I slipped up and have Covid

I slipped up too, and got it just now. I had it bad enough to be hospitalised the first time around 2019, then went on to get a booster every year afterward. So I felt complacent this year. Got the flu shot and a pneumonia shot and planned to get Covid and RSV any day now...

Then last week son came home feeling bad, two days later I hit the bed and yesterday hubs did. We all went to the doc yesterday, son was over it but still testing slightly positive, he's young, Hubs is so so, but I had it pretty bad again.

RX Paxlovid. It makes you taste metal all the time, but gives you a better chance of staying out of the hospital. I'm on the upswing now and my appetite is back.
 

I got my free Covid tests in the mail today. Initially, they expired 1/23/2024 but the card with them gave a website to look up the "updated" expiration date which is 1/23/2025. Three months from now. Lot of good that's going to do....

Oh, well, I guess I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The box also says: "In the USA, this product has not been FDA cleared or approved, but has been authorized by FDA under an Emergency Use Authorization."

Hopefully I won't need it, since we both had Covid last month.
 
My Neighbor says Thursday he has tested positive for the Covid. He says he feels fine. The next morning, they leave early, Go home?
They didn't come back to the Lake, but I had to head home Friday morning.
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Blessed said:
At least that explains why I was so sick tuesday night. I did not suffer any respiratory symptoms. Just joint, muscle, and chest pressure. Chills without fever, headache.

Woke thursday morning with a vicious sore throat. sinuses stuffed up. No cough from the lungs only to clear the pressure in the throat.

Hopefully that will be the worst of it. I knew I would eventually catch it, I had been lucky so far. I think I picked it up going to physical therapy. That is really the only thing I have done out of my routine.
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Sorry to hear that. Do your usual, good Liquid intake and the things you like as you begin to feel better.
 
jujube said:
I got my free Covid tests in the mail today. Initially, they expired 1/23/2024 but the card with them gave a website to look up the "updated" expiration date which is 1/23/2025. Three months from now. Lot of good that's going to do....

Oh, well, I guess I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The box also says: "In the USA, this product has not been FDA cleared or approved, but has been authorized by FDA under an Emergency Use Authorization."

Hopefully I won't need it, since we both had Covid last month.
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I've never received any covid testing kits. but at least they're being more honest now. That's refreshing.
 
Della said:
RX Paxlovid. It makes you taste metal all the time, but gives you a better chance of staying out of the hospital. I'm on the upswing now and my appetite is back.
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Completely agree about Paxlovid. It's like sucking on a handful of dirty coins. Ugh...

That said, it worked both times I got Covid this year. No hospitalization and I was mostly recovered within 5-6 days, with the expected cough that lingered for several weeks.

Since it appears I'm particularly susceptible to Covid, I'm planning to mask up in public places during infection rate surges.

Glad you're feeling better, Della.
 
StarSong said:
That said, it worked both times I got Covid this year. No hospitalization and I was mostly recovered within 5-6 days, with the expected cough that lingered for several weeks.
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Oh thanks for saying that Star! I was given a 5 day pack of Paxlovid, but told I only had to take two days worth since I was already sick 3 days when I went to the doc and I guess it's only effective against the virus during the patient's first five days (or something) so today I didn't take it and also didn't take the decongestant Benzonatate.

Boy did I start coughing!

So I'm back to taking the Benzonatate and if this cough lasts as long as two weeks I would have worried if you hadn't said it lingers.
 
My 41 yr. old niece had her Covid shots .. however, she came down with Covid a few months ago, and continues to have symptoms. Her balance is off .. can't walk straight, and almost fell down the front steps at my sister's house. She also wet the bed one night.

I must add, that, she has always eaten healthy and been a runner since her teens.
 
Pinky said:
My 41 yr. old niece had her Covid shots .. however, she came down with Covid a few months ago, and continues to have symptoms. Her balance is off .. can't walk straight, and almost fell down the front steps at my sister's house. She also wet the bed one night.

I must add, that, she has always eaten healthy and been a runner since her teens.
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That sounds like Long Covid and the doctors don’t have any answers yet. It’s so sad. My cousin has had it for two years and has a terrible time functioning.
 
I ask these questions because of the stats in our families.

My wife's side and extended- 17 vaxxed, all have had covid many times after the shot.
My side of the family and extended- 15 vaxxed, and all have had covid many times after the shot.
Our kids extended families- 8 vaxxed and all get covid yearly after the vax.

