Pat @Pat@qoto.org

@freemo @trinsec

Polio vax required four to complete the series, three oral and one jab. (Polio was transmitted via digestive tract, thus the oral vax.)

COVID-19 may need a nasal spray along with 2-3 jabs to complete the series.

@freemo @trinsec

I think I was still kind of new here and folks didn't understand my humor yet.

@freemo @trinsec

> carry a fork around with me and just stab anyone in the eye who comes within arms reach.

https://qoto.org/@Pat/106236177669666721

@trinsec @freemo

>...if a virus kills 100%, social distancing might actually be followed more tightly, lessening the spread

Yes, human behavior is a big part of it. With diseases like ebola with all of the bleeding, or small pox with the facial deformities, those diseases probably spread less than they would otherwise because people take them more seriously.

@freemo @trinsec

Yeah, you're absolutely right. I think there's an inverse correlation between R0 and how *quickly* a disease kills/disables its victims (not lethality), all other variables being equal.

@lucifargundam

I think I'm just making fun of folks who change "STEM" into "STEAM" by adding "Arts". They miss the point entirely.

@freemo @trinsec

Yeah, covid just seemed that way. Ironically, the more deadly contagions are less of a pandemic threat because they kill off the hosts before they have a chance to transmit the disease, thus keeping the spread in check.

#acronym #disambiguation

STEM = singing, theater, entertainment, and music

@freemo @trinsec
>where everything will kill you if you are within 5 feet of it.

Sounds like social distancing at a crowded grocery store during a pandemic.

@freemo @trinsec

>What you didnt see the video...

What I saw was a narcissist whose ego was so fragile that he was willing to take down the country rather than face the reality of his own failure.

@freemo @trinsec

Deposed him? What do mean? He's still the president.

#sardonic

@freemo @trinsec
>That would still make me right only 50% of the time. If I am never corrected then I'm right 100% of the time.

This is why Trumpian delusion has so much mass appeal.

@freemo @trinsec

So you can be right the next time.

@freemo @trinsec

>the other half of the time my vocabulary is so advanced it doesnt even know the word I am trying to say.

I've wasted a lot of time trying to track down the "correct" spelling of a work, only to find that I had it right all along and the spell-checker just didn't know it.

@freemo @trinsec

Is that everyone gets pissed off at me when I try to correct their grammar?

@trinsec @freemo

When spell-checkers came out, it was a godsend for me. If I left my spelling mistakes in my writing, you wouldn't be able to make out half of what I was saying, it's so bad.

A lot times I can't find the words in the dictionary because I can't spell it close enough to find it. I use Google a lot now because they have AI/phonetics algorhtms.

(I left that last word misspelled, just so you could see how I tried to spell it unassisted so you get a feel what I face with this issue. It's a real pain.)

@freemo @trinsec

A lot people have undiagnosed dyslexia. I've noticed that you often confuse things like "your" and "you're". You may have it and not know it.

@trinsec @freemo

Never diagnosed officially, but I definitely have a language issue... mostly spelling, homophones and general social communication.

@trinsec @freemo

Yeah, I kind of scrambled my plurals/possessives on the "it"s.

Dyslexia seems to be acting up at the moment for some reason, I 'm making all kinds mistakes in my writing...

@International_XT

As you say, there are ways to meet in groups safely, if you can control things. Even large groups can meet if everyone is tested right before the event and is vaxed, and wears respirators. Then it's safe.