Official Thread: Coronavirus "COVID-19"

[Nunz]

Man, that fever refused to break. I was too weak to even walk to the bathroom about 12hrs ago. Finally was able to get up, shower, take some more Ibuprofen and acetaminophen, and feeling much better right now. I think I'm past the worst of it.

That was a pretty wild 24-36hrs though. I've done nothing but sleep since then. My body was aching from laying in bed so long but I couldn't really move anywhere so I was just laying in pain.

Don't think I've ever slept so much in my life

[KAC]

Man, that fever refused to break. I was too weak to even walk to the bathroom about 12hrs ago. Finally was able to get up, shower, take some more Ibuprofen and acetaminophen, and feeling much better right now. I think I'm past the worst of it.

That was a pretty wild 24-36hrs though. I've done nothing but sleep since then. My body was aching from laying in bed so long but I couldn't really move anywhere so I was just laying in pain.

Don't think I've ever slept so much in my life

Hopefully the worst is past you. Get well sooner.

[logical]

Man, that fever refused to break. I was too weak to even walk to the bathroom about 12hrs ago. Finally was able to get up, shower, take some more Ibuprofen and acetaminophen, and feeling much better right now. I think I'm past the worst of it.

That was a pretty wild 24-36hrs though. I've done nothing but sleep since then. My body was aching from laying in bed so long but I couldn't really move anywhere so I was just laying in pain.

Don't think I've ever slept so much in my life

Now that you got it and the worst of it seems to be behind you would you have done more to avoid getting? Or have you fallen in the camp of "I just brushed it off and we shouldnt be worried"


I think a few of your posts before was showing you were tired of wearing the mask and dealing with covid times.

[Nunz]

To be honest with you, when I caught the Flu back in October, it was worse than this. It also lasted longer. With that being said, yes I'm still sick of masks and dealing with COVID times - that doesn't mean I'm negligent. There was nothing I could do to avoid catching it in this case - I caught it from my quad-mate (I believe) who tested positive two days prior to my symptoms. No one is going to wear masks in the quad.

There wasn't really anything I could do to not get it, at least in terms of reasonable actions. Sure, you could wear a mask 24/7 like a weirdo even in your own room, but that's just not realistic imo.

It's unfortunate I got it, but that's why I'm vaccinated. I isolated as soon as symptoms started and notified medical so I could get put in isolation lodging.

[logical]

The better question is now that you got it and its not worse than a flu do you even care anymore?


Since youre rooming with other healthy individuals Im assuming you dont have anyone to protect(coming home to older parents or immuno compromised spouse etc)

[Nunz]

I'm deployed right now which is probably mostly why I caught COVID to begin with. I'm in close quarters with a lot of different people due to working in a deployed environment.

I don't have anyone to protect at my own home, but when visiting my dad I still have my grandmother to worry about. Again, I stay aware of how I'm feeling and if there's even the slightest concern I could have it, I wouldn't get close. It's worked out fine for me thus far.

Catching it out here is really an issue of an environment I have zero control over. Back home I can control it and that's how I've avoided getting it this entire time.

If you're a vaccinated, healthy individual.. I don't think it's any worse than the flu, at least in my experience. It was a shitty 24-36hrs but it wasn't anything life changing.

[Canesfan2020]

2022 and we are still comparing covid to the flu? There is little or no evidence that the vaccine even has any meaningful effect on long covid issues, meaning it can't be stated that it prevents them. How people can keep comparing this is to the flu is wild. More and more evidence coming out that it can do damage to your body even without you necessarily being laid out from it.

[Nunz]

I'm talking about the actual symptoms when your body is fighting the virus.. hence "shitty 24-36hrs," but go off sis! The flu was actually worse and lasted longer, but felt pretty identical. Body aches, weakness, high fever .. though the flu did upset my stomach more than this COVID run did.

Long COVID effects seem to be, from what I've read, tied with really bad symptoms - people being hospitalized, or experiencing symptoms for many days at a time. Last I read, vaccinated individuals are far less likely to experience long COVID, so I dunno.

All I know is, is that I did what I could to avoid getting it for nearly two years. I still got it. All you can do at this point is take realistic measures and go on about your life. Get vaccinated and do what you gotta do.

[Crawdaddy79]

Decent article goes over long flu and long COVID and makes some comparisons.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-58726775

The two groups - both with just over 100,000 patients - included people seeking healthcare for symptoms three to six months after infection.

These included problems such as anxiety, abnormal breathing, fatigue and headaches.

There were signs that Covid patients were more likely to have long-term symptoms - 42% had at least one symptom recorded compared with 30% in the flu group.

Both groups included people who were likely to have been quite ill with the viruses so the rates of persistent illness should not be seen as representative of the general population.