My wife and I, our 2 kids, and their significant others did not take it, and we are the only 6 people that have not had covid.

But not only that, my wifes sister-her husband got a chest cold for 5 months after his 3rd booster.
My own brother who is still serving in the forces, got pneumonia 2 years in a row now since he got the first 2 mandated shots. My brother has never been ill most of his life. Injuries from the military and sports, but never sick. Yearly cold, but didnt keep him from work. Now he has yearly pneumonia and the latest one had a clot in his lung.

So, in science that is statistical correlation proof of efficacy, or lack of.

The reason I post this or ask, is that I hear my mom say "I got covid again' or her mom say she spent 3 days in the hosp for covid. But the question I ask is why are they getting covid over and over and over again. Is not the point of a vax to prevent sickness and hospitalization?

Oh people say 'well it keeps me out of the hosp, or from getting worse'. We'll the question becomes why do you keep getting it?

Study immunology. You dont need boosters. The immune system detects an invader, reacts, repels or kills it, but makes a copy of it for life. You dont need boosters or follow ups.
Many scientists, as well as militaries do this to test for many things.

There is a Military Strategy for Sustainment of Nutrition and Immune Function in the field, where they do testing of blood serology using serum and blood challenge testing for antibodies, nutritional defects and so on. I was lucky to never have been vaccinated and as a child I got measles with most of the kids on our block (as we played together and our parents always made us play with the kid who got sick), and when I had my testing, I still had antibodies in my immune system that were triggered upon the blood challenge testing, from that date about 40 years earlier.

No different than dogs. Our dog never had a rabies vaccine until we blood titer tested her. Her mother was vaxxed. Our beautiful girl tested positive for rabies antibodies at levels over 5.8/per something. She inherited this from her mother. She has never been vaccinated yet. She is 3 years old and her recent one in Aug shows levels still above govt allowable levels to be classified as rabies safe.

Now if I dont need boosters or shots, and even a dog doesn't need shots and/or boosters, how they heck does everyone need 10 shots?
 
Tazx said:
Long Covid? Medical journal questions Long Covid, started a statistical analysis as they believe its only occurring in Vaccinated individuals. Anyone here know any unvaxxed with long covid?
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From Yale Medical.....At the pandemic’s onset, approximately 10% of people who suffered COVID-19 infections went on to develop Long COVID. Now, the risk of getting Long COVID has dropped to about 3.5% among vaccinated people (primary series). While this is a considerable decline, over 1.3 million Americans are still becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2 every day.......The study also revealed that COVID-19 vaccinations played a key role in the drop in Long COVID cases. The researchers published their findings in The New England Journal of Medicine on July 17.


COVID Vaccines Reduce Long COVID Risk, New Study Shows.
 
Debrah N. said:
From Yale Medical.....At the pandemic’s onset, approximately 10% of people who suffered COVID-19 infections went on to develop Long COVID. Now, the risk of getting Long COVID has dropped to about 3.5% among vaccinated people (primary series). While this is a considerable decline, over 1.3 million Americans are still becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2 every day.......The study also revealed that COVID-19 vaccinations played a key role in the drop in Long COVID cases. The researchers published their findings in The New England Journal of Medicine on July 17.


COVID Vaccines Reduce Long COVID Risk, New Study Shows.
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The doctor who was paid 3.5 million to promote vaccines? Yeah I will pass on any doctor who promotes the c-19 shot.
It was posted in 2024, but if you actually read her article, the stats are taken from 2020 to 2022. Where are the updated stats now that we have 4 full years of research? You can't take stats from the year before the shot and only the immediate response after. You must look at it long term. What are the stats near the end of 2024? Are they different or the same? Better or worse? Publish up to date full stats.
 
Sigh... If I've learned anything over the past year it's that Americans (and likely people in other countries) do very little actual research. The internet megaphone internet has poisoned our thinking.

Suggesting a well-respected MD at Yale Medicine sold her soul for $2.5 million to market vaccines (with no supportive evidence) is yet another example. That @Debrah N.'s linked articles include numerous research citations apparently isn't good enough for some.

I'm very sad at the state of this nation and how easily many are led by snake oil salesmen.
 
Pinky said:
My 41 yr. old niece had her Covid shots .. however, she came down with Covid a few months ago, and continues to have symptoms. Her balance is off .. can't walk straight, and almost fell down the front steps at my sister's house. She also wet the bed one night.

