Gosh, she's not lucky at all.
One round was already bad enough for me, but four? Come on.
One round was already bad enough for me, but four? Come on.
SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)
- Thread starter Don't Kill Bill
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I have had my annual flu jab every years since I got increbibly sick with H1N1 flu in 2009. Nothing since but I also don't react badly to the flu jab. That said not getting flu is no reason not to get vaccinated. I'd never had (or been very sick with) flu for 45 tears until I did very badly and ony wasn't hospitalised because I refused (I was self employed and would have gone broke if I'd had to stop work).
I've had 4 covid jabs and then finally got covid in Nov 22. I was far from well and was exhausted for 3+ weeks, but I didn't get the worst symptoms thankfully. I'll be getting my 5th (now tweaked for Omicron) at the end April when I can - 6 months after last jab or infection.
Hope you both feel better soon GB.
Had my second round after four jabs this week. Worse than the first time and I still have no sense of smell or taste (although I’ve been accused of the latter for years…)
More evidence of a natural origin.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science...ch-raccoon-dogs-wuhan-market-lab-leak/673390/
https://www.theatlantic.com/science...ch-raccoon-dogs-wuhan-market-lab-leak/673390/
You need a doctor's notice in Belgium if you're sick for more than one day. Which makes no sense, because e.g. when I was quiet sick two weeks ago, I knew it was nothing special and just had to sit it out at home, but I still had to go in and get my notice because I didn't work for three days in a row. Tested myself first (negative) because if I'd have been Covid-positive, I needed to go to an official test center or a pharmacist to register an official Covid positive test since you're (obviously) not allowed at a doctor's practice if you're positive.
I still think I'd like to know each time whether it's Covid or not, since I read that studies have proven that the more you get it, the worse it is for your body and organs, no? Or can the regular flu do the same amount of damage?
Absolutely no evidence of that being true. And unlikely there ever will be because coronaviruses have been round for a very long time, so if that was a risk we’d have known about it by now.
Questions. Is Venice water still running clear with dolphins frolicking among the barges? Or is the clear water just toilet bleach, more concentrated? Does Coronavirus make you more intelligent? Will we ever run out of toilet roll? How come MOTD survived Covid 19 and not Gary's wildly radical leftist Tweets insulting the great and the good of the righteous Tory party?
No. I don't think there is any evidence that organ damage escalates with each infection. A new infection can make you feel more or less sick, just as it can with things like the flu. Each immunisation an/or infection will on average do the opposite of what you suggest. Obviously new sub-variants can evade our immune response to some degree, just like happens with the flu
I've been in sustained contact with two unconnected people this week who both have covid, they are ill and positive. I fee fine, but before going to meet a group, one of whom I know to be vulnerable, I tested. Just in case I had it but was asymptomatic. I understand asymptomatic people might be less likely to pass covid on, but are still able to, so it seemed the decent thing to do.
Alarmist nonsense. For someone that prides himself on having a keen nose for bullshit I’d have thought you’d notice the obvious conflict of interest yer man has when it comes to spreading scary fiction about covid associated cognitive decline.
Genuinely flabbergasted at you ignoring the mountains of evidence that clearly show there has been a massive cognitive decline.
You really need to stop having a go at our fan base.
I was hoping Pogue would ask what evidence and I was going to link to the takeover thread.
Can you post some laughing smilies to me in response please,
No I’m just going to chuckle to myself that I spoiled your setup
https://apnews.com/article/zero-cov...nvestigation-05e1bf6d14e3b77ade26b719093ac43b
Rare to get such detailed reporting about china's decision making
Rare to get such detailed reporting about china's decision making
Totally agree. Covid can cause brain inflamation and autopsies have revealed some Tau proteins in victims' brains (although no proof that this had anything to do with covid I don't think) so it has the potential to increase the incidence of dementia, or more likley make dementia appear earlier than would otherwise, and almost exclusively in older people. But the tweet in question linked to a single other tweet (not literature) claiming a frend's daughter got early onset demenia at 19 after getting covid 3 times (of course no causal link was established, even assuming it wasn't utter bullshit).
Even if this alarmist bollocks was true (which it almost certainly isn't) what alarms should have been sounded and what actions should those alarms have prompted?
