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

Evolving78

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My recently two time boosted gf called to tell me she was positive and felt like a train wreck. My other friend tested positive but she never got the booster. I was trying to wait for Moderna’s new variant vaccine to come out this fall but I’m probably going to just go ahead and get it next month.
Please get it as soon as possible. Anybody running around telling you it’s like a bad cold is a lie from the pit of hell.
 

Lylddlebit

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Sadly happening in healthcare as well. I am scheduled to work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week. The employers are following the 5 day rule as well. That will mean I am “cleared” to leave my house quarantine on Monday if I remain fever free and my symptoms are improving. :nono: Though technically I am still positive and contagious until day 10 (next Friday).

It’s the wild Wild West folks.
Thank you for your honesty. I have limited my daughter's visits to the pediatrician during COVID. She has been to the doctor once and that was a good time to get her caught up on shots but honestly, the reason why I took her was because she had a bad fall while playing that required Dermabond. That ended up being a good time to mention her regular vaccines and well check since we were already at the facility. Luckily the office had excellent policies in place: I could wait in the car to be called in, no one was in the lobby when I checked in, no physical contact or clipboards of paperwork needed to check in, masks required ect. However the idea of having her around a potentially positive doctor when she is too young to be vaccinated just so they can check her weight against the curve isn't passing the risk benefit analysis right now. So we just kept as safe as possible until we needed to go and when we went, we took all precautions.

I am glad you are feeling better. Are there any protocols you will be taking to make sure the kids are safe before you are no longer positive and contagious when you return to work?
 
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lavaflow99

In search of the next vacation
Thank you for your honesty. I have limited my daughter's visits to the pediatrician during COVID. She has been to the doctor once and that was a good time to get her caught up on shots but honestly, the reason why I took her was because she had a bad fall while playing that required Dermabond. That ended up being a good time to mention her regular vaccines and well check since we were already at the facility. Luckily the office had excellent policies in place: I could wait in the car to be called in, no one was in the lobby when I checked in, no physical contact or clipboards of paperwork needed to check in, masks required ect. However the idea of having her around a potentially positive doctor when she is too young to be vaccinated just so they can check her weight against the curve isn't passing the risk benefit analysis right now. So we just kept as safe as possible until we needed to go and when we went, we took all precautions.

I am glad you are feeling better. Are there any protocols you will be taking to make sure the kids are safe before you are no longer positive and contagious when you return to work?
Wearing N95 masks the whole shift. :ohwell:

I am on team keep it real. So I completely understand. This isn't the time to be in a doctor's office for every little thing. Not only you have to worry about providers working after the 5 day quarantine but the patients themselves being positive and if they are young or their parents don't enforce it, they won't be wearing a mask. A :censored: show. Glad you are keeping your daughter's vaccines up to date though! Latest data is showing that kids have fallen behind due the pandemic :sad:
 

yamilee21

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The rapid tests only seem to pick up Covid infections when someone is extremely ill, with multiple symptoms. The people that I know who have had Covid within the past 2-4 weeks *never* tested positive on the home antigen tests, even if they had sore throats or a runny nose, etc. People are walking around convinced they “just have allergies” while the CDC and public health departments ignore the fact that the home tests aren’t good enough to pick up these new variants… which means that people who might need treatment are inadvertently delayed from seeking it.
 

oneastrocurlie

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The rapid tests only seem to pick up Covid infections when someone is extremely ill, with multiple symptoms. The people that I know who have had Covid within the past 2-4 weeks *never* tested positive on the home antigen tests, even if they had sore throats or a runny nose, etc. People are walking around convinced they “just have allergies” while the CDC and public health departments ignore the fact that the home tests aren’t good enough to pick up these new variants… which means that people who might need treatment are inadvertently delayed from seeking it.

I doubt they are going to be able push out new tests each time a new variant pops up unfortunately.
 

Evolving78

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The rapid tests only seem to pick up Covid infections when someone is extremely ill, with multiple symptoms. The people that I know who have had Covid within the past 2-4 weeks *never* tested positive on the home antigen tests, even if they had sore throats or a runny nose, etc. People are walking around convinced they “just have allergies” while the CDC and public health departments ignore the fact that the home tests aren’t good enough to pick up these new variants… which means that people who might need treatment are inadvertently delayed from seeking it.
I say by day 5 after expose one should test. I believe it works that way with the PCR test too. I think a lot of people are in denial too. There is this one YTuber I follow and she keeps talking about her and her child still suffering with allergies. I’m like she needs to stop playing and call a thing and thing.
 

Transformer

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Haven’t read the thread but Here’s my story.

On Monday, 9 May husband received message from COVID Tracking App that he had a possible exposure on 5-6 May. On Tuesday, we both felt terrible with sore throats , fatigue, and symptoms similar to pollen/allergy symptoms. On Thursday, we used the home tests and we both tested positive. Headaches, minor chest congestion, minor body aches, no loss of smell and definitely no loss of appetite.

