The Hague should get involved. And add cheeto to the list.
Eek.
One case in Queensland, zero in Tas, SA, WA, NT. Victoria, NSW and ACT still fucked.
My friend Lisa is a primary schoolteacher in Sydney. She has to go back to face-to-face teaching this week.
Typhoid Malcolm is currently in court, facing assorted charges over his quarantine escapade…and for breaching a domestic violence order.
Non-NSW/VIC/ACT Oz is once again without any new Covid infections.
The plague states are, for now, continuing much as before; we’re yet to see what effect their recent “fuck it, she’ll be right” reopenings are going to have on the Covid rates.
Locally:
I was prescribed antidepressants for a condition that was not depression. It was not a good experience. It seems like the symptoms of COVID-19 are objectively worse than the side effects of this drug, and anything to improve those outcomes is a net positive.
Where’s the gif of Bugs Bunny sawing Ron DeSantis off of Florida?
I take escitalopram 20 mg every morning/early afternoon.
I’m on paroxetine, but I looked into Wikipedia and it may not use the same mechanism as fluvoxamine. I’m guessing they’ll have to try the different drugs separately.
“They found cases of Covid-19 resulting in intubation or death could be reduced by as much as 72 percent. The antidepressants that were the most promising? They’re household names among those who struggle with treatment-resistant depression: venlafaxine, mirtazapine, escitalopram, paroxetine, and fluoxetine.” from the article I posted.
30mg Mirtazapine every night for me. This is wonderful news!
I skimmed the article but missed that paragraph. Thanks for pointing it out!
But I have it in good authority that when they shoot you up with thorazine on crystal smoke you choke like a son of a gun.
It’s near where my Dad grew up. It’s so backward there.