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Senator Bernie Sanders tests positive for COVID-19 during Senate break as infections rise nationally

thehill.com Sanders tests positive for COVID-19 during Senate break as infections rise nationally

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 ex…

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- This is bullshit. COVID-19 hospitalizations are spiking right now, something that doesn't happen with colds.
- Yobuck has been removed as a mod for spreading misinformation
  
  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.
  
  Restored comment.
  
  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.
- You mean YOU call it the cold, no "we"
  
  You could improve your empathy for the other 75% please and thank you
- This attitude is so fucked. Jesus Christ.
  
  admin
  Banned @YoBuckStopsHere
  reason: Mod abuse + using moderation tools after being removed as a mod. Perma-ban.
- 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
  https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&userId=297128
- 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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  We know it attacks the testicles but so far it hasn't seemed to cause infertility. But what happens to babies being born, getting infected dozens of times by the time they reach adulthood?
  This is a bit extreme, but for all we know we're at the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it.
  Even not thinking that extreme we really have no idea what's going to happen long term. A recent report from stats canada says 1/9 Canadians have had long covid, and half still have symptoms as of June 2023. Give it another 5 years and it's only going to be worse.
  
  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

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