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Post by Sean Hayden » Wed May 18, 2022 5:42 pm

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Post by Sean Hayden » Wed May 18, 2022 5:43 pm

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It's been a week since I tested positive. Still have quite strong symptoms and also still tested positive this morning - which means I'm still infectious. Also the 5G isn't coming through very strong atm.
I thought you sounded better. Hopefully you will soon. Have you sought treatment?

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Post by Brian Peacock » Wed May 18, 2022 5:45 pm

Nah. Just sitting it out and napping as and when.
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Post by Sean Hayden » Wed May 18, 2022 5:47 pm

Cool. That has been the advice here too. You just worry about the long covid.

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Post by rasetsu » Thu May 19, 2022 1:40 pm

My ILS worker tested positive for Covid, but I haven't seen her in 8 days. But my voice was coarse and raspy for a couple of days this week. Was this a mild case of Covid or a latent desire to play Brenda Vaccaro in an upcoming biopic?

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Post by macdoc » Mon May 30, 2022 11:46 pm

goolnar’s brother has 3 major heart acts last Monday from blot clots. and has clots in his liver. The crazy thing is he has only miner heart damage and was released to go home last night. Very lucky.
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Post by JimC » Fri Jun 03, 2022 5:42 am

I haven't yet been infected, but I'm hoping that if (or when) I do, the 4 jabs will mean that it is relatively mild...
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Post by Brian Peacock » Fri Jun 03, 2022 8:10 am

Still waiting for my fourth jab here. Perhaps my recent dose will afford some immunity, though the reinfection rate is creeping up.
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Post by JimC » Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:20 am

Brian Peacock wrote:
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Still waiting for my fourth jab here. Perhaps my recent dose will afford some immunity, though the reinfection rate is creeping up.
I've read that a combination of the immunity from a recent infection plus vaccinations is particularly good...
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Post by Brian Peacock » Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:36 am

I've read that too, but the reinfection rate is still climbing here. As I tested positive I have to wait 12 weeks before I'm eligible for another booster.
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Post by Woodbutcher » Fri Jun 03, 2022 11:35 am

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Post by Brian Peacock » Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:19 pm

Omicron subvariant drives spike in cases and deaths in Portgual


A spike of Covid-19 cases and deaths in Portugal driven by the Omicron BA.5 subvariant in spite of warm temperatures is causing capitals across Europe to once again consider measures against a pandemic that has started to fade into public memory.

Portugal confirmed 26,848 new cases and recorded 47 Covid deaths on Wednesday – the highest daily death toll since 17 February, when 51 deaths from the disease were reported.

The trend contrasts with the pandemic situation in France, Germany, the UK and neighbouring Spain, where case rates have been declining for the last two months.

According to figures from the Portuguese health ministry, 1,455 people died from Covid as the country entered its sixth wave of the pandemic in April and May....

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... n-portgual
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Post by JimC » Fri Jun 03, 2022 8:45 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:
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I've read that too, but the reinfection rate is still climbing here. As I tested positive I have to wait 12 weeks before I'm eligible for another booster.
I really meant that the combination should be good for preventing serious illness, but it still seems to allow a fair chance of re-infection. Good for the individual, but re-infections, even with mild symptoms, help to keep the virus circulating in the population. In fact, if such infections are mild to the point of not being noticed, such cases will be spreading the virus in the community unknowingly...
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