[Lazy8s]

I'm talking about the actual symptoms when your body is fighting the virus.. hence "shitty 24-36hrs," but go off sis! The flu was actually worse and lasted longer, but felt pretty identical. Body aches, weakness, high fever .. though the flu did upset my stomach more than this COVID run did.

Long COVID effects seem to be, from what I've read, tied with really bad symptoms - people being hospitalized, or experiencing symptoms for many days at a time. Last I read, vaccinated individuals are far less likely to experience long COVID, so I dunno.

All I know is, is that I did what I could to avoid getting it for nearly two years. I still got it. All you can do at this point is take realistic measures and go on about your life. Get vaccinated and do what you gotta do.

Glad you’re feeling better Nunz

[acroig]

Glad you’re feeling better Nunz

Seconded.

[switchAMG]

Glad you are on the mend nunz.

Everyone I know has it at work -- no idea how I have avoided it. Probably because I have been in my house in the middle of nowhere for 2 years.

[Lazy8s]

Glad you are on the mend nunz.

Everyone I know has it at work -- no idea how I have avoided it. Probably because I have been in my house in the middle of nowhere for 2 years.

We don’t have a “middle of nowhere” where I live. I have neighbors that think driving an extra 2 miles to try another grocery store is going too far

I really need a Middle of Nowhere in my life.

[Canesfan2020]

I'm talking about the actual symptoms when your body is fighting the virus.. hence "shitty 24-36hrs," but go off sis! The flu was actually worse and lasted longer, but felt pretty identical. Body aches, weakness, high fever .. though the flu did upset my stomach more than this COVID run did.

Long COVID effects seem to be, from what I've read, tied with really bad symptoms - people being hospitalized, or experiencing symptoms for many days at a time. Last I read, vaccinated individuals are far less likely to experience long COVID, so I dunno.

All I know is, is that I did what I could to avoid getting it for nearly two years. I still got it. All you can do at this point is take realistic measures and go on about your life. Get vaccinated and do what you gotta do.

Covid is vascular. You can't base it solely on flu like symptoms. A head not being as stuffy doesn't necessarily have an effect on what organ damage could be happening and now this biological aging study. I'll take the flu.

I'd take that long covid statement with a grain of salt. I know quite a few people that were not severe. Didn't see a hospital. I'm looking at a guy right now that had mild symptoms early last year that's just now getting taste back correctly.

[Nunz]

Losing taste/smell during the infection period is not a mild symptom.

I'm released from Isolation, so yay. All symptoms went away around mid-day of the 13th, with symptoms starting noon of the 10th. I didn't infect anyone else before I went to medical which is good.

Overall it wasn't that bad. Shitty day and a half and then it all went away suddenly besides some phlegm in the throat. Even that is gone now.

Back to work I go

[Sasquach]

I got me a moderna booster yesterday

It would have taken forever to get a Pfizer booster (my first 2 shots were pfizer)....stock seems to be slow to come in so its at least a couple weeks out, and even then theres lineups for them.

Moderna has a ton of stock available so i could just go into a pharmacy and walk-in for a booster shot lol.

arn is sore at the injection site but otherwise i feel fine.

[andino]

14,403 new cases in Oklahoma today.

They had a doctor from OU on the tv saying that it could easily be 30,000~40,000 people because we are so short on testing.

So.... Fun times...

[Lazy8s]

14,403 new cases in Oklahoma today.

They had a doctor from OU on the tv saying that it could easily be 30,000~40,000 people because we are so short on testing.

So.... Fun times...

I just assume that if I can see a person, they have it. *shrug* Why not, right?

[andino]

I just assume that if I can see a person, they have it. *shrug* Why not, right?

Last week they were saying to assume that 1 in 100 Oklahomans had covid. Now that number is 1 in 50.

[Lazy8s]

Last week they were saying to assume that 1 in 100 Oklahomans had covid. Now that number is 1 in 50.

I wouldn’t be surprised if that were the case here, especially given the population density.

[Nagorak]

has anyone mixed and matched their shots? two shot moderna + pfizer booster (and vice versa), e.g.
i don't think i'll be getting the booster (got two shots of moderna). but, if i change my mind, or if the third shot is what they consider "fully vaccinated", then maybe i'll bite the bullet.

I got two Pfizers and then a Moderna booster. At the time I got it, there were some reports that the Moderna vaccine had ended up doing better, and I also thought that mixing vaccine formulas might be better, since it would result in more variety in anti-bodies.

I'd definitely just get whatever booster is available to you.

[SubCog]

I've got 2 employees out in India who just let me know they've tested positive. Luckily they're both vaccinated, and everyone in their families are too, so I'm just wishing them a speedy recovery.

