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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's picking up again. I'm still recovering from getting it 3 weeks ago, Paxlovid almost took care of it, but I rebounded. It immediate went to pneumonia, and AFIB from it. I had extra boosters being immunocompromised and I'm glad I did. The first time I got it was way worse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Immunocompromised, I'm glad you took it but I'm really thinking of not taking Paxlovid next time unless there has been an update to the recommended dosage/length. I took it and basically got Covid twice in a row because I had a rebound after testing negative for 3 days.

I definitely stopped getting worse almost immediately after taking it but that was just so long in quarantine.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

My partner just had it. The spin on this is funny though. Testing yourself after an exposure to be sure you don't spread it isn't an abundance of caution. It's just par for the course for anyone that's not an asshole.

Acevedo said Harris was tested for Covid-19 on Saturday “out of an abundance of caution” and the result was negative.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Keep them boosters up to date people

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I got my booster last fall. I just got Covid for the first time (that I know of) last week. Thought it was a minor head cold. Didn't get a fever, didn't get a sore throat.

I had slight fogginess, cough, sniffles, and was a bit tired. That's about it. Lasted about four days. My wife didn't get it at all. I'm sure the boosters helped us... even if it waned a lot since then.

The sucky part was that it was over the holiday weekend... and not during the work week so I could take time off.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Natural immunity works just fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

It's wild that people still say shit like this after seeing people they know get sick with the virus three or four+ times.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if Emhoff got it from Biden.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn't that be interesting? I know when I got COVID, the one time I got it in the last 4 years, it took me out for 3 straight days. I couldn't imagine trying to do well in a debate while inundated with all that comes from COVID.

Since the vaccines started becoming standard, infection rates have normalized and the current strains are much less harmful than the first (if vaccinated, if I recall). It's possible that COVID could mimic similar symptoms to a cold and drastically influence debate performance. It would definitely explain the senility we witnessed.

Bottom line is that Biden is old as fuck, we know, but the dude bikes and exercises while constantly barraged by people shouting he's "too old" and "should drop out." I think I would bomb a debate with all that shit, too! Add COVID to the mix and I'd probably want to die rather than debate a serial-liar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

it took me out for 3 straight days

Count your blessings. Last time I had it (second time, vaxxed and boostered) it had me bedbound for nearly 3 weeks, 5 weeks until I could manage everyday life again normally. I never felt so sick in my life.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Biden had attended some event without a mask a few days earlier and possibly caught it then. He attended another such event after the debate to spread it to more people.

Mild or no symptoms during acute infection doesn't seem to mean lower likelihood of "sequelae" i.e. long covid. And now he has Parkinson's-like symptoms. Well gosh:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9359766/

If that's the cause, maybe his campaign can get a Herman Cain award.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

HCAs are only for people who spread misinformation about COVID online and subsequently die from it.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago

Precisely what the campaign is doing. Going by current news coverage, by next week the campaign may well be history.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do accute infections give false negatives on home tests? Partner just got over it and I have no idea how I didn't catch it.

I'm vaccinated and boosted, but so is she. And the first day or two of symptoms we didn't realize it was COVID. So, I had a lot of exposure.

Any advice would be appreciated. Long COVID would suck!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

The good news is being vaccinated and boosted greatly reduces your risk of long covid even if you do catch it.