Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #103

[GRT]

No, it doesn't change the treatment and is unnecessary, which is why insurance denied it. My doctor is just trying to figure out why I got so sick, so fast (within 24 hours of apparent exposure).

Is there any chance you could have been exposed earlier? If the virus is moving that quickly, we might have a bigger problem than we originally thought.

 

[GRT]

I'm here. I can't say I'm feeling any better. But on the bright side, I'm not feeling any worse. Sats are still excellent at 97-98%. No sign of lung involvement yet. I managed to get up and make some coffee, but I can't taste it which is a bummer.

I'm glad you're not getting worse--I hope that continues.

This virus is so unpredictable. Two days ago I got a xmas card from a childhood friend. Her brother died of covid just a couple of weeks prior. He'd been servicing a rig and feeling fine when he collapsed. He was the only one out there and he said it took him over an hour to get to his phone and call 911. He tested positive and was hospitalized. He went on a ventilator but came off in a few days. They scheduled his release date, and the next morning he flat-lined. Just like that. His family had to make the tough decision to disconnect him from the equipment because there was no more brain activity.

I think that's what bothers me the most -- there's just no rhyme or reason behind how this virus behaves at times. Her bother was vaccinated--not sure if he was boosted--so maybe his vaccine waned.

I'm glad you're not getting any worse, but stay on top of it. This is a of a virus.

 

[Mauig’ma]

Merry Christmas to everyone here at Websleuths. I’m recovering quickly. Very grateful for getting antibodies infusion. My hope is that everyone who needs it is able to. My smell and taste are coming back. That’s all I wanted for Christmas and Santa came through. Enjoy your day everyone and be safe.

 

[ilovewings]

Unfortunately, I don't think they can presume to speak for the whole US, there is no 'we'. Especially when you include business interests. I'm just an observer, but it seems to me anything Fauci and experts say, will drive many people to do the opposite, and then blame them for everything that goes wrong. l think they've taken the only tack that's humanly possible: promote vacination, and stop there. If the American people are so smart, let them sort it all out. At least the airlines and stranded passengers, for example, can't blame the goverment or experts, for their current situation.

You'll lead a horse to water only so many times, then it's: ok, find you're own way.

JMO

I agree with you on several of your points, but I believe that some things need to be said by people who call themselves experts: of course it is up to people whether to follow that advice or not. I think scientists and the like have an ethical responsibility to recommend the appropriate steps to take in a situation like this, even if their advice is not followed. I am
cringing thinking about what is going to happen after the holidays with respect to spread of the Omicron variant.

P.S. you said "if the American people are smart"- 40% of them have shown themselves not to be too smart---IMO

 

[CharlestonGal]

Is there any chance you could have been exposed earlier? If the virus is moving that quickly, we might have a bigger problem than we originally thought.

I can't figure it out. I hadn't been in contact with anyone at all for two weeks. Other than my dogs. I had some Amazon and Door Dash deliveries, but they just ring the bell and leave. I don't open the door until they are gone. I have waved at neighbors when I check the mail, from a distance of at least 50 feet. Our houses are pretty far apart.

I never was contacted by a contact tracer either. I'm curious if anyone else who was at Harris Teeter that day has tested positive. I don't know if that's the kind of thing a contact tracer would even tell me. If they bothered to call. jmo

 

[CharlestonGal]

Merry Christmas to everyone here at Websleuths. I’m recovering quickly. Very grateful for getting antibodies infusion. My hope is that everyone who needs it is able to. My smell and taste are coming back. That’s all I wanted for Christmas and Santa came through. Enjoy your day everyone and be safe.

I'm glad you're feeling better! And yes, the antibody infusion is great. And it's nice you'll be able to taste your Christmas dinner.

 

[IceIce9]

I can't figure it out. I hadn't been in contact with anyone at all for two weeks. Other than my dogs. I had some Amazon and Door Dash deliveries, but they just ring the bell and leave. I don't open the door until they are gone. I have waved at neighbors when I check the mail, from a distance of at least 50 feet. Our houses are pretty far apart.

