Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #112

[Tricia]

I recieved my flu shot and my covid. Feel great. No side effects.

 

[Gemmie]

I recieved my flu shot and my covid. Feel great. No side effects.

I got both Tuesday and only had a very mildly sore arm. It didn't even bother me to sleep on it. Just when I touched it (I know... so don't touch it. lol). And while I normally feel slow, rundown, and punky the next day, that didn't happen this time, thank goodness. Too much going on in life for me to have felt punky the next day.

 

[Inthedetails]

I got both Tuesday and only had a very mildly sore arm. It didn't even bother me to sleep on it. Just when I touched it (I know... so don't touch it. lol). And while I normally feel slow, rundown, and punky the next day, that didn't happen this time, thank goodness. Too much going on in life for me to have felt punky the next day.

I'm feeling tired today, the day after the two shots. I don't feel bad or headachy, just tired and a bit foggy. The arm is sore, but that's to be expected. I'd rather feel like this for a few hours than sick with the virus, so not complaining!

Last year I procrastinated getting the shots and, yep, got sick just in time for Christmas preparations. It was no fun!!

jmo

 

[Gemmie]

I'm feeling tired today, the day after the two shots. I don't feel bad or headachy, just tired and a bit foggy. The arm is sore, but that's to be expected. I'd rather feel like this for a few hours than sick with the virus, so not complaining!

Last year I procrastinated getting the shots and, yep, got sick just in time for Christmas preparations. It was no fun!!

jmo

Yeah, I fully expected to feel tired since that's the way it's been but I didn't. That was a huge plus. And I'm TOTALLY with you on a day of feeling a bit run-down over actually catching covid. That's what you call a no-brainer, folks! LOL

 

[gremlin444]

Just a guess on my part, but I'm thinking the risk of long covid (enter a number) even for adults. I know someone that's had it 4 -6 times and their health is NOT good. Not by far and I honestly don't think they'll be long with us. And they were not only young, but very healthy (runner) before Covid. Not anymore, sadly.

I wish there was a solution for people like your son. They need to eat, it shouldn't be a risk factor.

Part of the problem was that he was a freshman--and only juniors and seniors are are allowed to go off campus for lunch.

The school has a courtroom outside the lunchroom, but students can't take food out there. Junior year he got permission to eat lunch in his counselor's/social worker's/dean's office suite. Senior year he ate lunch in one of the more isolated classrooms.

At least at community college it's not a problem. Instead there's the problem of having a 6:30-9 pm class in a building that is floor to ceiling windows, so by evening the building is roasting. And they don't seem to have the a/c set to an actual cooling temperature (I've been in the building myself, and he's not exaggerating. Ugh--it's really unpleasant. I hope that means that in the winter they don't turn the heating very high at least). He makes it about an hour into class with his KN95 with his glasses (which he usually doesn't wear but this class has lots of stuff he needs to copy down from the whiteboard) before he's drenched in sweat from head to toe and feeling dizzy (he wears thin shorts/tshirts and takes a big thing of ice water). So then he ends up taking the mask off for the rest of the class. He got his Covid shot 3 weeks ago, and he's trying his best but not having much luck improving the situation--same result with other brands/styles of masks...and it's not the mask's fault, but the whole building's temperature is the problem and he has reduced heat tolerance with long Covid. I had to give him a ride the other night and I sat in a study lounge in the building masked the whole time.....and I was miserable.

Luckily for now it's his only in person class and there are only 11 other students...but next semester he will be doing more in person classes....and this building is where all his meteorology major classes are located....on the side of the building that gets the afternoon and early evening sun. And they can't move the classes elsewhere because that's where their high tech weather lab is.

It's always some problem to try to surmount.

 

[Sillybilly]

I'm booked for my Covid shot Oct 14 but will book my flu shot for late December / early January. I'm a and avoid having them together since reading about an elevated stroke risk in seniors when the Covid and flu shots are combined.

Feeling like the voice of doom here, but in the following article, scroll down to Results:

Stroke Risk After COVID-19 Bivalent Vaccination Among US Older Adults​

from: Stroke Risk After COVID-19 Bivalent Vaccination Among US Older Adults - PubMed

 

[Gemmie]

A new study in npj Dementia using data from the UK Biobank shows that COVID-19 survivors aged 50 and older had a higher likelihood of developing new-onset dementia (NOD) compared to uninfected controls.

According to the authors, compared with matched non-COVID controls, prior COVID-19 infection was associated with a 41% increased risk of all-cause dementia

COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in older adults

Prior COVID-19 infection was associated with a 41% increased risk of all-cause dementia.

www.cidrap.umn.edu

 

[Gemmie]

A bit of good news...

According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), two key early indicator metrics—the rate of test positivity and emergency department (ED) visits—continue to fall. Test positivity dropped to 6.7% for the week ending September 27, down from 9.6% the previous week, while the percentage of ED visits diagnosed as COVID-19 fell from 1.0% to 0.7%. ED visits have been highest in children ages 0 to 4 years.

Indicators of severity are down, as well. The hospitalization rate per 100,000 population was 1.2, down from 2.2 the previous week, with hospitalizations elevated in people age 65 and older. The percentage of deaths due to COVID-19 was 0.8%, the same as the prior week.

Also....

XFG variant still predominant​

Wastewater monitoring indicates that the XFG variant—one of several offshoots of the JN.1 subvariant—accounts for 85% of all sequenced viruses, followed by NB.1.8.1 (7%) and NW.1 (3%).

US COVID activity falling

The rate of test positivity and percentage of emergency department visits diagnosed as COVID-19 significantly declined in September.

www.cidrap.umn.edu

 

[Betty P]

A bit of good news...

According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), two key early indicator metrics—the rate of test positivity and emergency department (ED) visits—continue to fall. Test positivity dropped to 6.7% for the week ending September 27, down from 9.6% the previous week, while the percentage of ED visits diagnosed as COVID-19 fell from 1.0% to 0.7%. ED visits have been highest in children ages 0 to 4 years.

Indicators of severity are down, as well. The hospitalization rate per 100,000 population was 1.2, down from 2.2 the previous week, with hospitalizations elevated in people age 65 and older. The percentage of deaths due to COVID-19 was 0.8%, the same as the prior week.

Also....

XFG variant still predominant​

Wastewater monitoring indicates that the XFG variant—one of several offshoots of the JN.1 subvariant—accounts for 85% of all sequenced viruses, followed by NB.1.8.1 (7%) and NW.1 (3%).

US COVID activity falling

The rate of test positivity and percentage of emergency department visits diagnosed as COVID-19 significantly declined in September.

www.cidrap.umn.edu

I hope its reliable data. I'm a little leery since all the top professionals at CDC resigned a few weeks ago.