D&D and the rising pandemic

[Mirtek]

Yeah, cough can be an indication of a genuine problem or just an indication of some low-end irritation your body is overreacting to. This is particularly common with lingering coughs.

It's fortunately entirely gone by now. I can't even pinpoint when it went away. I stopped the cortisone spray after the 3rd day, because I really felt like it made everything worse. Time between coughs became longer and longer until it just went away on it's own.

I'll now wait until November or early December and then get my 4th vaccine shot. Assuming that the negative test on August 2nd marks my actual recovery that should be long enough waiting period.

Today EU approved a new variant vaccine vs. BA.1 that should also be better against BA.4 and BA.5 (I guess the same as mentioned above that was approved by UK earlier). However a "true" vaccine for BA.5 is also already in certification and expected the be approved during September. So I hope I can get that for my 4th shot.

 

[Aeson]

I tested positive more than a week after the symptoms went away. I kept isolated just in case.

I had heard that dead Covid virus can give a false positive. If that's the case, it would be difficult to pinpoint when you were no longer contagious.

 

[Umbran]

I had heard that dead Covid virus can give a false positive. If that's the case, it would be difficult to pinpoint when you were no longer contagious.

Correct. The tests are built to help you find out if you have it.

Whether you can give it to someone else would be a different question, one the available tests are not designed to answer.

 

[Zardnaar]

Government here is thinking of dripping masking requirements. Numbers are low and summer is coming up.

It has nothing at all to do with low polling numbers. Seems they backflip a lot based on polling.

Mask use has been slipping occasionally see someone hot wearing one in supermarkets now and a bit more common elsewhere.

Numbers came up and NZ had less deaths in Covid era than pre Covid one of 9 nations. Less deaths from other causes eg flu and road accidents.

Borders closed we skipped two flu seasons back with a vengeance this year.

 

[CapnZapp]

Correct. The tests are built to help you find out if you have it.

Whether you can give it to someone else would be a different question, one the available tests are not designed to answer.

In an ideal world, maybe that question is really the best.

But to everybody except those trying to rules lawyer their way out of having to isolate, the question the test does answer is good enough.

The point is to make you stop infecting others. Better a person stays home a few days "too many" than a single day too little. [emoji106]

 

[CapnZapp]

Today EU approved a new variant vaccine vs. BA.1 that should also be better against BA.4 and BA.5 (I guess the same as mentioned above that was approved by UK earlier). However a "true" vaccine for BA.5 is also already in certification and expected the be approved during September. So I hope I can get that for my 4th shot.

I would really like some accurate up-to-date information on this point, yes.

Currently, my government is only saying it's important to take fall booster and you shouldn't wait for the updated formula. Not good enough!

I would like a date and then get to decide for myself if the wait is worth it, thank you very much!

When, exactly, is my clinic going to be able offer the new shot? If it is a matter of weeks then I'll obviously wait. If it's a matter of (many) months I won't. And if it's somewhere in between, I'll have to decide based on that.

Part of it is that I would like the new formula to have been administered for at least two weeks before I take it myself. The old formula is tried and tested by now, and ideally the news will get a week or two to pick up on any unforseen side effects once the general public starts getting the new vaccine.

 

[Zardnaar]

Off to the doctor on Tuesday I'll ask him about a booster last was January. Not sure a 4th shot is an option.

 

[Umbran]

In an ideal world, maybe that question is really the best.

Would we even have this disease in an ideal world?

The point is to make you stop infecting others. Better a person stays home a few days "too many" than a single day too little.

No argument there.

 

[Ryujin]

Isolation orders, in Ontario, Canada, are effectively a thing of the past now. Do you want another wave? Because that's how you get another wave. The Medical Officer of Health issued this advisory a few days ago:

• If you have symptoms of any respiratory illness, stay home until symptoms have improved for at least 24 hours.
• If you have a fever, stay home until it's completely gone.
• If you have gastrointestinal symptoms, stay home until symptoms have improved for at least 48 hours.
• After isolating at home, wear a mask in public for 10 days since the onset of symptoms.
• If sick, avoid non-essential visits to vulnerable or older people for a full 10 days starting the day after symptoms appear — including visits to high-risk settings such as long-term care homes and hospitals.
• If you're in the same household as someone who is sick or tested positive for COVID-19, mask in public spaces, even if you feel better, and avoid vulnerable individuals and settings for 10 days after exposure. Isolate immediately if you develop symptoms.

 

[GreyLord]

I would really like some accurate up-to-date information on this point, yes.

Currently, my government is only saying it's important to take fall booster and you shouldn't wait for the updated formula. Not good enough!

I would like a date and then get to decide for myself if the wait is worth it, thank you very much!

When, exactly, is my clinic going to be able offer the new shot? If it is a matter of weeks then I'll obviously wait. If it's a matter of (many) months I won't. And if it's somewhere in between, I'll have to decide based on that.

Part of it is that I would like the new formula to have been administered for at least two weeks before I take it myself. The old formula is tried and tested by now, and ideally the news will get a week or two to pick up on any unforseen side effects once the general public starts getting the new vaccine.

Get a booster and then get the updated one when you can. My home just got hit hard with Covid (we were waiting to get the new booster, I think it comes out next week, that's one week too long for us).

Three people are sick in the household thus far, I am okay thus far, but I have people sick all around me right now. My spouse is also down with it currently...so...it's me holding the helm right now trying to keep up the ship in the storm.