I never was contacted by a contact tracer either. I'm curious if anyone else who was at Harris Teeter that day has tested positive. I don't know if that's the kind of thing a contact tracer would even tell me. If they bothered to call. jmo

I became a contact tracer early on, and at first anyone who tested positive for COVID was contacted by a contact tracer within 24 hours.

But after COVID became so widespread in many areas there weren’t enough contact tracers to keep up.

I would be interested in hearing from WS members who had been diagnosed with COVID, or have family members who have had COVID, whether a contact tracer got in touch with them.

 

[CharlestonGal]

I became a contact tracer early on, and at first anyone who tested positive for COVID was contacted by a contact tracer within 24 hours.

But after COVID became so widespread in many areas there weren’t enough contact tracers to keep up.

I would be interested in hearing from WS members who had been diagnosed with COVID, or have family members who have had COVID, whether a contact tracer got in touch with them.

I was about to post the same question - has anyone been contacted by a tracer? A few months back my daughter had dinner with a friend who got sick a day or two later and tested positive for covid. No one ever contacted my daughter. She did the smart thing and got tested herself as did her boyfriend. Both were negative thankfully, but never got a call from anybody.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

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@Jsizzle
AFAIK, tonsillitis is usually viral, unless it's strep throat instead, and so no antibiotics are given. Though they might have helped with the sinus infection.

I've had tonsillitis, too, when I was a teenager. I remember that razor blade sensation. It was awful. Can't swallow, can't sleep.

But in fairness, I have to say that tonsillitis is not sweeping the world and causing millions of deaths. I'm happy that this has been easier for you, of course, but it cannot be compared to any of the diseases we have each endured in the past.

I was 15 minutes from death, eight days after I gave birth when I was 24. I had ulcers that perforated and that's what the doctors told me---I only survived because I was already in the emergency room with my parents looking after my newborn at home. Since I was already in the ER they rushed me in for emergency surgery. I wouldn't have lived if I'd been home, and I initially refused to go to the ER because I was still bleeding from giving birth and my milk was coming in.

I mention this, and I'm sure we all have stories, because the pain is something I can't begin to articulate, but even if I had died on the hospital floor where I collapsed, I wouldn't have gotten anyone else sick.

Covid is not child's play, although I'm genuinely relieved when you or anyone is doing well. However IMO your experience does not reflect the suffering of those who gasped to death, 800,000 and counting in America alone.

We who wish to get together with our loved ones might actually be the enemy, without even knowing it. The transmissibility of this disease is something not seen for a century. Thankfully you were vaccinated and so were spared the worst effects, but people are still dying so we can't minimize or trivialize Covid at all.

I’m sure that wasn’t your intent.

IMO

Lovely post, Arkay..thank you.

 

[WichitaFalls]

Merry Christmas to everyone here at Websleuths. I’m recovering quickly. Very grateful for getting antibodies infusion. My hope is that everyone who needs it is able to. My smell and taste are coming back. That’s all I wanted for Christmas and Santa came through. Enjoy your day everyone and be safe.

Merry Christmas to you as well. I'm so glad you're on your way to full health. Thanks for sharing your experience.

 

[anneg]

Merry Christmas to everyone here at Websleuths. I’m recovering quickly. Very grateful for getting antibodies infusion. My hope is that everyone who needs it is able to. My smell and taste are coming back. That’s all I wanted for Christmas and Santa came through. Enjoy your day everyone and be safe.

Merry Christmas! Glad you are better.

 

[Lilibet]

I became a contact tracer early on, and at first anyone who tested positive for COVID was contacted by a contact tracer within 24 hours.

But after COVID became so widespread in many areas there weren’t enough contact tracers to keep up.

I would be interested in hearing from WS members who had been diagnosed with COVID, or have family members who have had COVID, whether a contact tracer got in touch with them.

Last January when my dh and I were found by covid, no contact tracer got in touch with us. But since the only contact we’d had was my husband’s trip to pick up prescriptions, we wouldn’t have been able to provide useful information (it’s a very busy store). My respiratory therapist in the hospital told me that 95% of her patients didn’t have any idea where they’d gotten it. I guess if they provided the contact tracer with all the places they’d been and people they’d been with, it could have been traced. But I don’t think we had enough contact tracers in our area for that to be done.

