Coronavirus/COVID-19, Thread 4 (Read the OP)

[Parliament10]

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[Parliament10]

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR0n67G9c0F2OhoZcrTO8WMZRAPr7bOXibgygh639viONxsmTL3IFi7XnyU

[MagicBagley18]

Bring back hamsterdam- this new thread that’s policed sucks

[Parliament10]

Bring back hamsterdam- this new thread that’s policed sucks

Yeah. I notice that no one is posting.
We'll take a look at the New Rules, and see what we can come up with.

~ Parl

[Fencer reregistered]

My wife and I were agonizing over whether we should risk going to his & hers doctor appointments Thursday.

The doctor's office just solved the problem by calling and saying they were doing the appointments by telemedicine, for reasons of COVID.

[MagicBagley18]

Been quarantined for several days awaiting tests results. Results were negative. Me and the wife have been boosted anyways but still good to be in the clear

[Parliament10]

Been quarantined for several days awaiting tests results. Results were negative. Me and the wife have been boosted anyways but still good to be in the clear

That's Great that you don't have it. In my group (on another site) we have at least 20 people who contracted it over the Holidays.
I'm wondering, there doesn't seem to be a way to tell, if you have the Delta variant, or the Omicron one.

[Bad-Thoma]

Been quarantined for several days awaiting tests results. Results were negative. Me and the wife have been boosted anyways but still good to be in the clear

That's Great that you don't have it. In my group (on another site) we have at least 20 people who contracted it over the Holidays.
I'm wondering, there doesn't seem to be a way to tell, if you have the Delta variant, or the Omicron one.

I think they get a lot of the info by testing city wastewater and sequencing outbreaks, I don't think there is a way to specifically find out as an individual.

[fallguy]

Been quarantined for several days awaiting tests results. Results were negative. Me and the wife have been boosted anyways but still good to be in the clear

That's Great that you don't have it. In my group (on another site) we have at least 20 people who contracted it over the Holidays.
I'm wondering, there doesn't seem to be a way to tell, if you have the Delta variant, or the Omicron one.

I think they get a lot of the info by testing city wastewater and sequencing outbreaks, I don't think there is a way to specifically find out as an individual.

It seems like Omicron is out-competing Delta and we should assume we have it.

[Slax]

My whole family caught COVID over the holidays. My wife suspects she caught it from treating a COVID-positive patient on BIPAP, which aerosolizes COVID. My wife is pregnant and was advised against getting a booster during her first trimester, so unfortunately she wasn't able to get the booster in time before getting COVID, and as a result she had some nasty congestion and coughing and malaise for a week. Thankfully she's fine now. My toddler who is too young to be vaccinated had a fever which spiked to 103, but the one benefit of having a pediatrician wife who was out of commission from work for a week is that she knew exactly what to do and kept everyone calm, managed to control the fever with motrin + tylenol. He's still a bit fussier and sleepier than usual but otherwise fine now thankfully. I am both vaccinated and boosted, so even though I have asthma, I had the mildest case - a few days of congestion and mild cough, and by now pretty much asymptomatic. In-laws also caught it, but had pretty mild to moderate symptoms because they were vaccinated and boosted as well. Nobody was bedridden or required treatment, which I am thankful for. Get your booster shots folks, they definitely help.

My wife is working PICU right now, and she says PICU is packed and nearly all of her patients have COVID. They are also about to start pulling people out of her pediatrics program to treat adults again, because even if omicron is milder than delta, the sheer number of people getting infected means that there aren't enough internists to treat them all. Plus basically everyone is getting infected and quarantining. Thankfully my wife started testing negative again before the shortened CDC quarantine period was up and she had to go back to work, but that five-day quarantine means there are DEFINITELY some COVID-positive doctors and nurses going around treating patients, and almost certainly infecting some of them. Sucks but I guess there aren't enough people to cover the patient load right now.

For exculpatory, you might be interested to know my wife matched into her top choice fellowship program and will be doing developmental & behavioral pediatrics starting next summer. I think she's feeling burned out on treating people with infectious diseases at this point and looking forward to helping out kids with disabilities, which has long been her true passion.

Stay safe everyone.

