Corona and other diseases

[Erzengel]

North Korea says 6 people dead, 187,800 in quarantine due to 'fever' | NK News

 

[MissMarvelous]

I think I came down with something. Might be the flu. Have a fever, chills, and fatigue. I could have sworn it was COVID but I just tested negative. I will do another test tomorrow. I’ve never felt the kind of fatigue I’m currently experiencing with just a regular cold.

I'm going through the same - and there are a lot of cases of flu around! Many of my cousins had it and they said that the symptoms lasted for a good week (some of them had fever: 38/39°C).

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Asr]

This is a really well-done article: How America Lost One Million People

Anyone who can't read it because of the NYTimes paywall can Google "Bypass Paywalls" which is a free extension for Chrome and Firefox that disables a TON of paywalls, including the one for NYTimes.

 

[psylockolussus]

I fully blame seeing Doctor Strange in a packed theater for this.

don't forget the Scarlet witch.

 

[Prison Mike]

I'm going through the same - and there are a lot of cases of flu around! Many of my cousins had it and they said that the symptoms lasted for a good week (some of them had fever: 38/39°C).

Yeah I had a fever of 101F yesterday I’m doing a lot better today, the fever is gone. I must have spent 20 hours in bed yesterday sleeping.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

How North Korea Went from ‘Zero COVID’ to 1.2 Million Cases in 72 Hours

 

[Prison Mike]

Well I took a second test this morning and it came back positive. I got the ‘vid

 

[Drizzle]

Well I took a second test this morning and it came back positive. I got the ‘vid

Sorry to hear that, Mike. Just keep resting and stay hydrated. It worked wonders for me. I'd also recommend as much vitamin C as possible.

 

[BatsAndNights]

Well I took a second test this morning and it came back positive. I got the ‘vid

Coffee with oat milk and honey as your first drink of the day

Dunno why, but that for me was downright a COVID elixir. You'll be okay, my dude.

 

[MissMarvelous]

Well I took a second test this morning and it came back positive. I got the ‘vid

Oh no!! That sucks... I'm sorry to *hear* that, dude.

 

[Prison Mike]

Coffee with oat milk and honey as your first drink of the day

Dunno why, but that for me was downright a COVID elixir. You'll be okay, my dude.

Interesting. I’ll try that!

 

[Erzengel]

Order an oximeter and just keep tabs on your O2 levels.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NY Times - How Often Can You Be Infected With the Coronavirus?

A virus that shows no signs of disappearing, variants that are adept at dodging the body’s defenses, and waves of infections two, maybe three times a year — this may be the future of Covid-19, some scientists now fear.

The central problem is that the coronavirus has become more adept at reinfecting people. Already, those infected with the first Omicron variant are reporting second infections with the newer versions of the variant — BA.2 or BA2.12.1 in the United States, or BA.4 and BA.5 in South Africa.

Those people may go on to have third or fourth infections, even within this year, researchers said in interviews. And some small fraction may have symptoms that persist for months or years, a condition known as long Covid.

“It seems likely to me that that’s going to sort of be a long-term pattern,” said Juliet Pulliam, an epidemiologist at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.

 

[squeekness]

Well I took a second test this morning and it came back positive. I got the ‘vid

That sucks. Hope it goes away quick.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NYC moves to ‘high COVID alert level,’ says city health commissioner

 

[squeekness]

I'm sure we'll be next here, near Boston. Our cases are jumping up quick, too.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - Vast Majority of Long Covid Patients Were Never Hospitalized, Report Finds
Three-fourths of diagnosed long covid patients avoided hospitalization, according to an analysis of private insurance claims.

NY Times - U.S. Officials Warn of Substantial Increase in Virus Cases

• A third of Americans live in areas where the threat of Covid-19 is now so high that they should consider wearing masks indoors, the C.D.C. said.
• The head of the agency said the U.S. seven-day average of hospital admissions from the virus rose 19 percent over the previous week. Here’s the latest.

 

[squeekness]

Been wearing my mask more. Cases are jumping up in my area. Not with the usual deaths, though, which is good news.

 

[Morg]

 

[BeserkerHilf]

Literally the only one who loses out when you light up a paid-for $3500 digitally-generated barcode is you, you ****ing dummy.

 

[Lily Adler]

Literally the only one who loses out when you light up a paid-for $3500 digitally-generated barcode is you, you ****ing dummy.

Reminds me of people breaking their paid for PS4 to protest Sony.

 

[Prison Mike]

My boss tested positive for COVID too. Looks like my office is riddled with it. Getting rid of the mask mandate in the building was a bad idea.

 

[squeekness]

My boss tested positive for COVID too. Looks like my office is riddled with it. Getting rid of the mask mandate in the building was a bad idea.

Seems like that should be a seasonal thing, too, based on case levels.

 

[Drizzle]

Seems like that should be a seasonal thing, too, based on case levels.

I'm thinking the relation of covid cases to the seasons are becoming irrelevant. Once the initial wave hit in the beginning, cases went way down in summer 2020 then back up again in the late fall/early winter of 2021, then dropped low again in spring/early summer 2021 right before Delta hit, then Omicron came along in December/January, and now it's spring and there's another wave. Unfortunately I don't think how warm or cold it is matters anymore, which is a shame because up until Delta, we were pretty much led to believe that Covid doesn't fare well in warmer weather.