 

[SA55]

Merry Christmas everyone, so relieved to hear @CharlestonGal and @Mauig'ma recuperating and feeling so much better.
Hoping I'm wrong and there is a Christmas miracle and we aren't overcome with new cases in next few weeks.

 

[MimosaMornings]

Merry Christmas everyone, so relieved to hear @CharlestonGal and @Mauig'ma recuperating and feeling so much better.
Hoping I'm wrong and there is a Christmas miracle and we aren't overcome with new cases in next few weeks.

If it’s that easily transmissible- then everyone needs to be prepared and have a plan. There are no at home rapid tests within a 50 mile radius and I got an alert that mabs are currently out.
And with the big holiday parties - it’s going to hit soon.
JMO

 

[ilovewings]

If it’s that easily transmissible- then everyone needs to be prepared and have a plan. There are no at home rapid tests within a 50 mile radius and I got an alert that mabs are currently out.
And with the big holiday parties - it’s going to hit soon.
JMO

I ordered rapid tests from Amazon--- cant get them till Friday though but
that is okay-

I am thinking of how CG could have contracted the virus and it is a scary thought.
Lets say someone or a few someoones are in that store-- they have the
virus--- they may even be wearing a mask, but the mask is not very secure
for one reason or another and when they leave that store, because Oricron
is so transmissible, they leave behind virus in the air around where they
stood and people around that area breathe in the virus and get sick. I
cant think of any other way she could have gotten it.

 

[CrimeAway]

Today's TWIV Clinical Update.
Timestamps are in the comments if you right-click and watch on the main YouTube site.

Interestingly, (@8:52) Dr Griffin discusses the apparently shorter time between exposure and symptom onset with the Omicron variant. Also it seems anecdotally that people are developing symptoms before testing positive, which is different than what was observed with the ancestral strain.
I thought @CharlestonGal might be interested in that, given her experience.

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[tabitha111]

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM VIRGINA BEACH!!

The director of the retirement community I live in asked me if I was coming down for Christmas Lunch! LOL...I have been eating in my room for the last week, why would I undo everything to eat Christmas dinner? She looked at me like I was a lunatic. Sigh. I trust my own wisdom and instincts. Here is to everyone staying safe!

 

[CrimeAway]

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM VIRGINA BEACH!!

The director of the retirement community I live in asked me if I was coming down for Christmas Lunch! LOL...I have been eating in my room for the last week, why would I undo everything to eat Christmas dinner? She looked at me like I was a lunatic. Sigh. I trust my own wisdom and instincts. Here is to everyone staying safe!

Unfortunately, I think that some people will be spending Christmas at the dinner table, and New Year in the ICU

You're sensibly cautious IMO.

 

[jjenny]

I ordered rapid tests from Amazon--- cant get them till Friday though but
that is okay-

I am thinking of how CG could have contracted the virus and it is a scary thought.
Lets say someone or a few someoones are in that store-- they have the
virus--- they may even be wearing a mask, but the mask is not very secure
for one reason or another and when they leave that store, because Oricron
is so transmissible, they leave behind virus in the air around where they
stood and people around that area breathe in the virus and get sick. I
cant think of any other way she could have gotten it.

Store was full of un-masked people. Likely some with covid. So when they breathe out, small droplets will be hanging in the air. 6 feet idea is only design to limit the spread, it can't prevent it.

 

[jjenny]

I ordered rapid tests from Amazon--- cant get them till Friday though but
that is okay-

I am thinking of how CG could have contracted the virus and it is a scary thought.
Lets say someone or a few someoones are in that store-- they have the
virus--- they may even be wearing a mask, but the mask is not very secure
for one reason or another and when they leave that store, because Oricron
is so transmissible, they leave behind virus in the air around where they
stood and people around that area breathe in the virus and get sick. I
cant think of any other way she could have gotten it.

Store was full of un-masked people. Likely some with covid. So when they breathe out, small droplets will be hanging in the air. 6 feet idea is only design to limit the spread, it can't prevent it.