Who else has caught the Rona?

[WCB]

You need to add to that the notion that ~1/2 the country’s population doesn’t take COVID seriously and hence is not making sensible choices to limit the spread of the disease. Freedom….

Oh, yeah like the other half that have unmasked parties, only take it serious in front of a camera, or spent the better part of a spring and summer rioting in large groups (oh i forgot none of those things were "super spreader events" those can only come form the 1/2 you are talking about.

 

[Tbonespop]

You need to add to that the notion that ~1/2 the country’s population doesn’t take COVID seriously and hence is not making sensible choices to limit the spread of the disease. Freedom….

That's ridiculous. Prove your statement with factual data that 1/2 of the country's population doesn't take it seriously. 52.3% of the US population is vaccinated as of 5 PM eastern time today. Over 10% of the US has had Covid (confirmed cases) - rest assured they take it seriously. When you factor in that it was just approved for teenagers who just started getting vaccinated a week ago and its still not approved for kids under 12, that's likely ~65-70% of the eligible people in America being vaccinated or people with natural antibodies from having Covid. Everyone I know takes it serious, and we're mostly conservative. +80% of the family and friends I associate with are conservative - most of which are all vaccinated. Now, we aren't "Scared" of Covid. We respect it, but choose to keep on living life, keeping the economy going, supporting our families and businesses. We don't choose to go ball up in the corner and take the beating or hide from it.

And for all those "follow the science people" (keep in mind, I'm a 24 year experienced chemical engineer who specializes in disinfection of air borne and water borne pathogens for a living), don't talk to me about wearing a mask as "Sensible choices" unless its an N95 mask. N95 mask, yes absolutely that helps prevent the spread of Covid. Surgical masks, home made, or designer masks do little to nothing to stop the spread. Simple particle size distribution testing and analysis has proven this. Those masks only help when sneezing or coughing, but outside of that they do little to nothing to stop the spread. If mandating masks for controlling spread of Covid, it has to be an N95 or nothing.

I'm conservative, had Covid, and I'm vaccinated. So has everyone else in our house.

My suggestion is stop watching NBC, CNN, and MSNBC for news.

 

[Liftman101]

Has anyone known someone who had the vaccine, tested positive for Covid after being vaccinated, and had other than mild symptoms.

So far my direct experience seems to validate that the vaccine helps mitigate symptoms in those who do get it.

 

[Tbonespop]

Has anyone known someone who had the vaccine, tested positive for Covid after being vaccinated, and had other than mild symptoms.

So far my direct experience seems to validate that the vaccine helps mitigate symptoms in those who do get it.

I don't know anyone directly who is vaccinated and has tested positive. I've read about people and heard about people being vaccinated and testing positive, and the anecdotal evidence agrees with what you said - any symptoms are mitigated or are very mild. Keep in mind, the PCR testing doesn't differentiate between living and dead Covid viral loading. So it can be dead virus from the vaccine doing its job, and the person still test positive. Its a highly flawed testing protocol.

 

[menhaden_man]

Has anyone known someone who had the vaccine, tested positive for Covid after being vaccinated, and had other than mild symptoms.

So far my direct experience seems to validate that the vaccine helps mitigate symptoms in those who do get it.

A coworker of mine was fully vaxxed and just had a rough case... my case (unvaxxed) was pretty tolerable, though I took some precautions to avoid things getting worse. One thing is for sure, you will not hear anything negative about the vax in the media.

 

[DWinVA]

A co-worker just tested positive after being double vaxx’d for months. Her current symptoms are a headache & stuffiness. Praying it doesn’t get any worse.

God Bless

 

[FLman]

Just had it for about a week and a half. Wasn’t the worst thing I ever had but was annoying. One moment you feel like your getting better and the next you want to lay back down and everyone just stop talking. Had my boys stay home from school until I was better. They must be immune to everything didn’t slowed them down a bit.

 

[5MilesBack]

Just saw where New Zealand had their first confirmed death "from" the Pfizer vaccine. I'm sure they did their own risk assessment about Covid and vaxing or not, or maybe they just did what their government told them to do???? So here's a person who "might" have gotten Covid without the vaccine, they "might" have died from it, or they "might" have been just fine. With a 99% survival rate......the decisions on this just aren't as cut and dried as many seem to make them out to be. Either way, those risk assessments we do and choices we make are ours and ours alone......regardless what the government, the media, businesses, celebrities, and anyone else thinks about those.

 

[Laramie]

Update. Slow but steady improvements here. I have energy this morning and my cough is minimal. Still a little weak but that's expected - I lost 18 pounds in 14 days.

Good luck to anyone else fighting this crap.

