The Covid-19 Thread: News, Preparation Tips, Etc

naturalgyrl5199

Well-Known Member
A lot of old ppl coming down with breakthrough COVID. A lot are hospitalized for other things (heart issues, weakness, etc) and they have a cough and the hospital tests them, and they are often COVID+.

These people are OLD. They don't go nowhere but they kids and grandkids are infecting them. Then they are quarantined and cannot have visitors for several days. Its miserable.
 

BrownBetty

Well-Known Member
A lot of old ppl coming down with breakthrough COVID. A lot are hospitalized for other things (heart issues, weakness, etc) and they have a cough and the hospital tests them, and they are often COVID+.

These people are OLD. They don't go nowhere but they kids and grandkids are infecting them. Then they are quarantined and cannot have visitors for several days. Its miserable.
This is awful.
I've told the older folks in my life to mask, meet folks outdoors, and get boosted. They don't listen. They keep letting people into their homes. I tell them to at least make the visitors test but again no one listens. I'm dreading when the temp drops.
 

scoobygirl

Well-Known Member
My youngest sister got it after 2.5 years of avoiding it. She’s in North Florida but likely was infected out of town. It’s been almost 3 weeks but she’s still testing positive. She was symptomatic but feeling better now. Unfortunately her job expects you to come in after a week even if you are still positive

I have a big extended family in FL and she is the first one in the family who’s gotten it. Seems like this variant is making its way through everyone who’s avoided previously,
 

BonBon

Well-Known Member
The other boss in my dept is going through round two. His family had it earlier this year for the first time.

Interesting - he said that the home tests provided by the Gubment were consistently negative, but as soon as they went out and bought some other tests (nasal only) it was a strong red line. I only really have the NHS ones in my house atm.
 

TrulyBlessed

Well-Known Member
Been a couple weeks since I recovered from Covid and I have a slight lingering cough which I hear is normal but the smell of burning rubber off and on throughout the day is driving me bananas! I thought maybe it was something in my home but I also experienced it for this first time today while driving.
 

BrownBetty

Well-Known Member
The other boss in my dept is going through round two. His family had it earlier this year for the first time.

Interesting - he said that the home tests provided by the Gubment were consistently negative, but as soon as they went out and bought some other tests (nasal only) it was a strong red line. I only really have the NHS ones in my house atm.

I wonder if the test are expired. All the ones I got from the govt have a quicker expiration date.
 

Leeda.the.Paladin

Well-Known Member

Risk of shingles rises after COVID-19 infection: study​


Adults over 50 who have had COVID-19 are more likely to experience a shingles outbreak, according to new research.

A study published in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases last month looked at data from 400,000 people who had been infected with COVID-19 and 1.6 million who had not. It found adults over 50 who have had COVID-19 are 15 per cent more likely to develop shingles within six months. The risk grows to 21 per cent for those who have been hospitalized with COVID-19.

Full story here
My MIL and BIL both have had shingles about a month after having COVID
 

yamilee21

Well-Known Member
So because some people refused to take Covid seriously, the entire society has to cave to them, and drop all pretense of even the most minor mitigation strategies… while the number of those disabled by Long Covid grows everyday, and the vulnerable/immuno-compromised are shown that they are considered expendable. And of course, people have lost all sense of being able to accurately judge risk, because U.S. public health agencies are too cowardly to be honest. :nono:
 

dancinstallion

Well-Known Member
My kids said only 25% of students are wearing masks and even the Asian students aren't wearing them. At the end of May around 50% were wearing them.

About a week ago the grocery stores in our area also took down the barriers between the cashiers and customers.

I guess everyone is saying covid is over.

I just ordered more kn95 masks in different colors cuz Ds likes to match them with his shirts.

It doesn't look like a new strain is active and b.5 is going down so I wonder if we will have another wave.
 
