Coronavirus **personal experiences** thread

I think you’re correct on all points. The cancer death rate has been declining in the USA since the early 1990’s.

Coscar, I hope you get well soon! Take care :+1:

Hey Coscar, can I ask if this is because the COVID did a number on your joints, or because your lungs aren’t giving you enough air to walk?

A cold spell that moved through the area, driving people indoors.

Hi Coscar,
glad to see you made it through and good luck with the recovery.

You probably couldnt be shagged I bet but if you could please, every now and then just drop in here and
let us know how you’re getting on.

Hang in there

Coscar, good to have you back, Scary experience. Seem like you have a road
ahead,

I don’t want to pry too much but beside wearing masks are there any lifestyle changes to recommend?

Were you able to have any family with you in the hospital? the staff in the hospital treat you well or they just did the bare minimum?

get well soon!

Coscar, very sorry to hear, but thank you for sharing. We all wish you the best, and hope you continue on to a full recovery.

Nothing will work except herd immunity.

Herd immunity would happen faster if more people took the vaccine, with a lot fewer people dying. It isn’t impossible.

I won’t be taking any vaccine. No siree

So give ’em fake vaccines? :laughing:

It’s a very aggressive virus, very efficient at spreading.

https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/coronavirus/can-first-covid-19-vaccines-bring-herd-immunity-experts-have-doubts/article_b259d59b-d5b0-5510-a85f-94eb012ba377.html

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Hi everyone, posting vaccine related news here is fine, but please try to reserve your personal opinions. Prior conversations about the pro/anti-vaccine controversy have not ended up well here. Thanks a lot.

Surely the whole concept of “herd immunity” went out the window when it was found that any so called “immunity” is very short lived! I personally know 2 people (health care workers) that have had covid Twice! the second time around is actually quite bad too, Much worse than the first :frowning:

I apologize for not answering some of your questions about my experience. Please be patient. I am still struggling trying to adjust being home….BUT, I am getting better and will try to update ASAP. Seems I have been taking my previous independence for granted. Thanks for your well wishes. :+1: :beer: :beer:

@ Katherine Alicia

Im SURE I could not survive it again even if it was the same……… it took all I had the first round!! Please wear your mask!! :beer:

This is something called ensemble forecast from CDC, which combines each of the independently developed forecasts into one aggregate forecast to improve prediction over the next 4 weeks.

The data used was taken from September 12 through November 14. I you click on the image, on the CDC page you can see a few dozen of teams working on these predictions., B pagano seems to be the most pessimistic with 14000, on the other hand Iowa state University 8000. Even Wal-mart has a team on that list

Interesting paper from Spain found out that statistically speaking, if you get your stuff delivered (online), your chances of getting infected are almost twice as much as for people who buy their stuff on-site. Wiping stuff down you get from a market reduced chances by 94%. Not sure how reputable this paper is but very interesting.

On the other hand, that study from Spain didn’t control for how often the respondents were exposed to the public overall, and how many people they were exposed to at once, which could skew the outcomes quite a bit. It’s difficult for me to understand why food delivery would be more likely to infect me than going to the store to buy food, with all those people sneezing, coughing, and refusing to distance. Not to mention handling the register/payment machine.

Experts in the US are no longer recommending that groceries be wiped down.

Washington Post Article

Chicago Tribune Article