Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #92

[onceuponadecember]

Good for you!!!!

Thanks! I will probably be fine, I don't usually react to inoculations too horribly (exception to my emotions).

 

[24Roses]

Iowa news and numbers today: As of 10:00-11:00 a.m., we had 1,035 new confirmed cases for a total of 326,414 confirmed cases of which 297,818 are recovering (+ 1,3780). 29 more reported to have passed for a total of 5,174. 48 were hospitalized in the last 24 hrs. for a total of 292 (-35). Feb. 10: Iowa has given over 1.5 million COVID-19 tests, hospitalizations drop under 300
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‘I Trust Iowans to do the Right Thing’: Gov. Reynolds defends decision to lift COVID restrictions
In open letter, Iowa Public Health Association condemns Gov. Reynolds rolling back COVID-19 restrictions

 

[24Roses]

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[SoCalDavidS]

Fully vaccinated people can skip Covid quarantines, CDC says — CNN

But the CDC says protection may wear off after three months, so people who had their last shot three months ago or more should still quarantine if they are exposed.”

Ummmm.....Am I mistaken, or is this implying that the vaccine's effectiveness may wear off in as little as 3 months?

 

[Deleted member 158085]

Has anyone else here had the covid vaccine yet? If so, is it relatively painful? (I have a horrible fear of painful needles, but I get vaccinated for my students)

I didn't feel mine.

 

[Lilibet]

wow.... so almost a week in the hospital even with the best treatments... hope that you continue to feel better. your post is well written so clearly your mind is 100%. Did you lose your sense of taste and smell? please stay safe and maybe with some food besides apple sauce, you will gain some strength back.

Ha ha! I managed to keep my mind, but I did notice a little short term memory issue at the hospital. But I’m back to what passes for normal. No I didn’t lose taste/smell, but food just seemed disgusting to me and did bother my tummy. I couldn’t even drink coffee! My appetite returned at the hospital, perhaps thanks to the steroid. The hospital has excellent food (including salmon filet) so I took advantage of it to get my strength back. I could have gone home Monday after finishing the five day Remdesevir treatment, but I just didn’t feel ready emotionally to let go of my safety net, remembering how much I struggled at home. The doctor was very understanding and gave me another day, by which time I felt ready. We are both just resting and doing nothing, which feels good.

 

[onceuponadecember]

I didn't feel mine.

Phew, that relieves me heavily. (I literally screamed during my flu shot at age 10 because of how bad my phobia of inoculations was)

 

[HongKongPhooey]

Phew, that relieves me heavily. (I literally screamed during my flu shot at age 10 because of how bad my phobia of inoculations was)

My parents said it was fine too

 

[onceuponadecember]

I get it, LOL. Me and my fellow teachers are getting the first dosage tomorrow. I'm getting the Pfizer vaccine, so my second dose will be March 4 I think.

 

[onceuponadecember]

In all honesty, my irrational fear of needles started when my mom died in a car accident in 2000: I was getting a flu shot when she died and it was ever so painful (emotionally and physically too!).

 

[weepingangel]

Ummmm.....Am I mistaken, or is this implying that the vaccine's effectiveness may wear off in as little as 3 months?

Wow. That’s depressing

 

[dmac55]

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[Openminded]

Has anyone else here had the covid vaccine yet? If so, is it relatively painful? (I have a horrible fear of painful needles, but I get vaccinated for my students)

I’ve had both Pfizer shots. I didn’t feel the needle either time (and I usually do when I have flu shots). With the first shot, my arm was sore for a day (like with a flu shot) but that didn’t happen with the second shot. I had no other side effects with either shot. I highly recommend it.

