Ugh 😩 I met my new doctor today, had my yearly exam, and got three vaccines.
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oof
I got shingles at 45ish and whoa, it was the least inconvenient case possible and it was debilitating. Just the itching! But also the stickiness!
... and discovering how many 20somethings around me weren't vaccinated against ?chickenpox?measles? whichever the root disease is, and expected me to stay home, okay, but didn't see why they should get vaccinated. Maybe I convinced some.
@clew @gildilinie @AnnieBuddy @renata @benroyce @alice
I'm too old to have been vaccinated against #chickenpox as a child. By coincidence, I'm recovering from chickenpox right now. In adults, it's a horrible experience. Most of my torso is numb, I have bad abdominal and back pain, and I'm covered from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet in spots. Last night, I got less than three hours' sleep.
#Shingles would have been worse. I'll definitely pay for the shingles #vaccine as soon as I'm over this.
The NHS is giving free #MMR vaccines to anyone who didn't have them as a child (including me, because of my age). I had my two doses recently and I'm glad I did.
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@clew @gildilinie @AnnieBuddy @renata @benroyce @alice
I'm too old to have been vaccinated against #chickenpox as a child. By coincidence, I'm recovering from chickenpox right now. In adults, it's a horrible experience. Most of my torso is numb, I have bad abdominal and back pain, and I'm covered from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet in spots. Last night, I got less than three hours' sleep.
#Shingles would have been worse. I'll definitely pay for the shingles #vaccine as soon as I'm over this.
The NHS is giving free #MMR vaccines to anyone who didn't have them as a child (including me, because of my age). I had my two doses recently and I'm glad I did.
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@AnnieBuddy @clew @gildilinie @renata @benroyce @alice
Thanks for your good wishes.
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@AnnieBuddy @clew @gildilinie @renata @benroyce @alice
Thanks for your good wishes.
@CppGuy 🥂 ☮️ ❤️
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@LukefromDC @benroyce @CppGuy @alice I absolutely cannot tolerate the smell of pork being cooked, including bacon and this toot speaks to me
@renata @LukefromDC @CppGuy @alice
just to be clear to you and luke, they're not talking ingredients in processed meats, they're talking genetically engineering food crops. potatos, corn, tomtatoes, bananas, etc
(which is a whole other contentious topic)
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@renata @LukefromDC @CppGuy @alice
just to be clear to you and luke, they're not talking ingredients in processed meats, they're talking genetically engineering food crops. potatos, corn, tomtatoes, bananas, etc
(which is a whole other contentious topic)
@benroyce @LukefromDC @CppGuy @alice Hmm I love tomtatoes :D
(sorry)
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@benroyce @LukefromDC @CppGuy @alice Hmm I love tomtatoes :D
(sorry)
@benroyce @LukefromDC @CppGuy @alice I'm shocked it actually exists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomato
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@benroyce @LukefromDC @CppGuy @alice I'm shocked it actually exists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomato
@renata @LukefromDC @CppGuy @alice
there is also the tomacco
hybrid tomato-tobacco
the funny thing about that one is it was in a simpson's episode as a fictional plant. then someone successfully created it inspired by the show 😆
potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, tobacco, petunias, nightshade, etc:
it's all one closely related family of plants
i would argue the most generous plant family to humans, by far
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makes me think of this:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7120417/
of course this idea fires up the whole genetic engineering debate
but i wonder: if people could just eat foods, and get vaccinated thataways, if antivax hysteria might disappear
(or maybe make it worse, from the conspiracy theory wing, even though this quells the needle hesitancy wing)
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@alice @benroyce @lispi314 Good! Though you could make it even easier:
At my workplace, we’re offered some routine vaccines (Covid, influenza etc) right on the premises. Book a 10min slot through the intranet portal, walk over at the appointed time, present your health insurance card, get the jab.
If you don’t feel fit the next day, no problem: we can always take paid sick leave, and only need a doctor’s note from the third day onwards.
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@alice @benroyce @lispi314 Not to be an annoying European, but when I lived in Denmark, not only did they have five weeks’ fully paid holidays, but one could take up to five mental health days a year, where if you woke up and thought ‘can’t face work today’, you can take the day off.
And the bottom line is that companies make more money from happy and attentive people.
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@alice @benroyce @lispi314 Not to be an annoying European, but when I lived in Denmark, not only did they have five weeks’ fully paid holidays, but one could take up to five mental health days a year, where if you woke up and thought ‘can’t face work today’, you can take the day off.
And the bottom line is that companies make more money from happy and attentive people.
please be an annoying european
you're "annoying" to only a certain sort of american asshole, and if you aggrevate them, that's a plus in my book
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@renata @LukefromDC @CppGuy @alice
there is also the tomacco
hybrid tomato-tobacco
the funny thing about that one is it was in a simpson's episode as a fictional plant. then someone successfully created it inspired by the show 😆
potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, tobacco, petunias, nightshade, etc:
it's all one closely related family of plants
i would argue the most generous plant family to humans, by far
@benroyce @renata @LukefromDC @CppGuy @alice nightshades are right up there with the brassicas: wild mustard, from which we derived broccoli, cauliflower, kholrabi, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, bok choy, collard greens, rutabaga, turnip, mustard... the list goes on a bit
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@benroyce @renata @LukefromDC @CppGuy @alice nightshades are right up there with the brassicas: wild mustard, from which we derived broccoli, cauliflower, kholrabi, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, bok choy, collard greens, rutabaga, turnip, mustard... the list goes on a bit
@paneerakbari @renata @LukefromDC @CppGuy @alice
good point except i'll take a potato over cabbage any day
but perhaps my waistline could use some relief
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@paneerakbari @renata @LukefromDC @CppGuy @alice
good point except i'll take a potato over cabbage any day
but perhaps my waistline could use some relief
@benroyce @renata @LukefromDC @CppGuy @alice why not both?
now I'm pretty certain I'm having Brussels sprouts and a baked potato for dinner tonight!
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@pmonks @paneerakbari @renata @CppGuy @alice
you kiss a cabbage, i'll kiss a potato. we'll be graded on style. good luck 🤭
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@pmonks @paneerakbari @renata @CppGuy @alice
you kiss a cabbage, i'll kiss a potato. we'll be graded on style. good luck 🤭
@benroyce @paneerakbari @renata @CppGuy @alice Everyone’s a winner!! 🥰
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