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One can easily rationalize the responses to the pandemic when it first started but lately it seems the target can't move fast enough to explain current circumstances. It started with "flattening the curve", then as mandates came down and treatments became available it's a pandemic of the unvaccinated, preventing infection and transmission. When that didn't pan out and those vaccinated were getting covid and transmitting it, the vax was to avoid hospitalization. Then when the vaccinated were ending up in the hospital it was to reduce mortality. It's up to what, 4 or 5 jabs now, one every few months? Now the buzzword is "long covid", it's all about reducing that. Heard a news story today that UCLA did a study and indications are a significant percentage long term covid is psychological ("brain fog"), brought on by the stress of having covid or dealing with mandates, policies and anxieties. I don't doubt for a second some can be physically injured by covid and won't diminish that, but I don't think long covid is as pervasive as our politicians, media and pharmaceutical companies are making it out to be. Since it's apparent few people are buying into the booster campaign there are ads now for paxlovid, which doesn't sound like anything more than a rushed-through experiment that the vaccines are. To wit:

President Biden's repeat Covid is due to Paxlovid rebound.
CDC Director Walensky Has Covid Rebound After Paxlovid

I get that for many perhaps this treatment helps but for two years now we've been handed a one size fits all - or else - solution that only works for so long, for some people. Much like the lockdowns as a solution in China I think the ship has sailed here in the U.S. too. The answer needs to come from actual research and testing, not government funded contracts, carte blanche liability protections and specious mandates. The consequences of lockdowns is permanent, and an entire generation will know that impact to education. Hindsight is 20/20 but it seems there is a reluctance, or negligence to accept reality even when it's right in front of us.

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM
 
My son and my nephew both have Covid. My son is pretty sick, whereas my nephew has a light case. So I tested at home yesterday. Not being one to trust my own testing abilities, I went in to the local test center this morning. Both are negative. I was originally vaccinated February of 2021. Didn't catch Covid until June of this year, in spite of being vaccinated. I am high risk (lung cancer survivor with stage 1 emphysema). But I do isolate to a certain point since I spend most days at the beach. I've never really worried about Covid much.
 
HappyWanderer said:
Everyone you know is vaccinated and boosted, wears a mask in public, practices social distancing and good hand hygiene, but got Covid anyway? Wow, that's amazing.
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Other than the mask, that is mostly, if not entirely, true. Not many bothers with the mask out here.

I did not yet get the vaccine for the new variants. One of my buddies who also has COVID right now, did. But he was most likely in the incubation period already as it was very recent, not enough time to be effective.

-Don- Reno, NV
 
When the Covid-19 lockdowns occurred both my wife and I together thought at the time that we finally had an excuse to not spend so much time with our mid to upper 90 year old parents and relatives. Our Greatest Generation folks all died alone in care centers, not from Covid-19, but from being isolated from their loved ones. No visitation allowed and no funeral gatherings. We can't be the only Boomers that this happened to. It impacted us more than the Covid-19 illness ever would.
 
This bug is weird. The weirdest bug I had in my life, by far.

I had the worse sore throat of my life last night until early this morning. It went away totally in less than one minute and now I feel like I have no bug at all.

I did have a large cup of coffee this morning, if that had anything to do with it.

Now the only question is will it stay this way, or is this a temporarily thing?

It is strange how I now have no symptoms at all, and it all changed in around a minute if not less.

I won't push it and make sure I still do a lot of nothing for a while.

Anybody else here have such an experience with COVID?

-Don- Reno, NV
 
Western Slope said:
When the Covid-19 lockdowns occurred both my wife and I together thought at the time that we finally had an excuse to not spend so much time with our mid to upper 90 year old parents and relatives. Our Greatest Generation folks all died alone in care centers, not from Covid-19, but from being isolated from their loved ones. No visitation allowed and no funeral gatherings. We can't be the only Boomers that this happened to. It impacted us more than the Covid-19 illness ever would.
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You needed a excuse so you didn’t have to spend time with your parents. I would give anything to have my parents back and spend as much time with them that’s possible. They’ve been gone for quite a few years.
 