 

[NoWiser]

Has anyone known someone who had the vaccine, tested positive for Covid after being vaccinated, and had other than mild symptoms.

So far my direct experience seems to validate that the vaccine helps mitigate symptoms in those who do get it.

My twin sister had 1 dose of Pfizer in April. She experienced some dizziness in the days after and her doctor advised her not to get the 2nd dose until they had a chance to visit. She was going to do that in the next week or two. Her husband is fully vaccinated. They went to a family gathering on her husbands side of the family, who are all anti-vax. One family member knowingly showed up feeling sick and basically gave it to everyone from 4 different families. My sister and her 5 kids all got sick. With only 1 dose, she experienced (is still experiencing) a bad headache, fatigue, and body pains. She just lost her senses of taste and smell this morning. Hopefully that 1 dose at least helps her a bit because it sounds like it's been a miserable few days. Of the 5 kids, 4 of them got pretty sick. 3 of them are over it but their 1-1/2 year old son is still sick with it. My brother in law, who is fully vaccinated, has not gotten sick and has tested negative.

 

[menhaden_man]

Well, I think it's over for us... about a week and a half of no smell, light headache/body aches, and occasional cough/hobby trots. Wasn't sleeping very well at night but hard to say if that's related. Got a prescription for IVM (21 mg/day), all the symptoms cleared up within 2 days. My youngest boy had very little trouble and rest of the family never tested positive.

 

[carsonkeys]

Wife and I had it back in February. We were both had a slight runny nose and she a headache, which is fairly common for her. We chalked it up to allergies until one night we were putting fresh coffee grounds in the machine for the following morning and neither of us could smell it.

Doc put both of us on ivermectin and myself on a blood thinner (not my wife, for obvious reasons). The blood thinner, Xarelto, was supposedly to help with headaches and loss of taste/smell caused by blood clots in the olfactory nerves or glands (?). I had more "severe" symptoms for 3-4 days that consisted of generally feeling very beat down and achey. My pulse ox was also down to 92-94 depending on my activity level, but I never struggled to breath, per se. After four-ish days the lethargic feeling was gone, and I got my taste/smell back a few days after that. My wife had less "severe" symptoms but hers lasted 5-7 days longer save for taste/smell which took an additional week and a half. Neither of us ever developed a fever.

The worst part of the whole thing is that it took us another 10-ish days to get a negative test, which was a prerequisite to go back to work.

ETA: We were also prescribed prednisone.

 

[Tbonespop]

a good friend was vaxxed with Moderna and tested positive for Delta variant Monday. headache, loss of taste/smell but was back working yesterday feeling fine.

don’t forget the vitamin D. It’s more of a hormone than a typical vitamin. It’s hard to believe after a year of this crap our vaunted health professionals are not more forthcoming with immune-strengthening supplements.

We have/had an in depth discussion going in another Covid thread regarding various treatments and supplements for Covid 19. Here's the thing. Most people just want a "silver bullet" for Covid 19. The reality is, there is no silver bullet. We don't even have a silver bullet for the common cold (which happens to be a Corona virus). The reality is, it takes a bunch of supplements and treatments working together to do a good job and +90% of the time they do. The other reality is, health professionals don't make money suggesting people take supplements. They make money when people are sick. While I believe most health professionals want to cure sick people, healthcare executives care more about money, success, wealth, and power.

The issue is, there is a consortium of politicians, pharmaceutical executives, Tech executives, health insurance executives, and healthcare provider executives colluding to prevent common, affordable treatment protocols along with immune building supplements from making it mainstream. Look no further than what medication treatments are covered under PREP immunity (meaning pharmaceutical companies can't be sued in the event of death, etc when prescribing off label, and look what isn't covered under PREP immunity. Its as simple as follow the money. Not necessarily at the healthcare provider level, but pharmacies, big pharma, politicians, health executives, etc. The whole system needs to be blown up and the deck re-shuffled.

As for immune strengthening, I go the route of daily: multi vitamins, 2000 mg Vitamin C, 200 mg Quercetin, 20 mg zinc, and Vitamin D. Exercise, eat right, and stay in shape.

One website to check out is www.tessmed.com. This website founder and owner is a practicing licensed medical doctor (GP) and is focused on health supplements to boost immunity. The supplements are excellent.

 

[menhaden_man]

We have/had an in depth discussion going in another Covid thread regarding various treatments and supplements for Covid 19. Here's the thing. Most people just want a "silver bullet" for Covid 19. The reality is, there is no silver bullet. We don't even have a silver bullet for the common cold (which happens to be a Corona virus). The reality is, it takes a bunch of supplements and treatments working together to do a good job and +90% of the time they do. The other reality is, health professionals don't make money suggesting people take supplements. They make money when people are sick. While I believe most health professionals want to cure sick people, healthcare executives care more about money, success, wealth, and power.

