Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #109

[Springrain]

Stay really hydrated. It sounds like you are on the roads to recovery though.

Thanks! I"ve been keeping up fluid intake with lots of water and Gatorade.

 

[katydid23]

Thanks! I"ve been keeping up fluid intake with lots of water and Gatorade.

My daughter's on day 11, and she has no more symptoms. No fever, no aches for 4 or 5 days now. No more cough or stuffy nose at all.

She wanted to go to the beach tomorrow , to get outside and get in the sun and enjoy nature. She took a home test now and it shows positive... :-(

I wonder how long it will stay testing positive?

 

[Springrain]

My daughter's on day 11, and she has no more symptoms. No fever, no aches for 4 or 5 days now. No more cough or stuffy nose at all.

She wanted to go to the beach tomorrow , to get outside and get in the sun and enjoy nature. She took a home test now and it shows positive... :-(

I wonder how long it will stay testing positive?

I'm surprised it's still showing positive after this long! :O

 

[ilovewings]

I'm actually feeling better today by a decent margin. I have a cough now (not horrible) and my nose is pretty stuffy, and my throat really hurts, but no more body aches, headaches, or fever. I'm hoping I keep improving.

Glad to hear you are feeling better!

 

[Springrain]

Glad to hear you are feeling better!

Thanks! Hoping it's a good trend

 

[SouthAussie]

I received a Smart Traveller alert in my emails yesterday.


"Effective 12 June 2022, you no longer need to test negative for COVID-19 prior to travelling to the US."

United States of America

Australian Government travel advice for United States of America. Learn more about local safety, laws and health risks.

www.smartraveller.gov.au

 

[anneg]

I received a Smart Traveller alert in my emails yesterday.


"Effective 12 June 2022, you no longer need to test negative for COVID-19 prior to travelling to the US."

United States of America

Australian Government travel advice for United States of America. Learn more about local safety, laws and health risks.

www.smartraveller.gov.au

Sigh.

 

[anneg]

DH and I sing in our church Choir. This morning we learned that three more Choir members had Covid recently. A couple, elderly like DH and me, had a houseguest with a "cold." Guess what, not a cold. He got it first, then she did, more mildly. And a woman in her early 40s who is a schoolteacher got it just before Memorial Day weekend. (She said a few other staff members got it around then too.) All of them are vaxxed and boosted and didn't get too sick.

The teacher said the fatigue was really bad, though. Getting hit with a wave of fatigue walking down the hall at her school was her first clue that she had Covid. She did a home test--negative. The next day she had a PCR test--negative. The third day a home test showed positive. She was a little surprised but was told being vaccinated can delay the positive test result (or something like that).

 

[SouthAussie]

Today is the official Queen's Birthday celebration here in Australia, a public holiday.

It is a day when people are officially recognised for their good deeds and contributions to our society.

Today - among 323 recipients of this honourable recognition from the Governor General of Australia - there are 92 Aussies who have significantly contributed to Australia's health and well being throughout the pandemic.


Health experts dominate Australia’s Queen’s birthday honours for work during pandemic


"Dr Brendan Murphy...... said the appointment was “very humbling” and reflected the “great fortune” he has had in his career, and the “brilliant and talented” people he has worked with.
He said he “didn’t expect to be in the thick of the pandemic”, and named the two most momentous pieces of advice that he had to give the federal government as the one to close the borders, and introducing lockdowns and restrictions."

 

[ilovewings]

Sigh.

DH and I sing in our church Choir. This morning we learned that three more Choir members had Covid recently. A couple, elderly like DH and me, had a houseguest with a "cold." Guess what, not a cold. He got it first, then she did, more mildly. And a woman in her early 40s who is a schoolteacher got it just before Memorial Day weekend. (She said a few other staff members got it around then too.) All of them are vaxxed and boosted and didn't get too sick.

The teacher said the fatigue was really bad, though. Getting hit with a wave of fatigue walking down the hall at her school was her first clue that she had Covid. She did a home test--negative. The next day she had a PCR test--negative. The third day a home test showed positive. She was a little surprised but was told being vaccinated can delay the positive test result (or something like that).

Do you feel comfortable singing in the choir with the virus still spreading?

 

[Cool Cats]

Do you feel comfortable singing in the choir with the virus still spreading?

You couldn't pay me to sing in a choir even with masks on. But I respect your decision to do so.

 

[weepingangel]

Rolling Stones cancel Amsterdam concert after Mick Jagger tests positive for Covid

Some fans were already in the stadium when it was announced that the show had been scrapped.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[anneg]

Do you feel comfortable singing in the choir with the virus still spreading?

So far I do, because we all wear good masks and are fully vaxxed/boosted, and I'm confident that any choir member with symptoms or exposure to someone with Covid will stay home. If someone was asymptomatic, that could potentially be a problem if we were careless about mask use.

Our church leaders are monitoring Covid data and if things get worse in our area, I believe they will cease in-person services and return to online-only services as we did earlier in the pandemic. DH and I will do as we think best, in any case.

 

[ilovepierre]

Province moves to step 3 in lifting COVID-19 restrictions

Since its peak on April 26, when there were 20.7 new COVID-19 admissions per day per million population, the rate of new COVID-19 hospitalizations in Alberta has been declining. As of June 9, the weekly average of new hospitalizations rate was 6.6 per day per million population. PCR test...

discoverairdrie.com

This wasn’t supposed to happen until hospitalizations were lower. But of course, summer is coming up and we can’t have any restrictions in place

Isolation is no longer mandatory for those with symptoms OR a positive COVID test-it’s just recommended they stay home. No one stays home with a cold or flu around here! What makes anyone think they’re going to stay home now?!

