
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Hi Orthos! Long see, no time!
Yeah it's been a bit ^^ I kinda peaced out for all of 2021.
Nothing planned for this weekend, but everyone in Texas is worried about freezing temperatures tonight and tomorrow night, because we're all still traumatized from last year's winter power grid failure. We'll see what happens!
Also, apparently my wife promised our daughter that we can buy a pet fish.
ooooh. What kinna fish? I miss having an aquarium.
I know lots of people in Texas who are really on edge after last year's power grid debacle. I hope everything stays online for you guys!
Hi Orthos! Long see, no time!Yeah it's been a bit ^^ I kinda peaced out for all of 2021.
Lot of that going around...
Lot of that going around...Hi Orthos! Long see, no time!Yeah it's been a bit ^^ I kinda peaced out for all of 2021.
Welcome back!
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ooooh. What kinna fish? I miss having an aquarium.
No idea. Recommendations for first-time fish owners welcome!
I know lots of people in Texas who are really on edge after last year's power grid debacle. I hope everything stays online for you guys!
Thanks. I'm sure we'll all be fine, as it's only getting a little bit below freezing, and I'm sure we'll all be fine. I guess the point is that last year's power grid failure is still felt.
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ooooh. What kinna fish? I miss having an aquarium.No idea. Recommendations for first-time fish owners welcome!
We ended up getting an 8.5 gallon aquarium and 2 red platies, 2 yellow platies, and 3 glowlight tetra. My kids have named them by group: ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise.
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My kids have named them by group: ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise.
I LOVE that!!
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My kids have named them by group: ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise.I LOVE that!!
Update: As they can tell each individual fish apart, the names have evolved to Ketchup, Hot Sauce, Mustard, Sweet and Sour, Mayonnaise, Tarter Sauce, and Ranch Dressing.
Howdy, howdy, howdy!
Who's a-gaming this weekend? My COVID test came back "Inconclusive" so me, always the one to err on the side of caution, put our game off. Again.
How about everyone else?
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I actually may be. This is the only weekend in February one of my three players is available, as with a group this small one person missing more or less makes the group unplayable. Every other weekend this month she's stuck at Girl Scouts cookie stands with the kiddo during play time.
Aaaaaand she might be getting sick. Would be our luck.
In NWN news instead of PnP, playerside in an event tonight then DMing in an event tomorrow night and Sunday afternoon. Need to schedule a handful more as well this weekend, for dates further out.
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How about everyone else?
My to-do list is longer than my can-do list.
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Howdy, howdy, howdy!
Who's a-gaming this weekend? My COVID test came back "Inconclusive" so me, always the one to err on the side of caution, put our game off. Again.
How about everyone else?
I've got my normal Sunday night game, with any luck, where we've embarked on a Shadowrun campaign. Not my favourite system or setting, but I'm enjoying the campaign a very great deal nonetheless.
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How about everyone else?My to-do list is longer than my can-do list.
I can certainly relate to that.
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I had a pretty busy week, with two boulders carved out, and a salt run. Now I have to stay up until midnight to pick up my daughter from her job at the cookie shop.
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I actually may be. This is the only weekend in February one of my three players is available, as with a group this small one person missing more or less makes the group unplayable. Every other weekend this month she's stuck at Girl Scouts cookie stands with the kiddo during play time.
Aaaaaand she might be getting sick. Would be our luck.
Game did not happen, we all agreed sick player needed to rest up so she'd be well enough to go back to work on Monday. These past few months have been hard on her.
NWN sessions went well. In the Friday event my paladin and the rest of her group investigated a mage tower in the center of this secluded, entrapped village we're stuck in that's the playground of a Hex Dragon. Found out the tower is being operated by one of his half-dragon children, a capable mage in her own right, and convinced her that she'd be free to leave the village and live her own life if she helps us slay her father. Next event should be dragon-slaying time.
Tonight's event I was DM for, players are separated into three different parties simultaneously infiltrating Haruka in search of Runelord Krune. This group entered via the necropolis in the lower part of the city and fought through the undead, golems, and bound elementals and devils there, made a deal with a friendly spirit of a dwarven slave, and successfully reached the city proper. That story will be continued in future events.
Tomorrow's event will have an elf and his allies returning to the Dreamlands to pay back a debt to the Mad Poet. So that should be fun.
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Orthos, I love hearing about your NWN sessions. Do you all use voice chat while playing? How much prep time is it for a GM to set up a session?
Orthos, I love hearing about your NWN sessions. Do you all use voice chat while playing? How much prep time is it for a GM to set up a session?
And how many players are in your groups?