Yesterday, went MedStar Urgy Care and husband tested positive. Hospital nurse told me not to use the rapid tests after 7 days because it will continue to react to trace cells—to only use the 48 hr tests results.
 
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Transformer

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I don't think people are using the tracking app near me. I've never been notified of a possible exposure which seems unlikely given the covid rates in my area.

@Transformer I hope you and your husband recover quickly.

We registered for it when we took our second shot. We received our shots through a County Health Dept vaccination site. I’m not sure if the tracking app was offered at other places.
 

Peppermynt

Defying Gravity

North Korea’s COVID tally nears 2 million a week after it acknowledged first ever case​

By
Lee Brown
May 19, 2022 2:04pm

North Korea’s COVID-19 outbreak soared to nearly 2 million by Thursday, exactly a week after the Hermit Kingdom admitted its very first case.
The secretive nation — which until last week dubiously claimed to have completely escaped COVID for two and a half years — confirmed 262,270 more cases on Thursday.

That took the tally to more than 1.98 million sickened with a fever, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
However, experts believe the tally is likely far higher given the isolated nation’s lack of testing abilities — with the death toll also likely to rocket due to the lack of key medical supplies and intensive care units.

The outbreak started in late April and spread after despot Kim Jong Un oversaw a huge parade marking the 110th birth anniversary of his state-founding grandfather, South Korea’s Newsis agency said, citing lawmakers briefed by Seoul’s spy agency.
A doctor checks a resident's temperature. North Korea admitted the country’s first case of COVID-19 last week.Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Members of the North Korean army supply medicines to residents. More than 1.98 million North Koreans are reportedly sickened with a fever.Kyodo via REUTERS A worker in protective gear stands on an empty sidewalk.
At least 740,160 people are in quarantine.Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP

At least 740,160 people are also in quarantine, the agency said — with images showing health workers in hazmat suits guarding Pyongyang’s closed-off streets, disinfecting buildings and streets and delivering food and other supplies to apartment blocks.

Despite the surge in cases, the kingdom’s anti-virus headquarters reported only one extra death, raising its toll to just 63, an abnormally small number compared to the suspected infections, experts have noted.

Kee Park, a global health specialist at Harvard Medical School who has worked on health care projects in North Korea, has predicted that tens of thousands could eventually die.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a pharmacy in Pyongyang. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits a pharmacy in Pyongyang.Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP A doctor visits a family during an activity to raise public awareness of the COVID-19 prevention measures. North Korea’s anti-virus headquarters reported a death toll of just 63.Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
Authoritarian leader Kim has called the outbreak a “great upheaval,” berating officials for letting the virus spread and restricting the movement of people and supplies between cities and regions.

Experts say the country cannot afford a lockdown because the economy is already broken by mismanagement, crippling US-led sanctions over Kim’s nuclear weapons ambitions and pandemic border closures.

The country has shunned millions of vaccines offered by the UN-backed COVAX distribution program, likely because of international monitoring requirements that are required to receive the shots.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, delivers a speech. Kim Jong Un berated North Korea officials for letting the virus spread.Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Staff disinfecting the premises. North Korea has shunned millions of vaccines offered by the UN-backed COVAX distribution program.KCNA/EPA Military personnel from the Korean People's Army medical corps attend the launch of a campaign to improve the supply of medicines. Military personnel from the Korean People’s Army medical corps attend the launch of a campaign to improve the supply of medicines.EyePress

It has also ignored offers of help from South Korea and the US to contain the outbreak, according to Kim Tae-hyo, deputy national security adviser for South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.

Experts have said North Korea may be more willing to accept help from China, its main ally.

With Post wires
 

lavaflow99

In search of the next vacation

Too late for all of this. The horse has been escaped from the barn and won’t be corralled :rolleyes:


CDC Now Recommends COVID Testing for All Domestic Travel​

By Michelle Baran
May 19, 2022





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Before boarding that domestic flight, check to make sure you're negative for COVID, the CDC asks.

Illustration by Shutterstock
Before boarding that domestic flight, check to make sure you're negative for COVID, the CDC asks.
The updated advice comes as cases and hospitalizations are back on the rise in the U.S.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week issued a new message to domestic travelers: Test before you go.

With cases and hospitalizations back on the rise in the United States, the agency is now asking travelers to test for COVID-19, using either a PCR or antigen test, as close to the time of departure as possible and no more than three days prior to travel—regardless of vaccination status. Previously, the CDC had only recommended getting tested before domestic travel for those who are unvaccinated.
So, why the change?
“COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing severe disease and death. However, since vaccines are not 100 percent effective at preventing infection, some people who are up to date can still get COVID-19. People who are up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines may feel well and not have symptoms but still can be infected and spread the virus to others,” a CDC spokesperson said in a statement sent to AFAR.
The CDC considers travelers to be up to date on their COVID vaccines if they have received all doses in the primary series as well as one booster shot once eligible. A second booster shot is currently not needed to be considered up to date.
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In addition to asking that all travelers consider getting tested for COVID no more than three days prior to departure, the CDC also advises all travelers to get tested after they return from their trip, especially if the travel “involved situations with greater risk of exposure such as being in crowded places while not wearing a well-fitting mask.”
As of May 18, the daily average of COVID cases in the U.S. was 103,231. That’s an increase of more than 50 percent compared to two weeks ago when the daily average was 65,891. Hospitalizations are also up 29 percent over the past two weeks to a daily average of 23,223, according to the New York Times’ COVID tracker.