[Parliament10]

My whole family caught COVID over the holidays. My wife suspects she caught it from treating a COVID-positive patient on BIPAP, which aerosolizes COVID. My wife is pregnant and was advised against getting a booster during her first trimester, so unfortunately she wasn't able to get the booster in time before getting COVID, and as a result she had some nasty congestion and coughing and malaise for a week. Thankfully she's fine now. My toddler who is too young to be vaccinated had a fever which spiked to 103, but the one benefit of having a pediatrician wife who was out of commission from work for a week is that she knew exactly what to do and kept everyone calm, managed to control the fever with motrin + tylenol. He's still a bit fussier and sleepier than usual but otherwise fine now thankfully. I am both vaccinated and boosted, so even though I have asthma, I had the mildest case - a few days of congestion and mild cough, and by now pretty much asymptomatic. In-laws also caught it, but had pretty mild to moderate symptoms because they were vaccinated and boosted as well. Nobody was bedridden or required treatment, which I am thankful for. Get your booster shots folks, they definitely help.

My wife is working PICU right now, and she says PICU is packed and nearly all of her patients have COVID. They are also about to start pulling people out of her pediatrics program to treat adults again, because even if omicron is milder than delta, the sheer number of people getting infected means that there aren't enough internists to treat them all. Plus basically everyone is getting infected and quarantining. Thankfully my wife started testing negative again before the shortened CDC quarantine period was up and she had to go back to work, but that five-day quarantine means there are DEFINITELY some COVID-positive doctors and nurses going around treating patients, and almost certainly infecting some of them. Sucks but I guess there aren't enough people to cover the patient load right now.

For exculpatory, you might be interested to know my wife matched into her top choice fellowship program and will be doing developmental & behavioral pediatrics starting next summer. I think she's feeling burned out on treating people with infectious diseases at this point and looking forward to helping out kids with disabilities, which has long been her true passion.

Stay safe everyone.

Wow. Scary.
PICU = Pediatric ICU? -- Meaning half of all the Kids have it??? -- That again, is scary.

[Bad-Thoma]

My whole family caught COVID over the holidays. My wife suspects she caught it from treating a COVID-positive patient on BIPAP, which aerosolizes COVID. My wife is pregnant and was advised against getting a booster during her first trimester, so unfortunately she wasn't able to get the booster in time before getting COVID, and as a result she had some nasty congestion and coughing and malaise for a week. Thankfully she's fine now. My toddler who is too young to be vaccinated had a fever which spiked to 103, but the one benefit of having a pediatrician wife who was out of commission from work for a week is that she knew exactly what to do and kept everyone calm, managed to control the fever with motrin + tylenol. He's still a bit fussier and sleepier than usual but otherwise fine now thankfully. I am both vaccinated and boosted, so even though I have asthma, I had the mildest case - a few days of congestion and mild cough, and by now pretty much asymptomatic. In-laws also caught it, but had pretty mild to moderate symptoms because they were vaccinated and boosted as well. Nobody was bedridden or required treatment, which I am thankful for. Get your booster shots folks, they definitely help.

My wife is working PICU right now, and she says PICU is packed and nearly all of her patients have COVID. They are also about to start pulling people out of her pediatrics program to treat adults again, because even if omicron is milder than delta, the sheer number of people getting infected means that there aren't enough internists to treat them all. Plus basically everyone is getting infected and quarantining. Thankfully my wife started testing negative again before the shortened CDC quarantine period was up and she had to go back to work, but that five-day quarantine means there are DEFINITELY some COVID-positive doctors and nurses going around treating patients, and almost certainly infecting some of them. Sucks but I guess there aren't enough people to cover the patient load right now.

For exculpatory, you might be interested to know my wife matched into her top choice fellowship program and will be doing developmental & behavioral pediatrics starting next summer. I think she's feeling burned out on treating people with infectious diseases at this point and looking forward to helping out kids with disabilities, which has long been her true passion.

Stay safe everyone.

Glad to hear you all pulled through safely!

[zoyathedestroya]

What is this new IHU variant in France? WTF when will this end?

[Slax]

My whole family caught COVID over the holidays. My wife suspects she caught it from treating a COVID-positive patient on BIPAP, which aerosolizes COVID. My wife is pregnant and was advised against getting a booster during her first trimester, so unfortunately she wasn't able to get the booster in time before getting COVID, and as a result she had some nasty congestion and coughing and malaise for a week. Thankfully she's fine now. My toddler who is too young to be vaccinated had a fever which spiked to 103, but the one benefit of having a pediatrician wife who was out of commission from work for a week is that she knew exactly what to do and kept everyone calm, managed to control the fever with motrin + tylenol. He's still a bit fussier and sleepier than usual but otherwise fine now thankfully. I am both vaccinated and boosted, so even though I have asthma, I had the mildest case - a few days of congestion and mild cough, and by now pretty much asymptomatic. In-laws also caught it, but had pretty mild to moderate symptoms because they were vaccinated and boosted as well. Nobody was bedridden or required treatment, which I am thankful for. Get your booster shots folks, they definitely help.

