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I figure I'll wait until there's more than one generic later next year and then just get some to do PreP on-demand. At my current rate of intercourse,one 30-pill bottle should last me the rest of my days....

That's what you're supposed to do because if you turn your back on them they may pounce and try to take you down by biting your neck.

Some stores have quietly moved the wipes behind the customer service desk to prevent hoarding. You might try going there and asking.

because viral load is a factor in whether you develop the illness. The longer your are in the room together, the more particles you are inhaling.

I saw you Coolwave, that satisfied my curiosity, I left because early on Joey said he was staying 'behind the scenes." I just figured hearing stories would make me more annoyed I backed out. I'll catch you at some future show I'm sure.

TBH I only tuned in to see Coolwave, then when Joey said he wasn't coming on I turned it off assuming he wouldn't. He came on screen later? dammit.

Now I have to tune in and see what I missed

Jeez you two are like an old married couple, you're fighting all the time and not having sex.

Given that people are taking mitigating measures to avoid getting it, I don't see us getting to herd immunity before the vaccine,but rather that there will be enough already infected that even if the vaccine is only partially effective,THAT will be enough.

I think when it ends most people will go pretty much right back to it. There will likely be fewer people who partake for a while either because they simply developed other habits or their local venue closed and a new one didn't spring up yet(and might not, because it sure seems to me the vast majority of bathhouses are older facilities that are cheap, and building one from scratch would likely be prohibitively expensive.

While I know that's technically true, the number designating the year was come up with well after "year 1"(and they missed the mark at that) and I think it makes more sense to treat the century designator as cardinal rather than ordinal so the decades slot properly. We don't consider 1990 part of the 80s...

Currently there are hotel rooms to be had dirt cheap in the city, so I could see some taking advantage of it.

I can't envision myself going to one when the showers are closed, unless it's just to watch.

Lets be honest, most(not all) plastic surgeons are in it for the money, not a desire to help people. I know of one (college acquaintance) who is an exception - she does the vanity surgeries so she can do reconstructive surgeries for cancer patients pro bono. But most of them want to be like the guys on Nip/Tuck.

Thinking of going. Frankly a little nervous because most of the dancers are in their young and stupid years and not sure how much I trust they are being careful.

More importantly, Stu has made two appearances on Sean Cody's TikTok. Could he be coming back?

I always just used a tissue or toilet paper and flushed it away.

That is a misleading article. Not having antibodies does not necessarily mean you aren't immune.

44? he's been around for decades and looked at least 35 in his youngest pics. He's late 50s at the youngest.

Steamrooms and saunas are closed countrywide I believe. Even bathhouses don't have them open.

I think they strongly suspect that initial viral load is a key determinant of severity, as that's true of a lot of similar viruses. They just can't TEST it because it would be unethical to give someone a disease. Getting it at a concert would seem to be likely to be a lower "dose" than, say, getting it from someone you live with.

One of my cattier friends was fond of the term "Faguar." (you know, like jaguar, but...). I think the usual term for straights is dirty old man.

I wouldn't be surprised if we find out aerobic capacity pre-illness is the key variable. It correlates strongly but not perfectly with weight, as there are skinny couch potatoes and heavier athletes. So you'd still expect to see some heavier people who shake it off amd skinnier people who get quite ill.

Yeah there's a certain amount of "you get what you pay for" going on with the lower cost guys.

Well under half the people who should get the flu shot do so. That makes the number of fly cases vastly higher than they would be if everyone got the shot, because full vaccination even when the vaccine isn't perfect, breaks up chains of infection.