This ‘cold’ has been lingering and I lost my sense of smell a few days ago I thought i would test this morning. For the first time ever I’ve got a control line and a test line. The test line is fainter but still apparent. Does this mean I’ve got it but on the way out?
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Addiction is a constant battle, you're never truely free from it.
The fact that you've had symptoms for a few days means that it is probably fading. The faint line just means it's a positive test, not necessarily where you're at in the infection cycle. You may have had a cold and now you've got COVID - not easy to tell, unless you've been doing daily tests. Sorry. Get well soon.
It took me by surprise, thought it was a heavy cold or at worst , flu. Both my wife and I have had it more or less at the same time but just her symptoms are a day ahead. I really only thought to do a test because I noticed I couldn’t smell anything. Anyways little we can do but wait it out and stay away from the warfarin clinic etc, I was meant to go tomorrow
When I obvioulsy had covid is was ages after the first symptoms and as I was gradually recovering that the RAT test finally showed faintly positive. Partly that RAT tests are a bit rubbish and I also wondered if the tests worked less well again with omicron.
My oxygen reading today is fluctuating between 95-97
normally it’s 99/98
what’s cut off point from being normal to being something you need to monitor closely?
normally it’s 99/98
what’s cut off point from being normal to being something you need to monitor closely?
As normally you're up around 98/99 then 93/94 is the right time to check with your GP (or 111 in the UK, i don't know if there's something similar where you are).
Chances are they'll say rest, stay hydrated, eat, take paracetamol if you need it and keep monitoring with the oximeter until you are feeling better. Because of the medications you might be taking or other symptoms etc, that advice may be different for you - hence the reason to call them.
92% or lower and you may be having a trip to A&E for a bit of supplementary oxygen, below 90 and you definitely need help.
How are you feeling?
Chances are they'll say rest, stay hydrated, eat, take paracetamol if you need it and keep monitoring with the oximeter until you are feeling better. Because of the medications you might be taking or other symptoms etc, that advice may be different for you - hence the reason to call them.
92% or lower and you may be having a trip to A&E for a bit of supplementary oxygen, below 90 and you definitely need help.
How are you feeling?
Thanks. This morning I felt like someone was at least leaning on my chest, felt a bit tight. Feeling ok tonight.
Worried about our 7 year old tonight, he’s going thorough fever stage so we’re worried about his temperature as it’s fluctuating. At the moment he’s dosed up on calpol & neurofen. Gonna be a long night I think
Best of luck buddy.
Does anyone know anyone who was anti-vax based on it being new that would consider getting the jab now?
While some anti-vax subscribed to silly theories, others had a reasonable justification that there hadn't been enough testing.
It's been more than 2 years since covid jabs were administered on a grand scale and by now there's probably a plethora of evidence that it's safe.
While some anti-vax subscribed to silly theories, others had a reasonable justification that there hadn't been enough testing.
It's been more than 2 years since covid jabs were administered on a grand scale and by now there's probably a plethora of evidence that it's safe.
No they didn't.
That was a reasonable justification initially, not anymore, the normal timeframe for vaccine approval was reduced considerably, it used to take the better part of a decade not a few months
No it wasn't. Time was irrelvant. The testing was compacted but the safety of the trials wasn't compromised and merely a function of there being both urgency, a lack of financial contraints and a huge data pool. Very rare side effects only ever come out when used post-approval very widely. So it wasn't a reasonable justification.
Safety of the trials wasn't compromised - the average Joe in the street didn't/wouldn't know that, all they knew is the normal timeframes were a lor shorter, and a lot of dodgy politicians tell them everything is hunky dory, would you take Donald Trump's or Boris Johnson's word on stuff like this
Me - I took it as soon as I was eligible, but I work in the world of medical publishing and have access to a lot of the world's research so I knew more than most folks did
This misconception that mRNA based vaccines were some sort of futuristic, untried technology that sprung up due to COVID is just stupid. It has been studied for decades prior to COVID. Hell, Moderna has been around since 2010! Peoples vaccine hesitancy was completely due to manufactured, politically driven, misinformation.
Reacting supidly to obvious misinformation isn't reasonable imo. Nobody (barring lunatics) worried about taking the flue vaccine despite there being very rare side effects for a miniscue minority.
Agreed.
Even I read this early on.