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Post by SomeFearlessChick on Nov 13, 2020 21:40:52 GMT -5
We all think people get sick in the winter because it's colder outside, but I read about or heard this somewhere a while ago that it's because people go inside and are close to each other in the winter. Bacteria or sicknesses like warm weather so it's not about the cold weather in the winter. People are closer together in the winter in their homes or in buildings. I guess that is maybe why some places are closing places down this winter so people aren't in stores as much or being at gatherings. That’s an interesting topic. I read about that a lot and even discussed it with doctors. Some say bacteria and viruses make you sick it doesn’t matter if it’s warm or cold, rainy or windy. In a way that is correct because without bacteria and viruses you can’t get sick. However it’s also incorrect because bacteria and viruses are all around. Even in a sterilized environment you carry them with you. The problem with cold weather is if your body cools down or even parts of your body (like your sinuses) get exposed to cold, your immune system has to work overtime and the risk of infections and inflammation rises. Regularly it’s enough for you on your own to get infected. For example: cold and windy weather will give you a drippy nose. It can easily lead to an infection. Humidity or the lack of humidity also plays a role. Winter time: indoors with the heater on, poor ventilation, possible other people around are a great combination to speed up the process. There are more factors, like exposure to sunlight. It’s a combination of factors. But it’s safe to say warm weather lowers the risk of you getting sick. Cold weather does the opposite. True, bacteria is all around us, on every surface and everything we touch. Quite often we are probably infecting ourselves, but the immune system is strong enough to fight it and in that case we don't get sick. It also depends on how contagious certain viruses are, e.g. gastro, if there's an outbreak, that one soars. I had to know all about bacteria spread and viruses well before Corona because of work, and it's taken a pandemic for the general public to be educated on this stuff, and for cleaning procedures to be updated in places. All of this stuff that was common practice for me, was not so in many other industries, and that is scary.
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 13, 2020 22:15:42 GMT -5
I just want to attend a concert so bad! I don't really feel the need to want to attend one lately, but it would be nice to in a year or two or something.
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 13, 2020 22:17:48 GMT -5
We all think people get sick in the winter because it's colder outside, but I read about or heard this somewhere a while ago that it's because people go inside and are close to each other in the winter. Bacteria or sicknesses like warm weather so it's not about the cold weather in the winter. People are closer together in the winter in their homes or in buildings. I guess that is maybe why some places are closing places down this winter so people aren't in stores as much or being at gatherings. That’s an interesting topic. I read about that a lot and even discussed it with doctors. Some say bacteria and viruses make you sick it doesn’t matter if it’s warm or cold, rainy or windy. In a way that is correct because without bacteria and viruses you can’t get sick. However it’s also incorrect because bacteria and viruses are all around. Even in a sterilized environment you carry them with you. The problem with cold weather is if your body cools down or even parts of your body (like your sinuses) get exposed to cold, your immune system has to work overtime and the risk of infections and inflammation rises. Regularly it’s enough for you on your own to get infected. For example: cold and windy weather will give you a drippy nose. It can easily lead to an infection. Humidity or the lack of humidity also plays a role. Winter time: indoors with the heater on, poor ventilation, possible other people around are a great combination to speed up the process. There are more factors, like exposure to sunlight. It’s a combination of factors. But it’s safe to say warm weather lowers the risk of you getting sick. Cold weather does the opposite. In relation to virus and bacteria always being with people, sometimes when my 'OCD' (not diagnosed but I think I had it or sometimes have it) acts up I get in my head about how we leave our DNA everywhere we go in our hair, our fingerprints, our spit, etc. It would get in my head and bother me to think I'm leaving part of me wherever I go and I can't control it.
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 13, 2020 22:23:37 GMT -5
Yeah I think we're maybe going to see some more intimate gigs, but nothing large scale. I think it's sensible tbh. I went to a huge arena concert at the end of February and in hindsight I dread to think how fast something could have spread in an enclosed venue with 15,000 people all singing and screaming and dancing. That's also why I think Loverfest will sadly be cancelled. I attended a virtual Niall Horan concert last Saturday. It wasn't actually virtual or in real time, it would have been nice if it was live but it was already taped. And I saw the second livestream for my time zone and people in the U.K. saw the first one before people like me did. I really wish Taylor would do one. She could raise money for some cause like for nurses and doctors fighting the virus or some other people who are hurting because of the virus. All of Niall's profits from the livestreams ( 130,000 tickets in total) and profits from his merch items for the livestream will go to his band and to crew in the U.K. who were left out by the government for funding. The last concert I went to was a smaller one in my local arena in mid March ( Gord Bamford country singer) and it was very weird and I still remember how weird and eery and uncertain it seemed because that was right when people were starting to worry and there was news things would shut down. Before we went to the concert my dad went into a store called 'Canadian Tire' and I was laughing and taking pictures of people secretly who were coming out carrying toilet paper to send to my mom because they were crazy. There were a few artists at the concert and a few of them said about how it might be their last concert for a while but they at least got to play a few shows on their tour. I think it probably was their last show they played on the tour.
