What are you implying?
Cases way up and are using Paxlovid?
I think so. Pharmacies are sold out now.
I wonder if there is much hoarding of Paxlovid going on. For a while, it seemed like you could just do a telemedicine appt and get some with ease, so maybe some people did that and lied about symptoms to get a prescription in order to have it on hand if the need arose.
I havenāt seen any evidence of that, but I havenāt really looked. I doubt that is responsible for much if any shortage that is occurring, but I suppose itās possible.
Just seeing a shit ton more all of a sudden. Flu too. Iāve only admitted one covid patient though.
Our hospital ERs are getting their asses kicked right now, and June is usually one of our slowest months.
Who are the admissions for Covid?
The only one I had was an old vaccinated and boosted nursing home patient who had some hypoxia from a pretty mild looking pneumonia
Well at least the thing is somewhat tamed, though rampant. For now. Still worried about a shoe dropping.
Add my name to the listā¦ pozzed on Sunday 
Woke up with a sore throat and stuffy nose on Thursday, went to work anyway. Checked my temp at work Thursday and Friday, no fever. Wasnāt feeling better by Sunday, so I took a home test, and itās positive. Still no fever or difficulty breathing. I also bought a pulse oximeter and havenāt dropped below 94.
I have an appointment later today to see if I can get Paxlovid, will report back.
Work wants me back ASAPā¦ the policy says I can come back to work 5 days after onset of symptoms (lol). I feel okay enough to work, but Iād feel terrible if I got some old, anemic kidney failure patient sick (I work in a dialysis clinic now).
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Wife pozzed this morning. I am pretty exposed, but negative for now.
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Went for my first post-COVID run this AM, two weeks after positive test. Went slower than usual and my heart rate was a little higher than Iād expect, but Iāve also been pretty sedentary for two weeks. Other than that, no discernible difference from pre-COVID running.
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I am legit confused how Iām the only person in my house who got it. Once I had my positive test we did a pretty good job of isolating, but I had symptoms for at least a day prior to that, during which time I was face-to-face with my family constantly.
Thatās great news. My wife is only a few weeks into her Covid experience but says her breathing while exercising is still messed up.
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Yup, same thing happened to me. Seems crazy.
I know nothing about CFS.
https://twitter.com/apokerplayer/status/1533880163116589056?s=20&t=Q5ngkdVW9ymUWoE6FukoOQ
Isnāt CFS one of those things (like fibromyalgia) thatās not a specific disease so much as a nonspecific kind of syndrome that we know fuck all about that might be caused by like 87 different things? Almost feels like circular reasoning, like āpoorly defined result of COVID might actually be this poorly defined thing that can be a result of other stuffā.
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Long covid studies havenāt been too useful lately. This is the latest that Iām aware of:
āAn extensive medical evaluation failed to reveal a cause for these persistent symptoms in most cases,ā Dr. Michael Sneller, an infectious disease specialist, who led the study, told NPR.
āWe were not able to find evidence of the virus persisting or hiding out in the body. We also did not find evidence that the immune system was overactive or malfunctioning in a way that would produce injury to major organs in the body,ā Sneller says.
The researchers did, however, find that women and those suffering from anxiety were more likely to end up with long COVID. But the researchers stress that their findings donāt mean patientsā problems are psychological.
āI clearly donāt want to send the message that this is all not real. And in peoplesā heads. And just go home and stop worrying about it. Thatās not the message,ā Sneller says.
Original study is linked in the NPR article. The authors editorial takes are a little strange to me, because their work absolutely does suggest, but does not prove, a psychological cause of long covid. I think theyāre hesitant, and rightly so, to take such a position without better evidence. Problem is, I donāt know how it really gets better honestly. Really tough topic to study.
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Update: went to the Minute Clinic at CVS for a Covid appointment. Got re-tested, which was still positive. They asked about my risk factors, and I said I was overweight. They were able to prescribe me Paxlovid, and I got it filled for free while I waited.
My companyās policy is that I can return after 5 days from the onset of symptoms, which would be tomorrow, provided thereās no fever. I have to wear an N95 all day. I still feel about the same, and well enough to work, but Iād feel terrible if I got any co-workers or patients sick. Theyāre already really short and want me to come back, so I guess I will.
One of our techs has been working 6 day weeks for months in anticipation of his 3-week vacation back home to the Philippines next week, Iād feel TERRIBLE if I got him sick and he couldnāt go.
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Yeah Iāve seen some reports of that tooā¦ and I gotta say it makes me feel more confident about my assessment of CFS being more psych than not
Say you have a fever. The fuck are they going to do? They want you to come in? Oh shit you took tylenol
The 5 day rule is so dumb. We have it too