Posted on 08/12/2023 8:34:50 PM PDT by MNDude
Covid cases are on the rise again. Hospitalizations have spiked noticeably since the beginning of July. But doctors say we're far from a place of panic. There's also promising new protection on the horizon as a highly contagious new variant spreads.
As North Texas prepares for the return to school and enjoys the last bit of summer, the CDC is keeping a close watch on those COVID cases. In the first hospitalization spike, we’ve seen this year, just over 8,000 hospital admissions were reported on July 22. That was up 12% compared to the prior week.
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I guess I need to get some more horse paste, Wilbur.
Mrs. POF and I caught it on a cruise to Alaska two weeks ago. It was like a moderate cold with flu-like muscle aches. Lasted less than a week. We were both vaxxed twice and one booster. We are 71 and 72 years old. No problems.
Actually I’ve been sick with something over a week. I even missed a day of work. Nothing to panic about but I really wish I didn’t have it.
What are the symptoms VS a cold or flu?
Local clinics say viruses other than COVID are dominating their patients. Been hearing about a surge of strep too.
It started with a sore throat on Weds. Felt identical to a cold at that stage.
I hit if with Betadine Sore Throat Gargel (povidone iodine) which has usually fixed sore throats for me in the past.
It turned into cold symptoms Sat - lethargy, more sore throat, runny nose, and achy muscles. The achy muscles are not normal for a cold — more of a flu-like symptom. I never ran a temperature at all. That lasted about three to four days. Did a home test on Sat and got positive. Did a lab test at the Urgent Care on Monday and it was positive.
I stayed home the rest of the week and felt almost normal by the end of the week. A follow-up home test showed negative. Felt tired and worn-out for another several days. Pretty much back to normal now.
I took a five-day course of Paxlovid. You are supposed to start it within five days of symptom onset and I might have been at five or six since the first indications of a sore throat, but the doc prescribed it for me anyway. Mrs. POF and I cleared about the same time (she might have been sick a day or two longer), so it’s hard to tell if Paxlovid did any good.
The COVID seems to have negatively affecting my sleep. I use a CPAP machine and wear a recording pulse oximeter at night. My sleep numbers have looked terrible since about halfway through COVID (on both the recording pulse-ox and the CPAP).
I hope you feel better.
Last week I drank a lot of vodka. Every day I felt sick and I thought I was hungover, but now I know it must have been covid. I did not want to go to work or do car upgrades, but I did and I did not think to wear masks.
Should I feel guilty for possibly exposing people to covid?
You have a nice day now.
Everyone make sure to do your part to preserve the Global Welfare State by taking coercive medication to reduce Underfunded Liabilities. “Taking one for the team” is the only thing that can save it!
I know of 3 people in the last 3 weeks with Covid.
All Vaxxed.
Just in time for the 2024 election, of course.
I suppose we’re looking at Q3 Pharma earnings if all goes well. /s
You can buy the horse paste. We and our friends prefer the tablets.
Yup. Waiting for the shutdowns and mail in ballots.
I would urge you to look at and investigate getting a SOEMAC device for sleeping at night as well. Direct it wherever the cpap takes in air. They are excellent for improving oxygen absorbtion.
I hope the idiots who perpetuated, or fell, for this government COVID scam get everything that they deserve.
They imply these folks are being hospitalized for Covid.
In fact, most of them are admitted for some other disease, then they test positive after a routine Covid test.
CDC watching thier next experiment flourish
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