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 13, 2020 22:26:34 GMT -5
Yeah I think we're maybe going to see some more intimate gigs, but nothing large scale. I think it's sensible tbh. I went to a huge arena concert at the end of February and in hindsight I dread to think how fast something could have spread in an enclosed venue with 15,000 people all singing and screaming and dancing. That's also why I think Loverfest will sadly be cancelled. It’s tough, especially for people working in the music business. But in my opinion they should cancel everything for 2021. The situation won’t improve dramatically. People should know in advance what’s up. Large crowds are out of the question. Even really small gigs are pointless, because the atmosphere will be bad with few people spread out and everyone being quiet. Artists (LIKE TAYLOR) should all plan livestreams for next year, they could raise a lot of money for causes like Niall Horan did with his last weekend.
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 14, 2020 2:18:56 GMT -5
We all think people get sick in the winter because it's colder outside, but I read about or heard this somewhere a while ago that it's because people go inside and are close to each other in the winter. Bacteria or sicknesses like warm weather so it's not about the cold weather in the winter. People are closer together in the winter in their homes or in buildings. I guess that is maybe why some places are closing places down this winter so people aren't in stores as much or being at gatherings. Yes. I used to have the window open during winter at work and everyone who entered would ask me why (don't worry, it was warm enough inside) and it's to help aerate the room. I hate stuffy rooms, especially stuffed with people. In Summer this can happen too, with air conditioners on and windows closed, I don't know how people stand breathing in solely each others' and recycled air. That's why aeroplanes are feeding grounds for bacteria. Keep rooms aerated where possible, keep surfaces and hands clean, and avoid large crowds. That's your best shot at avoiding viruses. I heard on TV that operating rooms have a certain number of air exchanges in an hour, and I thought it was 6 for some reason but I found it online and it says 20. I wonder how many times this is done in stores or offices. I at least get to be in my own sort of closed in cubical where I work.
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Post by Roman on Nov 14, 2020 3:10:15 GMT -5
That’s an interesting topic. I read about that a lot and even discussed it with doctors. Some say bacteria and viruses make you sick it doesn’t matter if it’s warm or cold, rainy or windy. In a way that is correct because without bacteria and viruses you can’t get sick. However it’s also incorrect because bacteria and viruses are all around. Even in a sterilized environment you carry them with you. The problem with cold weather is if your body cools down or even parts of your body (like your sinuses) get exposed to cold, your immune system has to work overtime and the risk of infections and inflammation rises. Regularly it’s enough for you on your own to get infected. For example: cold and windy weather will give you a drippy nose. It can easily lead to an infection. Humidity or the lack of humidity also plays a role. Winter time: indoors with the heater on, poor ventilation, possible other people around are a great combination to speed up the process. There are more factors, like exposure to sunlight. It’s a combination of factors. But it’s safe to say warm weather lowers the risk of you getting sick. Cold weather does the opposite. True, bacteria is all around us, on every surface and everything we touch. Quite often we are probably infecting ourselves, but the immune system is strong enough to fight it and in that case we don't get sick. It also depends on how contagious certain viruses are, e.g. gastro, if there's an outbreak, that one soars. I had to know all about bacteria spread and viruses well before Corona because of work, and it's taken a pandemic for the general public to be educated on this stuff, and for cleaning procedures to be updated in places. All of this stuff that was common practice for me, was not so in many other industries, and that is scary. Office hygiene is so underrated. Cost saving programs make it worse. One cleaning lady has to do several buildings a day on our site. I already told her she doesn’t need to wipe my desk, because she’s using a dodgy wipe she probably used for the toilet before. I clean my desk, mouse and keyboard myself. Ventilation is a problem. Several windows don’t open because of safety reasons and we have a questionable air conditioning. It only blows some hot/cold air from inside the building. It surprises me that they haven’t stepped it up during COVID. When we were dealing with the Mexican flu at least door handles and and guardrails got disinfected.
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Post by Roman on Nov 14, 2020 3:17:21 GMT -5
That’s an interesting topic. I read about that a lot and even discussed it with doctors. Some say bacteria and viruses make you sick it doesn’t matter if it’s warm or cold, rainy or windy. In a way that is correct because without bacteria and viruses you can’t get sick. However it’s also incorrect because bacteria and viruses are all around. Even in a sterilized environment you carry them with you. The problem with cold weather is if your body cools down or even parts of your body (like your sinuses) get exposed to cold, your immune system has to work overtime and the risk of infections and inflammation rises. Regularly it’s enough for you on your own to get infected. For example: cold and windy weather will give you a drippy nose. It can easily lead to an infection. Humidity or the lack of humidity also plays a role. Winter time: indoors with the heater on, poor ventilation, possible other people around are a great combination to speed up the process. There are more factors, like exposure to sunlight. It’s a combination of factors. But it’s safe to say warm weather lowers the risk of you getting sick. Cold weather does the opposite. In relation to virus and bacteria always being with people, sometimes when my 'OCD' (not diagnosed but I think I had it or sometimes have it) acts up I get in my head about how we leave our DNA everywhere we go in our hair, our fingerprints, our spit, etc. It would get in my head and bother me to think I'm leaving part of me wherever I go and I can't control it. It’s not that bad that your DNA gets spread around the world. With a bit of luck someone might construct new Callies out of it I get the OCD part. I’m a bit of a germophobe. I wash my hands a lot and wipe things thoroughly. And I avoid filthy people like the plague.
