ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I used to get a weird metallic taste from coffee sometimes. Like good coffee from good cafes. At one place I mentioned it to the head barista. She remade my coffee and it was much better. Went away with covid, so there's that. 

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

Good coffee tastes good, average coffee tastes warm. I had several expensive cups of coffee in Ireland and exactly one was something I thought tasted good. The ones that aren't over-roasted and have some citrus etc notes, taste like they always did. So yeah it's weird.

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

for sfw, that would be at least a defcon 4 situation
about 95% or so of people recover their sense of taste
odd but intriguing: i saw re-training your smell "exercises" on a search page
good luck scott

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

did you ever get your taste for coffee back?  (worried citizen)

Round 3. Not as bad as the first one but holy hell. No idea what made me get up at midnight and take a test but something seemed familiar...

 Steely_D wrote:
Don't know about USA but you could say the same about our then clueless Trudeau and his Liberal government at the time.

 SeriousLee wrote:

But Trump co-president Musk decided to arbitrarily fire hard workers from the government roles rather than using brain power and resources to actually address real fraud and waste. He might be the world’s richest man, but he’s also the most clueless and - ultimately - destructive.

No shit, Sherlock.

CRA says it's owed $10 billion in COVID-related benefits sent to ineligible recipients

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Back in 2021, some local stores restricted their first hour of business to senior citizens only. One Saturday morning I went to the liquor store which opens at 10:00 and I see a sign on the door stating that first hour of business limited to senior folks only. I thought, oh crap! I look at my phone and see with great relief that's it's 11:05. Phew! But as I walked through the doors, it dawned on me...it wouldn't have mattered even if it was before 11:00. 

Mandatory vaccination and democratic rights: An interview with law professor Dorit Reiss
Dorit Reiss is a law professor specializing in the legality and necessity of school vaccine mandates.

seen on bsky: Firing RFK Jr would unburden a lot of overworked mitochondria in this country

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The men's room here at work has a framed & laminated poster of handwashing instructions put out by the Georgia Department of Health. 5 years after it went up, someone (a customer) threw it in the trash. I'm actually shocked it lasted this long.

Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage
Even if you think you're done with COVID, COVID might not be done with you

First They Got Long Covid. Then, It Made Them Homeless (2022-02-25)
It's estimated that millions of Americans have developed chronic illness as a result of Covid-19 infection. For some — especially those in the gig economy — it's made them unable to support themselves

 R_P wrote:

I finally learned to get mine on a Monday or Tuesday so if I react to it, I don't waste a weekend. 

Paid off too, because my Wednesday sucked but I was at work so nothing new there.

Flu/Covid refresh.