I’m really not comfortable with this. I still wear a mask and will continue to do so. I’ve had COVJD three times already and I don’t want it again…or any other respiratory virus! It took me over 3 weeks to recover from a cold…

 

[anneg]

Interesting article from the Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/06/13/covid-flu-rsv-viruses/

At one point last month, children were admitted to Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital with a startling range of seven respiratory viruses. They had adenovirus and rhinovirus, respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus, influenza and parainfluenza, as well as the coronavirus — which many specialists say is to blame for the unusual surges.

“That’s not typical for any time of year and certainly not typical in May and June,” said Thomas Murray, an infection-control expert and associate professor of pediatrics at Yale. Some children admitted to the hospital were co-infected with two viruses and a few with three, he said.

More than two years into the coronavirus pandemic, familiar viruses are acting in unfamiliar ways. Respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, typically limits its suffocating assaults to the winter months.

Rhinovirus, cause of the common cold, rarely sends people to the hospital.

And the flu, which seemed to be making a comeback in December after being a no-show the year before, disappeared again in January once the omicron variant of the coronavirus took hold....

...The changes — and how and when they may revert to normal — reflect shifts in our own behavior during the pandemic as well as the interplay between SARS CoV-2 and other viruses, known as viral interference.

We evolved alongside pathogens, and our regular contacts with them usually allow our immune systems to reup the response without making us very sick.

“It’s a massive natural experiment,” said Michael Mina, an epidemiologist and chief science officer at the digital health platform eMed. Mina said the shift in seasonality is explained largely by our lack of recent exposure to common viruses, making us vulnerable to their return....

[More at link]

 

[Sundog]

Interesting article from the Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/06/13/covid-flu-rsv-viruses/

At one point last month, children were admitted to Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital with a startling range of seven respiratory viruses. They had adenovirus and rhinovirus, respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus, influenza and parainfluenza, as well as the coronavirus — which many specialists say is to blame for the unusual surges.

“That’s not typical for any time of year and certainly not typical in May and June,” said Thomas Murray, an infection-control expert and associate professor of pediatrics at Yale. Some children admitted to the hospital were co-infected with two viruses and a few with three, he said.

More than two years into the coronavirus pandemic, familiar viruses are acting in unfamiliar ways. Respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, typically limits its suffocating assaults to the winter months.

Rhinovirus, cause of the common cold, rarely sends people to the hospital.

And the flu, which seemed to be making a comeback in December after being a no-show the year before, disappeared again in January once the omicron variant of the coronavirus took hold....

...The changes — and how and when they may revert to normal — reflect shifts in our own behavior during the pandemic as well as the interplay between SARS CoV-2 and other viruses, known as viral interference.

We evolved alongside pathogens, and our regular contacts with them usually allow our immune systems to reup the response without making us very sick.

“It’s a massive natural experiment,” said Michael Mina, an epidemiologist and chief science officer at the digital health platform eMed. Mina said the shift in seasonality is explained largely by our lack of recent exposure to common viruses, making us vulnerable to their return....

[More at link]

Very interesting article, the concept of "viral interference" and how we have shifted the ecological environment of humans and their interactions with viruses.

 

[DrQ]

IMHO There is a lot more information being gathered by multiple sources to see the overall success, side effects, and endurance of the quickly rushed jabs. As with any medication, one size usually doesn't fit all. I am in no way saying what everyone should or shouldn't do regarding Covid. It is, however, unfair to not inform others is you have symptoms and although there is speculation about the accuracy of the tests, it could be helpful for treatment. I don't know how the jab worked for others but after my open heart surgery (genetic condition) in January 21 I got my first jab in Feb. Within 3 days of the jab, I had an AFib episode with my heart at over 250 bpm for over 8 hours. I received an emergency pacemaker. Prior the the jab, I was doing great with no issues. I have 3 cardiologists who recommended I not get the other jabs. They have now all said they believe it was a side effect. Unfortunately, I will probably never know for sure.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

What to do if you keep testing positive for Covid—even after your symptoms are gone

Some people are still testing positive for Covid, even after their symptoms are gone. Here's what you need to know about it, and what to do if it happens to you.

www.cnbc.com

Even after the fever has broken, the runny nose has dried up, the official five-day quarantine period has ended and the 10-day precautionary phase is over, some people are still testing positive for Covid — despite feeling totally fine.

If you find yourself in this situation, you might be puzzled over what to do, particularly since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers little specific guidance on this front. It’s difficult to know exactly how many people this affects — most people self-test at home, so their results are untracked — but a pre-vaccine study of Florida school children in 2020 found that 8.2% of high school kids still tested positive 9-14 days after their first positive tests.

Even small percentages can affect millions of people, as the country’s total case count continues to rise: The U.S. has surpassed 85.7 million total Covid cases since the pandemic began, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, likely an undercount due to those at-home tests.

Here’s what you need to know about the phenomenon, and what to do if it happens to you...

 

[sds71]

@ddiamond

TONY FAUCI has tested positive for covid, officials announce. The 81-year-old doctor helping lead US covid response has not previously had a confirmed infection.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1537143513539911680

 

[sds71]

@Phil_Lewis_

WASHINGTON (AP) — FDA advisory panel backs COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, the last unprotected group.

@WTNH
UPDATE: The FDA’s vaccine advisers gave a thumbs-up to vaccines from both Moderna and Pfizer for the littlest kids. The latest here >> https://tinyurl.com/3a8yf92f