Federal health officials on Wednesday warned that the upward trend in cases could continue and added that one-third of the U.S. population now lives in areas where people should be wearing masksindoors again.

The CDC continues to recommend masks for travel

Earlier this month, the CDC restated its recommendation that everyone aged two and older wear a well-fitted mask on public transportation and in transportation hubs, including on airplanes and in airports. The CDC’s renewed advice on wearing masks while traveling came just two weeks after a federal judge in Florida struck down the federal transportation mask mandate, resulting in a domino effect of mask requirements being lifted across the country, including on domestic flights.


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“Traveling on public transportation increases a person’s risk of getting and spreading COVID-19 by bringing people in close contact with others, often for prolonged periods,” a CDC spokesperson told AFAR.
While masking and testing for domestic travel are optional, COVID testing for international travel into the U.S. remains a requirement. All travelers ages two and older entering the U.S. (including U.S. citizens and residents) must provide proof of a negative COVID test from within one day of travel, regardless of vaccination status.
 

yamilee21

Well-Known Member
I have a good friend who refuses to be vaccinated, along with her family. However, they continue to wear masks (N95s) at all times indoors, except in their own homes. And they limit their indoor activities; socially distance; test, isolate and re-test at the first hint of symptoms; and test before spending any time indoors with vulnerable people (such as the grandparents). They have so far managed to remain Covid-free.

If all these people mocking the vaccines, the medications, and the people willing to take them were as vigilant as my friend, and willing to take precautions, their opinions would be valid. However, they are the same people who complain that masks are oppressive impingements on their freedom. They have no solutions, and are essentially supporting eugenics.
 

oneastrocurlie

Well-Known Member

Too late for all of this. The horse has been escaped from the barn and won’t be corralled :rolleyes:


CDC Now Recommends COVID Testing for All Domestic Travel​

By Michelle Baran
May 19, 2022





flipboard
Before boarding that domestic flight, check to make sure you're negative for COVID, the CDC asks.'re negative for COVID, the CDC asks.

Illustration by Shutterstock
Before boarding that domestic flight, check to make sure you're negative for COVID, the CDC asks.
The updated advice comes as cases and hospitalizations are back on the rise in the U.S.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week issued a new message to domestic travelers: Test before you go.

With cases and hospitalizations back on the rise in the United States, the agency is now asking travelers to test for COVID-19, using either a PCR or antigen test, as close to the time of departure as possible and no more than three days prior to travel—regardless of vaccination status. Previously, the CDC had only recommended getting tested before domestic travel for those who are unvaccinated.
So, why the change?
“COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing severe disease and death. However, since vaccines are not 100 percent effective at preventing infection, some people who are up to date can still get COVID-19. People who are up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines may feel well and not have symptoms but still can be infected and spread the virus to others,” a CDC spokesperson said in a statement sent to AFAR.
The CDC considers travelers to be up to date on their COVID vaccines if they have received all doses in the primary series as well as one booster shot once eligible. A second booster shot is currently not needed to be considered up to date.
ADVERTISEMENT

In addition to asking that all travelers consider getting tested for COVID no more than three days prior to departure, the CDC also advises all travelers to get tested after they return from their trip, especially if the travel “involved situations with greater risk of exposure such as being in crowded places while not wearing a well-fitting mask.”
As of May 18, the daily average of COVID cases in the U.S. was 103,231. That’s an increase of more than 50 percent compared to two weeks ago when the daily average was 65,891. Hospitalizations are also up 29 percent over the past two weeks to a daily average of 23,223, according to the New York Times’ COVID tracker.

Federal health officials on Wednesday warned that the upward trend in cases could continue and added that one-third of the U.S. population now lives in areas where people should be wearing masksindoors again.

The CDC continues to recommend masks for travel

Earlier this month, the CDC restated its recommendation that everyone aged two and older wear a well-fitted mask on public transportation and in transportation hubs, including on airplanes and in airports. The CDC’s renewed advice on wearing masks while traveling came just two weeks after a federal judge in Florida struck down the federal transportation mask mandate, resulting in a domino effect of mask requirements being lifted across the country, including on domestic flights.


RELATED
Is Flying Safe With No Mask Mandate in Place?

“Traveling on public transportation increases a person’s risk of getting and spreading COVID-19 by bringing people in close contact with others, often for prolonged periods,” a CDC spokesperson told AFAR.
While masking and testing for domestic travel are optional, COVID testing for international travel into the U.S. remains a requirement. All travelers ages two and older entering the U.S. (including U.S. citizens and residents) must provide proof of a negative COVID test from within one day of travel, regardless of vaccination status.

Chilllleeee. I legit let out a chuckle.
 
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