Last edited:

ScorpioBeauty09

Well-Known Member
I was at the Social Security office last week. I had to wait outside for at least 20 minutes just to be allowed into the building. They only allowed people in 3-4 at a time. Masks are required and once you get through the metal detectors they have selected seats designated for people to sit on which are arranged to accommodate adequate space between people.

People still wear masks where I live but it's amazing how schools and restaurants etc. have relaxed mask and social distancing requirements but government buildings haven't. It's two different realities.
 

Plushottie

Thicc and fione
I was at the Social Security office last week. I had to wait outside for at least 20 minutes just to be allowed into the building. They only allowed people in 3-4 at a time. Masks are required and once you get through the metal detectors they have selected seats designated for people to sit on which are arranged to accommodate adequate space between people.

People still wear masks where I live but it's amazing how schools and restaurants etc. have relaxed mask and social distancing requirements but government buildings haven't. It's two different realities.
Schools want to go back to indoctrination and restaurants want money and get people back to distractions. It’s wild here in the Texas
 

Evolving78

Well-Known Member
No, that’s not the schools that’s the elected school board members pushing their political agenda. I just moved districts to a red county and it’s wild how these folks dictate school policy.
I agree. Public schools and school boards are extremely problematic and those political agendas that are being pushed has nothing to do with what really needs to be addressed. I am a stronger supporter of school choice. Schools that have predominantly black children have done them a great disservice, especially during the lockdown, and now thinking they can go back to business as usual is asinine.
 
Last edited:

Black Ambrosia

Well-Known Member

COVID has evolved to make you sicker quicker, new study finds

The initial “wild type” strain of COVID detected in Wuhan, China, in late 2019 had an incubation period of around 5.2 days. COVID’s Alpha variant—which burst onto the scene in the U.K. in December 2020—took about five days for symptoms to develop after exposure, according to the study.

By the time the Beta variant was discovered a short time later, the incubation period had shortened to 4.5 days. The Delta variant saw an incubation period of 4.41 days, and Omicron’s incubation period is currently 3.42 days.

Among all versions of COVID, the mean incubation period is 6.57 days, the authors found—longer than that of other coronaviruses that cause the common cold (3.2 days); common respiratory illness parainfluenza (2.6 days); the most common type of flu, influenza A (about 1.5 days); and rhinovirus, another common source of colds (1.4 days). The mean incubation period was longer for individuals ages 60 and older and 18 and younger, and for those whose illness was mild, the authors found.

Studies have shown that shorter incubation periods “are associated with more serious disease,” as was the case with fellow coronaviruses SARS and MERS, according to the study’s authors. But they did not draw any further conclusions about differences in incubation time in relation to the severity of COVID variants in comparison to each other.

On the bright side, an overall decrease in incubation period means less time for infected individuals to unknowingly transmit the virus.

Until earlier this month, when the CDC dropped much of its precautionary COVID guidance, the federal health agency recommended that those exposed to COVID quarantine for at least five days, and the World Health Organization still recommends quarantining for 14 days.

The study’s authors pointed to their own research as a reason that different countries may want to rethink their isolation time recommendations.

“Some countries around the world require close contacts to be isolated for 14 days,” they wrote. “However, with the shortening of the incubation period of new variants, the isolation period can be adjusted appropriately to reduce the pressure on the health system.”
 

Lylddlebit

Well-Known Member
Good Article @Black Ambrosia
The crazy thing is I don't know a single person severely sick with Covid for the first time during the pandemic and it has been like that since March or April. I am not implying that people are not still getting severely ill and dying but since BA 5 hit, everyone I know who has gotten Covid has avoided severe illness whether vaccinated or not. DH and I were talking about how we can plan to reintegrate into society on Monday . We are still factoring BA5 trends and vaccinated versus unvaccinated data. When it comes the the vaccine he leans more towards J&J and I like Novavvax better of the vaccine options. I have found better data that is aggregating information based on vaccine markers. It isn't the full shebang but it is much better than I was finding previously.


Here is some of the information I look at for an idea. I want at least this for all states of course.... "If I ruled the world"
 
Last edited:
Top