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You know what’s also unhealthy for people, the infection this helps mitigate. I originally wrote out a long diatribe and was going to look for many citations for it, but realised I could sum it up much easier.

Vaccines are proven to reduce severity, especially in the vulnerable demographics mentioned, they also reduce transmission for everyone. COVID vaccine efficiency fades with time. As a member of said vulnerable group, any infection utterly sucks, even if vaccinated (although having had COVID 3x, the first was absolutely hell in comparison to post vaccination, natural or pharmaceutical). This not insignificant risk I have to accept on a daily basis. The risk to anybody of getting vaccinated is magnitudes less than the risk I have to accept. By taking this comparatively tiny risk on my behalf, you significantly reduce what I have to accept.

Argue what you will about forcing vaccines, but when it statistically poses less risk than the car drive to go and get it, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to allow people to opt-in if they so desire.

Unless it’s an embarrassing “I fell” syndrome incident I suspect they’d probably go to the one they know as they can probably pull strings and get better/quicker treatment

I wasn’t actually aware of Lidocaine being used as an antiarrythmic until I looked it up, but yeah I can see how an IV infusion would fuck you up quick fast and in a hurry.

As for the air, I was always told the lungs can process about a TOTAL of a shot glasses worth in multiple smaller bubbles moving throughout the body before it causes issues (primarily from a diving context where air embolism is but one concern). Interesting to hear that the actual lethal dose is still considerably more than that, guess that visual guide for people is more the point at which it causes pathological symptoms rather than significant risk of death

It would provide at least one explanation for the cardiac arrest if it did

No do! That’s absolutely one of the most invigorating and thrilling little pleasures a man can have in a morning. What you absolutely do not do under any circumstances is have a shower wank with it, that way lies tears…

(Have I lowered the tone of the conversation again, I’ll show myself out)

You actually going for the single blade safety razor approach then? I think it’s great but can fully get why it isn’t for everyone, so I’d be very interested to hear how you get on if you do try it

It takes a little bit longer at first, but not really. Make sure the blade is sharp and replace it if not, keep tension on the skin, and let the weight of the razor do most of the work without putting extra pressure on. I’ve let others try mine (with a new blade for hygiene) and they’ve managed just find without slicing their face up.

I recommend a more traditional shaving soap over squirty foam, but that’s a lot more personal preference. I’d also strongly advise a good after shave moisturiser to reduce razor burn, a lot of cartridge style include a thin strip of it (which actually make shaving more difficult as it’s slippy), obviously a safety razor doesn’t have space for one so a little bit of manual cream application is advised, plus it smells nice.

If in doubt though, there’s dozens of articles and videos on it.

I personally use a combo of an Edwin Jagger safety razor made in Sheffield UK https://www.edwinjagger.co.uk/ and Derby Extra blades from Turkey https://shavelounge.co.uk/brand/derby/. The result is a comfortable shave at a very low cost

I keep a hair dryer next to my enclosure to get it above the MINTEMP threshold, it’s really stupid, but it does at least work.

Have some vague semblance of a working justice system? A very vague one, but at least I’d a decent impersonation

That’s somehow even worse than “Jim will fix it”, even with the subsequent revelations

Wankclown here for me