Topic: COVID-19:VERIFIED news sources, 0 politishit, 0 CONSPIRACY SHITE

[reddebs]

Bastards got me again! 

No idea how long I've had it but I've been feeling like shit for weeks though not constantly.  Snotty nose, sore throat on and off and now a horrible cough plus being constantly tired.

Decided to do a test this morning as I've got a hospital appointment for my x-rays on Friday so presumably I need to reschedule that?

[Red Beret]

Oof, sorry to hear that debs. Sending Internet hugs. 🫂

Yeah, you'll probably need to reschedule those X Ray's, unless they are able to take precautions.

[reddebs]

Oof, sorry to hear that debs. Sending Internet hugs. 🫂

Yeah, you'll probably need to reschedule those X Ray's, unless they are able to take precautions.

Thank you 😊

I've just rescheduled it for next Friday even though they were happy for me to keep the appointment and wear a mask.  Seemed strange that they would advocate that in a hospital 🤷

[jonnypb]

Thank you 😊

I've just rescheduled it for next Friday even though they were happy for me to keep the appointment and wear a mask.  Seemed strange that they would advocate that in a hospital 🤷

It’s being treated like a cold now. One of the hospitals near me has shut several wards because of a covid outbreak. They’re still letting people visit people in the wards in certain circumstances though, go back a couple of years and it would have been a blanket ban.

Both my parents have it again, thankfully it seems mild this time round.

[reddebs]

It’s being treated like a cold now. One of the hospitals near me has shut several wards because of a covid outbreak. They’re still letting people visit people in the wards in certain circumstances though, go back a couple of years and it would have been a blanket ban.

Both my parents have it again, thankfully it seems mild this time round.

I've been feeling crap for a few weeks on and off now having not really got rid of a cold but I started with a god awful cough on Monday so decided to do a test today as I had the x-ray app on Fri, plus a hair app and her dad has cancer and a client in the morning who has COPD.

I've rearraged them all and won't be working at the pub tomorrow or Fri either.  I feel awful that I was at a client's on Monday who are all going to Turkey on Friday and I might have infected them 😳

[Red Beret]

Yeah, the NHS isn't at risk of being overwhelmed with Covid patients now, so I imagine with nominal precautions most appointments can proceed as normal. But I don't blame anybody who prefers not to risk harm to others.

[JC the Messiah]

I went on to the office last Tuesday, in London.

I'd had a cough for a few weeks, that only affected me at night when I was lying down.

Anyway, on Thursday I was coughing during the day and I'd already booked an appointment at the docs to make sure there was no secondary infection from the cough.

Did a covid test, just in case, but said negative.

Friday morning woke up like I'd been hit by a bus. The doc checked me over, peak flow test, listened to my chest, and wasn't concerned about my cough. I told him I'd treated for negative for covid.

Anyway, Friday was a write off, felt like shit. Same Saturday. Sunday was a bit better, did a covid test and as soon as the drops hit the test the T line appeared - very positive test! Which explained why I'd felt so bad the previous couple of days.

Now feeling much better, just tired. Both coughs have gone, and appetite has returned. Was on a par with when I've had flu previously - not pleasant at all.

A few others in the team who came into the office also seem to have it, although they've not tested.

[filopastry]

One of my neighbours had it a few months ago for the 5th time, and bizarrely her 5th infection was the worst one, she has also had Long Covid symptoms for a couple of months afterwards (heart palpitations, high blood pressure and dizziness)

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be the case with this illness that each subsequent infection is automatically milder than the previous one

[So… Howard Philips]

One of my neighbours had it a few months ago for the 5th time, and bizarrely her 5th infection was the worst one, she has also had Long Covid symptoms for a couple of months afterwards (heart palpitations, high blood pressure and dizziness)

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be the case with this illness that each subsequent infection is automatically milder than the previous one

That mirrors exactly what I was like the first time I had it in 2022. I was hospitalised twice with atrial fibrillation and now carry a beta blocker in case it returns. One thing I have noticed is that I have become prone to skin infections in the last two years.

The last time I had Covid in January it was just like a medium cold but as it mutates I suppose it will cause different symptoms.

[TSC]

Interim report pretty damning

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-public-failed-by-governments-which-prepared-for-wrong-pandemic-ahead-of-covid-19-inquiry-finds-13180197

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4ng7j486pdt

[farawayred]

I'll just leave this here. It's an interesting read on long Covid.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/long-covid-is-serious-and-complex-but-becoming-less-likely/

[TSC]

Not sure if relevant to the thread, but the beeb has just reported the first case in Europe (Sweden) of the m-pox virus (monkey pox).  Apparently it’s an aggressive strain.  WHO has declared a global Public Health Emergency

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/08/1153176

[Stockholm Syndrome]

Not sure if relevant to the thread, but the beeb has just reported the first case in Europe (Sweden) of the m-pox virus (monkey pox).  Apparently it’s an aggressive strain.  WHO has declared a global Public Health Emergency

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/08/1153176

One can just hope that it isn't quite as contagious, and globally we are better at reacting and containing these things as early as possible.

For all intents and purposes this appears to be significantly more individually dangerous but less contagious disease

[Jm55]

One can just hope that it isn't quite as contagious, and globally we are better at reacting and containing these things as early as possible.

For all intents and purposes this appears to be significantly more individually dangerous but less contagious disease

It’s spread through close contact, sex etc rather than being likely to be contracted airborne as was the case with Covid.

Second time since 2022 it’s been declared a world wide emergency.

Of course the papers won’t tell you any of that when they’re scaring people into thinking they’re going to get locked down again (spoiler - they won’t).

[Jiminy Cricket]

It’s spread through close contact, sex etc rather than being likely to be contracted airborne as was the case with Covid.

Second time since 2022 it’s been declared a world wide emergency.

Of course the papers won’t tell you any of that when they’re scaring people into thinking they’re going to get locked down again (spoiler - they won’t).

It is more infectious than you indicate there.

Mpox can be passed on from person to person through:

• any close physical contact with mpox blisters or scabs (including during sexual contact, kissing, cuddling or holding hands)
• touching clothing, bedding or towels used by someone with mpox
• the coughs or sneezes of a person with mpox when they're close to you

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/mpox/

[west_london_red]

It is more infectious than you indicate there.https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/mpox/

It’s possible to catch it in other ways, but something like 99% of the cases in 2022 were in men who have sex with other men.

[thejbs]

It’s possible to catch it in other ways, but something like 99% of the cases in 2022 were in men who have sex with other men.

Is this not a more transmissible variant, Clade Ib. Certainly with Clade Ib there appears to be a higher mortality rate. 2022 was Clade IIb.

[TSC]

One can just hope that it isn't quite as contagious, and globally we are better at reacting and containing these things as early as possible.

For all intents and purposes this appears to be significantly more individually dangerous but less contagious disease

Case fatality rate is relatively high apparently. Yep, spread via close contacts rather than airborne I think, so less contagious

[filopastry]

We already have an existing vaccine that can provide protection from Monkeypox, so it is a lot more manageable than the early days of Covid thankfully!

[thejbs]

I had it again recently. For me it was very mild, unlike previous times. For my wife it’s been hell. She’s had breathing problems for 6 weeks and an x-Ray just showed her lungs are inflamed. She’s on steroid treatment and inhalers. She young, healthy and fit too. Such a bizarre virus.