[dodger]

https://www.politico.eu/article/moderna-hopes-to-market-combined-covid-and-flu-booster-in-2023/

Moderna hopes to market combined COVID and flu booster in 2023

Booster would also protect against RSV in single shot that would be administered before winter.

They're working on it and they're throwing in RSV to boot! It's looking like all future vaxxes may well be mRNA based. Probably not economical to redo the childhood vaxxes as they're probably off patent (plus testing for kids is way more stringent) but if they can combine those to fewer or one jabs would mean kids would have to cry less.

[Cyko]

Well fk. Count me in the positive group.

Felt SUPER hot yesterday, like so hot my dogs didn’t even want to get near me and I immediately raised the temperature of whatever room I was in. Started to get a little sore throat last night. Woke up today drenched in sweat and feeling like a bag of broken d*cks.

Two positive at home tests followed by a quick trip to sit for 3 hours to get an antigen test and yup, gimme some lime with that ‘rona.

So I’m laying here in a 62 degree room in my shorts sweating my balls off and sleeping on and off. Luckily I’m double vaxxed+boosted and it just feels like a bad flu but damn. Couldn’t imagine what it would be like if I wasn’t.

[acroig]

Well fk. Count me in the positive group.

Felt SUPER hot yesterday, like so hot my dogs didn’t even want to get near me and I immediately raised the temperature of whatever room I was in. Started to get a little sore throat last night. Woke up today drenched in sweat and feeling like a bag of broken d*cks.

Two positive at home tests followed by a quick trip to sit for 3 hours to get an antigen test and yup, gimme some lime with that ‘rona.

So I’m laying here in a 62 degree room in my shorts sweating my balls off and sleeping on and off. Luckily I’m double vaxxed+boosted and it just feels like a bad flu but damn. Couldn’t imagine what it would be like if I wasn’t.

Shite man you've had all the luck with your health recently.

[Lazy8s]

Well fk. Count me in the positive group.

Felt SUPER hot yesterday, like so hot my dogs didn’t even want to get near me and I immediately raised the temperature of whatever room I was in. Started to get a little sore throat last night. Woke up today drenched in sweat and feeling like a bag of broken d*cks.

Two positive at home tests followed by a quick trip to sit for 3 hours to get an antigen test and yup, gimme some lime with that ‘rona.

So I’m laying here in a 62 degree room in my shorts sweating my balls off and sleeping on and off. Luckily I’m double vaxxed+boosted and it just feels like a bad flu but damn. Couldn’t imagine what it would be like if I wasn’t.

I hope it doesn’t get any worse than it is now. And I hope it passes fast for you.

[SD-[Inc]]

Well fk. Count me in the positive group.

Felt SUPER hot yesterday, like so hot my dogs didn’t even want to get near me and I immediately raised the temperature of whatever room I was in. Started to get a little sore throat last night. Woke up today drenched in sweat and feeling like a bag of broken d*cks.

Two positive at home tests followed by a quick trip to sit for 3 hours to get an antigen test and yup, gimme some lime with that ‘rona.

So I’m laying here in a 62 degree room in my shorts sweating my balls off and sleeping on and off. Luckily I’m double vaxxed+boosted and it just feels like a bad flu but damn. Couldn’t imagine what it would be like if I wasn’t.

Tylenol Stat!

Everyone I know that had vax/boosted and suffered a breakthrough of Omicron had minor symptoms and recovered pretty fast. (Been a LOT of them lately). Don't break that streak! Get well soon.

[MangaSpawn64]

Well fk. Count me in the positive group.

Felt SUPER hot yesterday, like so hot my dogs didn’t even want to get near me and I immediately raised the temperature of whatever room I was in. Started to get a little sore throat last night. Woke up today drenched in sweat and feeling like a bag of broken d*cks.

Two positive at home tests followed by a quick trip to sit for 3 hours to get an antigen test and yup, gimme some lime with that ‘rona.

So I’m laying here in a 62 degree room in my shorts sweating my balls off and sleeping on and off. Luckily I’m double vaxxed+boosted and it just feels like a bad flu but damn. Couldn’t imagine what it would be like if I wasn’t.

Damn if it hits this hard on someone in shape, my lazy ass will get pounded (pun intended )

[Cyko]

Thanks for the well wishes all. Took ze Tylenol and am still hot but not sweating through my clothes anymore. Just a little warm and tired now. Wife is feeling 100% normal and is still negative so far. Hopefully it stays that way. Going to stay sequestered in this room until I test negative. What’s the guidance on that? 2 negative tests 48 hours apart still?