My wife is working PICU right now, and she says PICU is packed and nearly all of her patients have COVID. They are also about to start pulling people out of her pediatrics program to treat adults again, because even if omicron is milder than delta, the sheer number of people getting infected means that there aren't enough internists to treat them all. Plus basically everyone is getting infected and quarantining. Thankfully my wife started testing negative again before the shortened CDC quarantine period was up and she had to go back to work, but that five-day quarantine means there are DEFINITELY some COVID-positive doctors and nurses going around treating patients, and almost certainly infecting some of them. Sucks but I guess there aren't enough people to cover the patient load right now.

For exculpatory, you might be interested to know my wife matched into her top choice fellowship program and will be doing developmental & behavioral pediatrics starting next summer. I think she's feeling burned out on treating people with infectious diseases at this point and looking forward to helping out kids with disabilities, which has long been her true passion.

Stay safe everyone.

Wow. Scary.
PICU = Pediatric ICU? -- Meaning half of all the Kids have it??? -- That again, is scary.

Yes PICU is pediatric ICU. For reference, my wife said 4 of 5 kids she tested in PICU yesterday came up positive. I don't know if that accurately reflects how many kids in the general population have COVID, probably some of them are sent to the PICU because of COVID complications and some of them acquire it at the hospital and some of them have conditions that might make make their immune systems less robust so probably a much lower percentage of general population has COVID. But according to her it's definitely an unusually huge spike.

Anyway I would urge everyone to keep this in mind when people talk about how COVID doesn't affect children and young adults that bad so they don't need vaccines. Just because most kids and young adults aren't getting hospitalized and especially dying (a thing we should be very thankful for), doesn't mean there's no cost to them catching COVID. A lot of kids that have to go to the emergency room to get their fevers reduced, and from the perspective of statistical recordkeeping, that's not a "hospitalization" (no admission) even though those kids require medical care and suffered a great deal. Vaccines are a lot more controlled, thankfully. Much preferable to actually acquiring the disease, no matter your age. And at this point, the likelihood of catching the disease is VERY high.

[Tatumfor2]

Yikes!

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/u-s-reports-nearly-1-million-covid-19-cases-in-a-day-setting-global-record-1.5727148

[Tyakack]

Been quarantined for several days awaiting tests results. Results were negative. Me and the wife have been boosted anyways but still good to be in the clear

I've been quarantined for years even before this started because I hate people. Covid is gonna have to work hard to get me.

[MagicBagley18]

Been quarantined for several days awaiting tests results. Results were negative. Me and the wife have been boosted anyways but still good to be in the clear

I've been quarantined for years even before this started because I hate people. Covid is gonna have to work hard to get me.

Shall I dare say you were “AHEAD OF THE CURVE” my friend stay safe!

[threrf23]

Yikes!

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/u-s-reports-nearly-1-million-covid-19-cases-in-a-day-setting-global-record-1.5727148

But, I really feel like headlines like this are irresponsible, b/c on the surface they give false credence to claims that the vaccine is an ineffective hoax. "Cases," the word in and of itself, should not dominate the current conversation as much as it does.

[exculpatory]

A few thoughts at 4 AM.

Slax:
Glad you all did well.
Congrats to your wife on selection & I admire her dedication/courage.
Scary about the Covid PICU kids.

I am very busy.
Family issues.

Also I am emotionally drained & extremely depressed after 2 years of this ****.
Also, some of the interactions I have had with a few of our resident lowlifes have significantly dampened my enthusiasm to contribute my expertise to these threads.

1 **** MILLION cases a day now.
Somewhat less need for hospitalization on the average, but the ICUs are still overflowing in many places because of the indescribably massive number of infections resulting in an obligatory number of very sick patients.
Almost every single **** day, I hear about more & more people (including medical colleagues) turning positive - a few pretty sick - although they would be much much MUCH sicker if not boosted.

And still the despicable unvaccinated derelicts go blithely & ignorantly on their way - many to the ICU & others as maximal spreaders/“Typhoid Marys”.
It truly disgusts & nauseates me when certain media outlets use the massive number of infections (including some of the vaccinated & boosted) as a deluded rationale to denigrate the true miracle of our vaccines. They dishonestly & ignorantly leave out the fact that the DEGREE OF COVID SEVERITY IS OVERWHELMINGLY & INCONTROVERTIBLY correlated with whether or not you are boosted VS vaccinated VS unvaccinated.

Will put up a few links when I have the time & I am in a better mood.
Very interested in the upcoming fourth jab = second booster data from Israel.
I personally will find a way to get a fourth vaccination.