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Post by Roman on Nov 14, 2020 3:25:58 GMT -5
Yes. I used to have the window open during winter at work and everyone who entered would ask me why (don't worry, it was warm enough inside) and it's to help aerate the room. I hate stuffy rooms, especially stuffed with people. In Summer this can happen too, with air conditioners on and windows closed, I don't know how people stand breathing in solely each others' and recycled air. That's why aeroplanes are feeding grounds for bacteria. Keep rooms aerated where possible, keep surfaces and hands clean, and avoid large crowds. That's your best shot at avoiding viruses. I heard on TV that operating rooms have a certain number of air exchanges in an hour, and I thought it was 6 for some reason but I found it online and it says 20. I wonder how many times this is done in stores or offices. I at least get to be in my own sort of closed in cubical where I work. Yeah. It’s very important in certain industries. On our (chemical) site we need that to avoid explosions due to buildup of chemicals in confined spaces. It’s also very important for food related production sites. Not only for locations where they handle food, but also for locations where they produce food packaging related items. Air flow and air exchange gets monitored very strictly. And we use alarms and safety switches in case air flow drops. Governing bodies check that regularly.
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Post by Loufus on Nov 15, 2020 0:15:53 GMT -5
I wonder how Corona beer is doing these days. That's some rotten luck, you spend fortunes building your brand around a word that means "Crown". It's going great, people love your drink, Crown Beer is a household name. Then one day you wake up and find that Corona no longer means crown, it now means plague. Now every one of your ads basically says "Crack open a bottle of pneumonia", "Enjoy a glass of leprosy", "Relax with a Bubonic". My heart goes out to the marketing department, poor guys.
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Post by SydneyPaige on Nov 15, 2020 1:00:10 GMT -5
I wonder how Corona beer is doing these days. That's some rotten luck, you spend fortunes building your brand around a word that means "Crown". It's going great, people love your drink, Crown Beer is a household name. Then one day you wake up and find that Corona no longer means crown, it now means plague. Now every one of your ads basically says "Crack open a bottle of pneumonia", "Enjoy a glass of leprosy", "Relax with a Bubonic". My heart goes out to the marketing department, poor guys. On the contrary, when the pandemic first happened Corona was the first beer at my store to sell out. People have a sick sense of humour and the corona people hopped right on it and put their beer on sale. We were selling case after case of it for months. Trust me, their sales aren’t hurting.
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Post by taytaytay on Nov 15, 2020 5:25:39 GMT -5
I wonder how Corona beer is doing these days. That's some rotten luck, you spend fortunes building your brand around a word that means "Crown". It's going great, people love your drink, Crown Beer is a household name. Then one day you wake up and find that Corona no longer means crown, it now means plague. Now every one of your ads basically says "Crack open a bottle of pneumonia", "Enjoy a glass of leprosy", "Relax with a Bubonic". My heart goes out to the marketing department, poor guys. It's always on offer over here, people seem to still be buying plenty. I'm glad it's still about, I quite like a Corona now and then.
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 15, 2020 15:03:10 GMT -5
I wonder how Corona beer is doing these days. That's some rotten luck, you spend fortunes building your brand around a word that means "Crown". It's going great, people love your drink, Crown Beer is a household name. Then one day you wake up and find that Corona no longer means crown, it now means plague. Now every one of your ads basically says "Crack open a bottle of pneumonia", "Enjoy a glass of leprosy", "Relax with a Bubonic". My heart goes out to the marketing department, poor guys. I wondered that a long time ago but I thought I read somewhere they’re doing fine.
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Post by oliviabenson(Taylor's Version) on Nov 15, 2020 15:04:00 GMT -5
German government will discuss our lockdown tomorrow and decide if they will get harder or if they can start opening up in december. I think they can't open up again cause the numbers are still rising, it's slower than before but not stopped. Also we have a much higher death rate now and our hospitals ave too much to do with it.
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Post by shandimusic94 on Nov 15, 2020 18:26:51 GMT -5
So my state has officially gone into another lockdown. I guess this time retailers have a strict 25% occupancy rule (which I honestly don't see working here at all but we'll see). So I'm not really sure what that will mean for the store I work at. I don't know if we'll go back to just curbside pickup again or what. I also have no idea what's happening with my school. We are supposed to have an in person class tomorrow so idk. I'm kind of hoping my store will go back to limited hours and curbside only so that I can have more time to do my schoolwork. But at the same time I've actually kind of been having a lot of fun at work recently and quarantine got so boring earlier this year. Idk idk. Also, like, is there gonna be another stimulus check? I doubt Trump will agree to another one. *sigh*
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