Coronavirus **personal experiences** thread

[Joshk]

Denial is a coping mechanism. Feeding it is big business.

[djmcconn]

@Joshk

Denial is a coping mechanism. Feeding it is big business.

Well said

[hank]

Nevermind, what I originally posted here turns out to be arguable but not appropriate to think about here.

[hank]

Bracing for a ‘superimposed’ holiday surge, top health experts urge Americans...

EXCERPT

America’s top infectious-disease expert sounded the alarm Sunday, warning of a “surge superimposed upon” a surge of coronavirus cases over the coming weeks due to Thanksgiving travel and celebrations.

Anthony S. Fauci and other experts urged Americans to take aggressive action as the December holidays loom to mitigate the surge overwhelming hospitals across the country. As the number of coronavirus-related deaths per day rose to its highest point since April, Fauci and others highlighted the importance of complying with mask mandates and physical distancing.

“It’s going to get worse over the next several weeks, but the actions that we take in the next several days will determine how bad it is or whether or not we continue to flatten our curve,” U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said on Fox News on Sunday.

[hank]

A list of ways the coronavirus is worse than influenza:

Coronavirus

[hank]

Upgrade your mask:

Time to Upgrade Your Mask? (Published 2020)

[Kindle]

@hank

A list of ways the coronavirus is worse than influenza:
https://www.quora.com/q/coronavirus?*ni*=0&*nsrc*=4&*snid3*=14489036100&*tiids*=16138188

Quora? Really?

[Coscar]

Feeling much stronger…. went from barely walking 11 days ago to +/- 1500’ a day with a walker……. Up from 130lbs to 143. Time is moving in slow motion…… but that may be the medicine

[hank]

Yes, Quora, really, because I can and do check a writer’s qualifications before recommending something s/he has written.
You can look this stuff up.

Ed Taboada

In other news, a comparison of various governments’ responses:

COVID-19 Government Response Tracker

Using data from that site: See How Coronavirus Restrictions Compare to Case Counts in Every State - The New York Times

[kennybobby]

@Coscar

Feeling much stronger…. went from barely walking 11 days ago to +/- 1500’ a day with a walker……. Up from 130lbs to 143. Time is moving in slow motion…… but that may be the medicine :person_facepalming:

Hey that sounds like some good progress, especially on the weight—keep up the good work.

[bushmaster]

Coscar, glad to hear you keep getting better. Not that it’s any of my business but you got me curious what your “fighting weight” was before the virus hit you.

[MtnDon (Don Miller)]

Superb news, Coscar. Great progress.

[Coscar]

@bushmaster

Coscar, glad to hear you keep getting better. Not that it’s any of my business but you got me curious what your “fighting weight” was before the virus hit you.

180
Thanks yall……

[pennzy]

Are your doctors recommending the vaccine? Just wondering if you are immune now.

[sb56637]

Hang in there Coscar! You’re pulling through! Thanks for the update.

[raccoon]

I'm glad you're doing better, Coscar!

I hope you can gain some more of your weight back.

When I had a nervous breakdown decades ago I dropped down to 130 pounds.

I was just skin and bones.

Now I weigh about 175, and that is a good weight for me.

[Unheard]

We’re now facing the result of the second wave. About 400 deaths per day where the infections spiked in the past. Later we’ll be counting permanent health issues of the survivers.

What if we had done nothing?

[pennzy]

The CDC says it found Corona Virus in RED Cross blood donations in early December 2019

American study finds signs of Covid-19 in US before China outbreak

[hank]

CDC Library: COVID-19 Science Update: 12/01/2020

Siegelman JN. Reflections of a COVID-19 long hauler
JAMA. An emergency medicine physician shares his experiences with “mild” COVID lasting months that made it impossible for him to work, recognizing that many in the same situation cannot self-isolate.

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I knew I had it. Now, after more than 3 months of living with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the fatigue that has kept me couch-bound, I have had ample time to reflect on what it means to be a patient, how an illness ripples through family and community, and how I will use this experience to be a better physician. Here is what I have learned.

Mild Illness Can Have Dramatic Effects

I have what is referred to as a “mild” case. I have no preexisting conditions, was never hospitalized, had minimal respiratory symptoms, and even managed to do limited office work throughout the acute illness. For this, I am grateful because I have seen first-hand how awful COVID-19 can be for others. And yet, living with this has been anything but mild. ….

[hank]

What the numbers mean:

Pfizer/BioNTech announced last month that out of more than 43,000 volunteers in their study, 170 people contracted covid-19. Of those 170, only eight people had received the real vaccine, and 162 had taken a placebo. Thus, the vaccine was estimated to be about 95 percent effective. In other words, the rate of disease was 95 percent lower among the vaccinated group than among the placebo group.

Moderna announced very similar results Monday: 196 volunteers in their study contracted covid-19, “of which 185 cases of covid-19 were observed in the placebo group, versus 11 cases” in the vaccinated group. That worked out to a vaccine efficacy of 94.1 percent. (If you’re trying to replicate the math at home, be warned that it’s more complex than simply dividing 185 by 196, but you’ll be in the general ballpark.)

These results appear to be very, very strong. By comparison, seasonal flu vaccines typically have efficacy percentages in the 60s or lower. But it’s important to remember they are merely measuring the results of controlled clinical studies. We won’t know how well the vaccines work in the real world until and unless they are approved by the government and administered to tens of millions of Americans.

https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=5ced5692ade4e21968ecfd82&s=5fc6b4659d2fda0efb7af6d6&linknum=1&linktot=53