Shoulda stabbed her with a rusty nail.
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Wife got some paxlovid, letās see if it gives her super powers (aside from the power to taste pennies). Apparently not all pharmacies around here have it available - had to drive a bit.
The only super power I got from paxlovid was the ability to experience getting and recovering from Covid 2x instead of 1x. Who knows, maybe it prevented the outlier of a one percent bad outcome, (or whatever the data is these days for my cohort), but it sure sucked getting over it and immediately going through it all over again.
That stinks - definitely hope we get to tick one in the ā1 recovery + super powersā category.
Odds of testing negative on a PCR test eight days after getting an immediate dark line on an at-home test?
Are you symptom-free? Pretty good, I think, especially if youāve been symptom free for a 2-3 daysā¦
Symptoms are still there but seemed to peak last night with the soreness on your whole body you get from bad colds now just have a mildly drippy nose
So I got covidā¦ againā¦ about 6 days ago. Day 1 test negative, day 2 negative, 3 neg, 4 neg (man these tests suck). Each day my symptoms got worse, so today I broke down and went to the hospital. Apparently I have a new strain of covid called āBacterial Pneumoniaā. Fuck Iām dumb.
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Yikes. 6 day head start for the bacteria.
Doctors- assume anytime a cold moves into your chest its time to get checked out asap?
meh, depends, itās never wrong
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Fucking China.
Now I need to have two negative PCR tests two weeks before departure. My visa says I have to enter by November 18.
Anybody have their covid experience start with a headache?
I have a headache, mild fatigue, and Iām getting mixed readings on my thermometer. Oral digital one says Iām normal but the mercury oral thermometer puts me at 101F. I feel slightly feverish but not that bad. No respiratory issues though.
Had some students get sick recently and Iām wondering if Iām getting what they had.
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how it started with me. i didnāt test positive until day 3 or so
Only way to tell is with a test
How common are conflicting readings on thermometers?
Over the last couple of days, Iāve had sporadic, short bouts of tinnitus without any obvious cause. Might just be a coincidence but thought Iād put it out there.
Anyway, there are no more free covid tests in Czech Republic unless you get a reference from your GP. Kind of a bummer to have to visit a doctor to potentially spread covid just to get a test covered.
Email/text your doc. Thatās what I do here.
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Almost half the people who were hospitalized with COVID-19 last spring had been fully vaccinated and received a third dose or booster shot, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Unvaccinated adults were 3.4 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID than those who were vaccinated, the CDC said.
The CDC report considered hospitalization numbers from March 20 to May 31, when the omicron subvariant BA.2 was the dominant strain. Researchers found 39.1% of patients had received a primary vaccination series and at least one booster or additional dose; 5% were fully vaccinated with two boosters.
āAdults should stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccination, including booster doses,ā the CDC said. āMultiple nonpharmaceutical and medical prevention measures should be used to protect persons at high risk for severe SARS-CoV-2, regardless of vaccination status.ā
Older adults and people with underlying medical conditions who become infected with the coronavirus are more likely to be hospitalized.
The study also found that hospitalization rates among people over 65 increased threefold over the study period. Rates among people under 65 rose 1.7 times.
Happy fun time covid update:
On Day 6 of the official CDC timeline. Stopped testing for the last few days, but this morning wife (on Paxlovid) testing negative and I popped an instant poz line. We are both feeling much better, me a bit better than her. Congestion and cough just about gone, no fever or anything else.
Does antigen test status matter for getting back into the world? I know the 10 days from day 0 symptom onset if youāre feeling better/no fever is the CDC rule, but would you also make sure you arenāt throwing the poz line anymore in addition?
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