My daughter worked in the ICU. She watched covid patients die. Some refused to believe that covid was real and believed that with their dying breath. My son-in-law died of covid. Fortunately, the virus has mutated to a less deadly form but still can leave a victim with long covid. I wear a mask when I go to store and when I'm around others I don't know. I wear a mask for 2 reasons; to prevent covid infection (I have some health issues), and to prevent being infected with the flu virus.

One of my friends kept telling me he was healthy, ate right, and took vitamins and didn't need a vaccine. He believed that right up until he got covid and was miserable. I felt a little guilty when telling him "I told you so.'
 
Got the test results. It's Covid. Other than the that first day when I had significant body aches, it's been pretty mild. Guess I'm not going anywhere for a while either.

So now, I'm not sure what to do. Honestly, I feel pretty good. I've been taking a shot of NyQuil before bed and have been sleeping well. Guess I just stay low for a few days.
 
garyb1st said:
Got the test results. It's Covid. Other than the that first day when I had significant body aches, it's been pretty mild. Guess I'm not going anywhere for a while either.

So now, I'm not sure what to do. Honestly, I feel pretty good. I've been taking a shot of NyQuil before bed and have been sleeping well. Guess I just stay low for a few days.
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As I expected, just because this bug is flying around like crazy (around here, at least). It must be the most contagious disease I have seen in my lifetime.

But it's mostly the rather weak omicron variant going around, IMO. Not serious, in most cases, by far. I have had FAR worse colds than this COVID bug and the same with many, if not most others. But you still do not want to spread it around.

IMO, other than staying home for five days after you have no more symptoms, you will not have to do anything other than a lot of rest. I have not taken anything at all (such as NyQuil or anything else).

But if you have not had the latest vaccine for the new variants, you should still consider getting such after your 5-day wait after your last symptom.

I think I could already be there to start the 5-day countdown, in my case. The entire thing seemed do disappear right after I had the worse sore throat of my life (which really still wasn't all that bad). The entire bug seemed to go away in a minute or so when I was drinking a cup of hot coffee this morning--very strange. I have never had that fast of a recovery from anything before.

If I still feel fine tomorrow, I will then start my 5-day countdown. I will stay home at least until Pearl Habor Day regardless of how well I feel until then.

It's about time for me to get ready for my winter RV trip! I will probably just drive southeast and see where I end up at when I get there. Sometime after Dec 7, of course.

-Don- Reno, NV
 
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garyb1st said:
Got the test results. It's Covid. Other than the that first day when I had significant body aches, it's been pretty mild. Guess I'm not going anywhere for a while either.

So now, I'm not sure what to do. Honestly, I feel pretty good. I've been taking a shot of NyQuil before bed and have been sleeping well. Guess I just stay low for a few days.
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That’s all I did. After 5 days from the initial test I was off and running
 
DonTom said:
As I expected, just because this bug is flying around like crazy (around here, at least). It must be the most contagious disease I have seen in my lifetime.

But it's mostly the rather weak omicron variant going around, IMO. Not serious, in most cases, by far. I have had FAR worse colds than this COVID bug and the same with many, if not most others. But you still do not want to spread it around.
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Agree on the contagion part. This is the first time I've been sick in 10 years.
 
I hope this passes soon!

I caught Covid for the first time on my 40th birthday, which was also an inaugural RV outing for our new rig, earlier this year.

It threw me for a loop. It felt like a weak cold and by the next day it had gone straight for my lungs and it became painful to breathe. We were in an RV, and my husband never caught it.

My doc put me on Paxlovid which stopped the lung stuff in its tracks 2 days later. I had a lingering cough for a couple of weeks. I also experienced Covid rebound but the rebound was pretty weak.

The “brain fog” went on for a few weeks as did general weakness and reduced aerobic capacity.

4 months later the only lingering effect is an intermittent loss of taste and smell.

This is some wild stuff and people don’t understand until they have it bad themselves or someone they know has a rough tangle with it.

Take care of yourself!!
 
DonTom said:
Or he caught it with no symptoms at all, which is not all that uncommon.

-Don- Reno, NV
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We were testing him every day and not once did he have a positive test. The rapid tests aren't perfect but by that measure, he didn't catch it then.
 
There are worse things than dying from Covid. I have two surfing buddies who had their lungs trashed by the disease. Now they are on oxygen for the rest of their lives. I see them down at the beach just gazing out to sea and checking the waves. Bummer.
 
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