[pax]

Take some more face app picts to see if sweaty is still uh hot... *cough*

[acroig]

Take some more face app picts to see if sweaty is still uh hot... *cough*

[12Bass]

My friend's 86-year-old mother dove deep into the vaccine misinformation rabbit hole and refused all pleas to get vaccinated. She's now just starting to recover from a week and a half of easily preventable suffering and misery. It's so incredibly frustrating how people fall for the BS.

Just got my Moderna booster.

[Greasy]

I might have had it last week. Woke up two days with a headache, and stuffy nose. Buddy I just went to the mountains with had the exact same thing, and then his wife tested positive. I never get headaches, so who knows.

Hope you feel better soon Cyco!

[12Bass]

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1043807/technical-briefing-33.pdf

Vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic disease by period after dose 2 and dose 3 is shown in Figure 7 for those who received a primary course of the AstraZeneca vaccine (Figure 10A), Pfizer (Figure 10B) or Moderna (Figure 10C). Booster estimates are separated for Pfizer and Moderna boosters. In all periods, effectiveness was lower for Omicron compared to Delta. Among those who received an AstraZeneca primary course, vaccine effectiveness was around 60% 2 to 4 weeks after either a Pfizer or Moderna booster, then dropped to 35% with a Pfizer booster and 45% with a Moderna booster by 10 weeks after the booster. Among those who received a Pfizer primary course, vaccine effectiveness was around 70% after a Pfizer booster, dropping to 45% after 10-plus weeks and stayed around 70 to 75% after a Moderna booster up to 9 weeks after booster.

TL;DR, the Moderna booster is providing stronger, longer lasting, protection than Pfizer, so don't worry if that's what's offered.

[SD-[Inc]]

My friend's 86-year-old mother dove deep into the vaccine misinformation rabbit hole and refused all pleas to get vaccinated. She's now just starting to recover from a week and a half of easily preventable suffering and misery. It's so incredibly frustrating how people fall for the BS.

Just got my Moderna booster.

She is lucky to be alive. In the last peak, an 88 year old couple that lives close by both died in the same week from Covid.

[12Bass]

She is lucky to be alive. In the last peak, an 88 year old couple that lives close by both died in the same week from Covid.

True. She's not over it yet. I hope she recovers. My friend wants to REDACTED the people who misinformed her.

[Silent-Runner]

get well soon, Cyko. Hope you caught a mild one.

[acroig]

So I’m laying here in a 62 degree room in my shorts sweating my balls off and sleeping on and off. Luckily I’m double vaxxed+boosted and it just feels like a bad flu but damn. Couldn’t imagine what it would be like if I wasn’t.

I'm starting to think Cyko is just having menopausal hot flashes.

[Silent-Runner]

Covid-19: According to the Oxford study, even mild cases cause memory loss

What does mild mean? Even those who have recovered from Corona, who no longer notice any symptoms themselves, are still mentally impaired up to nine months after the infection.

People with mild Covid-19 courses and no other long-Covid symptoms can still suffer from reduced attention span and memory loss six to nine months after infection. This is the result of a study by the University of Oxford.

Difficulty concentrating, accompanied by forgetfulness and tiredness, are well-known signs of Long Covid – a post-disease illness that affects some a while after they have been infected – but how widespread the symptoms are has not yet been grasped.

For the study, which was published in the journal Brain Communications on Wednesday, people were selected who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 but did not report a severe course of the disease or symptoms typical of Long Covid. They were asked to do exercises to test their memory and perception skills, which were presented to them as a puzzle.

No random selection
Result: Up to six months after infection, the test persons who tested positive were significantly worse at recalling personal experiences. Up to nine months after infection, their ability to stay alert declined faster than that of uninfected individuals.

"What is surprising is that our Covid-19 recoveries showed reduced alertness and memory loss, although they no longer felt symptomatic at all at the time of the test," said psychologist Sijia Zhao. "Our results show that people live for months with some chronic cognitive consequences." After that time, the test results returned to normal levels, according to the study. Other cognitive abilities such as working memory or planning remained consistently unimpaired.

Cambridge University biostatistician Stephen Burgess, who was not involved in the study, pointed out that the analysis only included data from 136 people who were also not randomly selected, but self-reported via an online platform. "Nevertheless, the differences between the groups with and without Covid in this study are striking," he said. It is “unlikely that these results can be explained by systematic differences between the groups that have nothing to do with the Covid infection”.

source

[bill dennison]

I might have had it last week. Woke up two days with a headache, and stuffy nose. Buddy I just went to the mountains with had the exact same thing, and then his wife tested positive. I never get headaches, so who knows.

Hope you feel better soon Cyco!

i had a sinus cold last week that i get every year when the winter grass comes in

no fever so no test