 

[MimosaMornings]

Ha ha! I managed to keep my mind, but I did notice a little short term memory issue at the hospital. But I’m back to what passes for normal. No I didn’t lose taste/smell, but food just seemed disgusting to me and did bother my tummy. I couldn’t even drink coffee! My appetite returned at the hospital, perhaps thanks to the steroid. The hospital has excellent food (including salmon filet) so I took advantage of it to get my strength back. I could have gone home Monday after finishing the five day Remdesevir treatment, but I just didn’t feel ready emotionally to let go of my safety net, remembering how much I struggled at home. The doctor was very understanding and gave me another day, by which time I felt ready. We are both just resting and doing nothing, which feels good.

Glad you are home and continuing to improve!

 

[MimosaMornings]

Ummmm.....Am I mistaken, or is this implying that the vaccine's effectiveness may wear off in as little as 3 months?

That’s what caught my attention.

 

[Openminded]

It’s a crazy virus for sure. I had it last summer. My entire family was sick at the same time. I felt I would have a very difficult time due to age and a compromised immune system but for me it was no worse than a mild cold. I only wish that were true for everyone.

 

[mickey2942]

German Care Home Residents Test Positive AFTER Getting 2nd Jab

This is disturbing.

 

[onceuponadecember]

German Care Home Residents Test Positive AFTER Getting 2nd Jab

This is disturbing.

Shocking indeed!

 

[slowpoke]

Most may know this, but I don’t think I’ve posted here that my Covid progressed to the point that I landed in the hospital last Thursday with Covid pneumonia (as opposed to Covid without respiratory symptoms) and low O2. That was my “golden ticket” to get a hospital bed. Otherwise they send you home to be miserable since there’s nothing they can do.

I had hoped the monoclonal antibody treatment would help keep me out of the hospital, as that’s the goal, but I think it at least kept my symptoms from getting a lot worse. I hadn’t eaten anything but applesauce for a week and wanted to sleep all the time, my O2 dipped to 88-89%, so my husband called 911 and sent me off to ER. The small 49 bed local hospital in our town handles the regular Covid cases in a wing with about 10 beds, and the ICU patients go to the larger 375 bed hospital 12 miles away.

I had “presidential treatment.” Antiviral Remdesevir daily IV for five days, steroid dexamethosone, blood thinner to prevent clots, inhaled treatments twice daily by a respiratory therapist and a PT. I was on O2, reduced from 3L to 1.5L. Most of my nurses were “travelers” (Chicago, Utah, Michigan, Louisiana) and were wonderful. Interestingly, my respiratory therapist told me that 95% of her patients have no idea where they got Covid. If only half are truthful, that’s still scary! So please be careful!!

I came home today, without needing home O2, thankfully. The doctor put me on a 1/2 dose of a blood thinner (not Coumadin) for 7 days to prevent the little clots that are common with Covid. He said my cough and exhaustion could last for weeks. My husband is still exhausted and coughing but his O2 is good, so we will recuperate together.

I’m very grateful for the amazing care I received in our rural county in southern Oregon, and that things didn’t go downhill. I had been afraid since last March that if I got Covid it would kill me because of mild asthma, controlled high blood pressure, overweight and age (75), but I’m still here! I can’t emphasize enough the need to increase precautions, especially with the U.K. mutation spreading rapidly. Don’t get casual! Hugs to all!

Oh, no, I wasn’t aware you and your husband got covid! I’m sorry! So relieved you both are on the mend. What you have gone through, whew. ((Hugs))

I’ve been lucky so far to have evaded the virus, despite living in L.A. County, which has had terrible numbers. I wrote on WS earlier in this pandemic how upsetting it was that my dh was not on the same page as me regarding taking precautions. However, after I fell ill with something (which turned out to not be the virus), he got really scared, and now we’re back in harmony.

We both got our first dose (Moderna) at Dodger Stadium at the end of Jan, which went very smoothly. Despite it being a mass vaccination site, we were in and out of there in under an hour’s time. Surprised and impressed with how orderly it was.

I wish you well on your road to recovery. You are one of WS’s special treasures. We need you here.

 

[onceuponadecember]

Irrelevant subject, but one thing that's going to change in this pandemic is live theatre for sure.