OT: Coronavirus Resources - and other things to not worry about
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Preston
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Couple more variants potentially coming and these will likely complete the process of making our current vaccines completely useless vs infection #Antivaxxer
The other bit is that for those infected with Omi, the more that this thing mutates, the quicker your current antibodies will wane. For example, and these are rando numbers, you may have ~6 months of solid immunity vs BA.2 if that's what you were hit with, but with BA.5 that may be 3, 4 or 5 months because there is always gonna be some escape there.
The other bit is that for those infected with Omi, the more that this thing mutates, the quicker your current antibodies will wane. For example, and these are rando numbers, you may have ~6 months of solid immunity vs BA.2 if that's what you were hit with, but with BA.5 that may be 3, 4 or 5 months because there is always gonna be some escape there.
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blkngldbabe
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So, no booster for me?
Preston
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If it were me I'd still get it! No guarantee that these variants take off and even if they do a booster may extend your omicron infection immunity a bit longer.
I think 3 shots being good for everyone is a strong majority opinion from the nerds. It's just that more and more nerds are now calling for vaccines that actually match the current covid and gigavaxxing the current vaccine every few months is not a sustainable or reasonable process longterm. Pfizer bragging that their Omicron boosters would be ready by March never made any sense and certainly didn't age well. Looks like fall is when they're expected. So... I guess we can't get too picky and take what we can get for now. That's a long time to wait for something that may or may not even work that well!
But as always it's totally up to you. Data shows that a booster + omicron infection does good work on your immunity. Still unsure what it means for BA.4 and BA.5 but it can't hurt at least.
I think 3 shots being good for everyone is a strong majority opinion from the nerds. It's just that more and more nerds are now calling for vaccines that actually match the current covid and gigavaxxing the current vaccine every few months is not a sustainable or reasonable process longterm. Pfizer bragging that their Omicron boosters would be ready by March never made any sense and certainly didn't age well. Looks like fall is when they're expected. So... I guess we can't get too picky and take what we can get for now. That's a long time to wait for something that may or may not even work that well!
But as always it's totally up to you. Data shows that a booster + omicron infection does good work on your immunity. Still unsure what it means for BA.4 and BA.5 but it can't hurt at least.
Wayward DP
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Day five since the onset of symptoms for me. Got confirmation that my PCR was also positive, yay.
Friday I had a hard time sleeping due to congestion. Saturday was pretty crappy, so I went to bed at like 9:00 pm and when I woke up on Sunday I felt a lot better. Symptoms all seem to be improving now, congestion is waning, etc. Did have some back pain arrive yesterday, unclear if that is covid related or due to adding a pillow so I could breathe overnight...
Anyhow, I'm working today. Have a discovery tomorrow that is going ahead. Still some fatigue, other symptoms seem to be improving.
Mrs. Wayward's isolation ended this weekend and she is returning to strength. Not 100% but continues to improve.
TLDR - both our infections seem to have peaked at mild, although I'm not out of the woods quite yet.
Friday I had a hard time sleeping due to congestion. Saturday was pretty crappy, so I went to bed at like 9:00 pm and when I woke up on Sunday I felt a lot better. Symptoms all seem to be improving now, congestion is waning, etc. Did have some back pain arrive yesterday, unclear if that is covid related or due to adding a pillow so I could breathe overnight...
Anyhow, I'm working today. Have a discovery tomorrow that is going ahead. Still some fatigue, other symptoms seem to be improving.
Mrs. Wayward's isolation ended this weekend and she is returning to strength. Not 100% but continues to improve.
TLDR - both our infections seem to have peaked at mild, although I'm not out of the woods quite yet.
LeafGm
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Hope you and the Mrs keep trending upwards DP!
On my end, the employee that I was training and in close proximity to for multiple days last week has since tested positive and is still off work. A couple of people who were at a big office event the week before have also tested positive so far.
For me though, absolutely no symptoms yet. Still feeling normal. And a rapid test I took yesterday came up as a clear negative. So, everything’s still business as usual for me for now.
On my end, the employee that I was training and in close proximity to for multiple days last week has since tested positive and is still off work. A couple of people who were at a big office event the week before have also tested positive so far.
For me though, absolutely no symptoms yet. Still feeling normal. And a rapid test I took yesterday came up as a clear negative. So, everything’s still business as usual for me for now.
Wayward DP
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our timeline was a little unconventional too. Mrs. developed symptoms on a Friday, and I was symptom free until the following Thursday, so a 7-day lag. for whatever that is worth...
Preston
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It's possible you didn't catch it from her till the Monday or Tuesday. Peak infectiousness if often not till day 4-7 post exposure. And symptoms often begin on day 2-3. So if she was exposed on Wednesday, felt symptoms Friday, and infected you on Monday then the timeline adds up for you to feel it on the Thursday.
My brothers wife isolated near the end of my brothers 2nd day of symptoms and she never caught it at all so not everyone is super infectious on symptom onset.
MindzEye
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A friendly reminder to my fellow GTAers that there is a nasty norovirus strain going around in addition to our old friend covid. Mrs Eye just spent a precautionary night in hospital when she could keep any food or fluids down. Way more of a contact driven virus than covid because it can survive for weeks on surfaces.
Wayward DP
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twas apparently in PEI not so long ago too
LeafGm
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I’m about 11 days out from the big work event now, so figure I’m probably pretty safe from that. Though I guess incubation can be as long as 14 days? I dunno.
The trainee felt sick and went home five days ago, then tested positive the next day, so I figure I’m definitely not out of the woods on that one yet.
Also, the one member of my extended family that never got vaccinated has finally caught Covid. Just tested positive today, after his (vaccinated) girlfriend caught and starting showing symptoms. He’s still unsymptomatic for the moment, so we’ll see how that goes.
