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notabee t1_itfa2vx wrote
Reply to comment by tony_sandlin in A common respiratory virus is spreading at unusually high levels, overwhelming children's hospitals. Here's what parents need to know | CNN by SovietSunrise
Yeah, I have, mostly on reddit. Not because having sources is bad, but because it has become a thought-terminating cliche that people like to use to dismiss bad news or concepts they don't like. Reading sources is good! And it shouldn't require someone hand feeding you sources to take some things seriously enough to spend some time looking into them independently. So many people just parrot shit, and many parrots think "got sources?" is equivalent to winning internet points.
notabee t1_itf4xoy wrote
Reply to comment by Muted-Cherry5007 in A common respiratory virus is spreading at unusually high levels, overwhelming children's hospitals. Here's what parents need to know | CNN by SovietSunrise
RSV is severe enough by itself with kids and has been a problem since before Covid, but it's reasonable to believe that Covid is throwing gasoline on the fire as we learn more about it's long term impacts.
notabee t1_itf4mcw wrote
Reply to comment by x0rn in A common respiratory virus is spreading at unusually high levels, overwhelming children's hospitals. Here's what parents need to know | CNN by SovietSunrise
There is tons of evidence that Covid messes with immune function. Here's a few sample links just so some galaxy brain genius doesn't immediately jump in here with the always clever, "GOT ANY SOURCES?!!", but seriously just search for "Covid immune dysfunction" and there is a plethora of stuff to read about. And it's probably going to be relevant to kids too, despite their (usually) milder symptoms.
https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-021-02228-6
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2796649
notabee t1_ivznnut wrote
Reply to comment by grundar in New Nature study finds fungi and spore all over the filaments of an overused mask and demonstrates humid air filtration efficiency is compromised prolonged wearing - Title: "assessing the consequences of prolonged usage of disposable face masks" by IceGroundbreaking715
Thank you for taking the time to write a cogent response to this. Just so many strange scare phrases that don't belong in a scientific study. Like sure, it's probably a good idea to change out a disposable mask somewhat regularly because they get mechanically degraded after many uses, like straps wearing out, or might get gross if you get a bunch of food or mucus on them, but what's with all this hand-wavey "health effects" that they never substantiate? Are we going to start concern trolling about seatbelt skin chafing problems without mentioning car accidents next?
Lots of bunk insinuation, no new insights.