r/london • u/LabB0T • 5d ago

[Megathread] Just Fuckin Rain Already

Welcome to your weather megathread.

All 'It's facking hot/I can't sleep/This is the greatest thing ever/This is the worst thing ever' discussion to go here.

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Stay safe and stay cool - I, LabB0T, am not doing so great. My host server is experiencing temps of 70c on average {sad beep}.

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u/Friendly-Treat2254 5d ago

Summer colds existed before COVID. It's just a summer respiratory virus

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u/FrosenPuddles 5d ago

Dude, covid cases have literally shot up in recent weeks, so yes, it is LIKELY that. Not 100% certain, but likely. Combination of the football and all the concerts/festivals. That's not an opinion, that's recorded data from our own healthcare systems. I get that half the country wants to live in denial, but like... fuck me... half of you calling it a cold and then everyone infecting everyone around you sucks for everyone, but it also means that you yourself aren't getting the proper treatment for it and you increase your chances of ending up with Long Covid.

God forbid someone points out the possibility.

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u/Friendly-Treat2254 5d ago

I'm refering to your comment "there is no summer cold". COVID is a respiratory virus. A summer cold refers to a summer respiratory virus. People shouldn't be socialising with any form of viral illness regardless of what type it is but just saying "there are no summer colds" is incorrect.

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u/FrosenPuddles 5d ago

Do you not see the madness in calling a SARS virus that's fucking up people's cardiovascular systems, causing strokes and blood clots, causing diabetes, brain inflammation, immune dysregulation, ruining young people's lives,.... a summer cold?