I must add, that, she has always eaten healthy and been a runner since her teens.
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Has she had a neurological checkup @Pinky? She might need one.
 
StarSong said:
Sigh... If I've learned anything over the past year it's that Americans (and likely people in other countries) do very little actual research. The internet megaphone internet has poisoned our thinking.

Suggesting a well-respected MD at Yale Medicine sold her soul for $2.5 million to market vaccines (with no supportive evidence) is yet another example. That @Debrah N.'s linked articles include numerous research citations apparently isn't good enough for some.

I'm very sad at the state of this nation and how easily many are led by snake oil salesmen.
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A revered Yale University epidemiologist is speaking out to warn the public that Covid mRNA “vaccines” are a “toxic shot.”

Dr. Harvey Risch is professor emeritus of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health.

So, which Yale doctor is telling the truth?

Rumors the donation of 3 million made by a female philanthropist to Yale was made under the guise of funding for research. But the woman connected has been linked to Merrel Lynch, Moderna and others.
This doctor people say is exaggerating. She is a prominent doctor at Yale, He is a prof Emeritus doctor at Yale. So whos right, and whos legit.
 
StarSong said:
Sigh... If I've learned anything over the past year it's that Americans (and likely people in other countries) do very little actual research. The internet megaphone internet has poisoned our thinking.

Suggesting a well-respected MD at Yale Medicine sold her soul for $2.5 million to market vaccines (with no supportive evidence) is yet another example. That @Debrah N.'s linked articles include numerous research citations apparently isn't good enough for some.

I'm very sad at the state of this nation and how easily many are led by snake oil salesmen.
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I find the same thing happens in Canada where so many people don't look anything up and are happy to quote meme's or conspiracy theories that 'they heard somewhere on the internet'.
 
Tazx said:
A revered Yale University epidemiologist is speaking out to warn the public that Covid mRNA “vaccines” are a “toxic shot.”

Dr. Harvey Risch is professor emeritus of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health.

So, which Yale doctor is telling the truth?

Rumors the donation of 3 million made by a female philanthropist to Yale was made under the guise of funding for research. But the woman connected has been linked to Merrel Lynch, Moderna and others.
This doctor people say is exaggerating. She is a prominent doctor at Yale, He is a prof Emeritus doctor at Yale. So whos right, and whos legit.
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Well, my philosophy on this kind of quandary is to go with whomever has the most support behind him/her. It's like with the climate crisis question....if you have 97% of scientists saying it's a crisis and we must address it, and then you have three(?) saying it isn't and we don't have to, plus 7,000,000 people dead......
 
Pinky said:
My 41 yr. old niece had her Covid shots .. however, she came down with Covid a few months ago, and continues to have symptoms. Her balance is off .. can't walk straight, and almost fell down the front steps at my sister's house. She also wet the bed one night.

I must add, that, she has always eaten healthy and been a runner since her teens.
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This reinforces my recent conversation with my GP.

When I saw him a couple of weeks ago he asked if I'd gotten the most recent Covid vacc. I explained that I'd had Covid in August so was planning to get the the vacc mid-November (3 month wait). I asked him how he felt about Covid and the vaccines.

He told me, "I'm not particularly afraid of Covid anymore but I am afraid of Long Covid. I get the vaccines as soon as I'm eligible." He did say that many with long Covid appear to improve gradually, but it can take a year or two, or even longer.

I'm so sorry for your niece, Pinky, and hope she starts to improve soon.
 
StarSong said:
This reinforces my recent conversation with my GP.

When I saw him a couple of weeks ago he asked if I'd gotten the most recent Covid vacc. I explained that I'd had Covid in August so was planning to get the the vacc mid-November (3 month wait). I asked him how he felt about Covid and the vaccines.

He told me, "I'm not particularly afraid of Covid anymore but I am afraid of Long Covid. I get the vaccines as soon as I'm eligible." He did say that many with long Covid appear to improve gradually, but it can take a year or two, or even longer.

I'm so sorry for your niece, Pinky, and hope she starts to improve soon.
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Thank you @StarSong
My niece is 41, and has a brilliant mind. She is planning to travel to Japan with her mother next year. I hope her condition improves by then.
 
Tazx said:
My wife and I, our 2 kids, and their significant others did not take it, and we are the only 6 people that have not had covid.
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How do you know you never had it? Do you test on a regular basis?

DH had it, twice that we know of, and was asymptmatic both times. (health care worker, mandatory testing)
He thinks he might have had it more than twice...
 


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