The issue is, there is a consortium of politicians, pharmaceutical executives, Tech executives, health insurance executives, and healthcare provider executives colluding to prevent common, affordable treatment protocols along with immune building supplements from making it mainstream. Look no further than what medication treatments are covered under PREP immunity (meaning pharmaceutical companies can't be sued in the event of death, etc when prescribing off label, and look what isn't covered under PREP immunity. Its as simple as follow the money. Not necessarily at the healthcare provider level, but pharmacies, big pharma, politicians, health executives, etc. The whole system needs to be blown up and the deck re-shuffled.

As for immune strengthening, I go the route of daily: multi vitamins, 2000 mg Vitamin C, 200 mg Quercetin, 20 mg zinc, and Vitamin D. Exercise, eat right, and stay in shape.

One website to check out is www.tessmed.com. This website founder and owner is a practicing licensed medical doctor (GP) and is focused on health supplements to boost immunity. The supplements are excellent.

I took all of that plus IVM. Delta variant wouldn’t make my top 100 hangover list. I’m with you on shuffle the deck.

 

[CCH]

Take it for what it’s worth to you, but my wife spent a week across the mountains in Denver taking care of her friend’s family. The 41 year old father involved wouldn’t vaccinate, got it, gave it to his ten year old who has come through fine so far, but the dad worked himself into ICU with collapsed lungs. It was very close. “Lungs collapsed and sticking” are pretty far from any cold, flu or hangover I’ve ever had. The good news is he’s home, if not out of the woods.

Happy for all that just get a cold with it, but that is not universal and if you’re only worried about what has or will happen to you, I guess that’s your right. I plan to start smoking stogies in my classroom. If you worry about second hand smoke, steer clear. My body…

Any unvaccinated COVID patient who bumps my sister’s breast cancer treatment due to hospital limitations can feel free to opt out of treatment. It took weeks for her to get in our limited capacity area while they juggle COVID cases. Live in Mesa County Colorado. Now I’m worried she’ll get COVID post surgery or with follow up chemo and radiology while immune compromised at the hospital where health workers are protesting getting vaccinated.

Keep shuffling…

 

[Wagonrex08]

I had it back in February of 2020. Started out one night as a dry cough. Next day i became physically run down. I was super weak for 4 days, congestion in my chest ( not that bad), 103+ fever, uncontrollable chills that lasted hours. I loaded up on zinc, multivitamins, elderberry syrup, and fluids. Felt great after 4 days, but had a lingering cough/congestion remnants for about 3 weeks after. I rarely get sick and never get the flu, instantly knew this was something different.

 

[Tbonespop]

Take it for what it’s worth to you, but my wife spent a week across the mountains in Denver taking care of her friend’s family. The 41 year old father involved wouldn’t vaccinate, got it, gave it to his ten year old who has come through fine so far, but the dad worked himself into ICU with collapsed lungs. It was very close. “Lungs collapsed and sticking” are pretty far from any cold, flu or hangover I’ve ever had. The good news is he’s home, if not out of the woods.

Happy for all that just get a cold with it, but that is not universal and if you’re only worried about what has or will happen to you, I guess that’s your right. I plan to start smoking stogies in my classroom. If you worry about second hand smoke, steer clear. My body…

Any unvaccinated COVID patient who bumps my sister’s breast cancer treatment due to hospital limitations can feel free to opt out of treatment. It took weeks for her to get in our limited capacity area while they juggle COVID cases. Live in Mesa County Colorado. Now I’m worried she’ll get COVID post surgery or with follow up chemo and radiology while immune compromised at the hospital where health workers are protesting getting vaccinated.

Keep shuffling…

First, let me say I sincerely hope for the best outcome for your sister and her cancer. My mom survived that back in the early 90s and its very difficult. I can understand your frustration. I would be angry too if that were my wife or daughter.

Secondly, I had a professor in my mechanics of materials class in the early 90s that smoked stogies in lab class. I have no issue with it and didn't then. Have at it, its your lungs.

With that said and more specific to the topic on discussion, we all had Covid in our house and everyone is vaccinated now. I would encourage people to get vaccinated, but never force anyone to do it. I'm a believer in limited government plain and simple. To your main point, where is the accountability to the medical professionals for treating Covid more proactively? Why are doctors not immediately giving Ivermectin, Doxycycline, Prednisone, along with vitamin regimen to patients at the immediate moment when testing positive for Covid 19? There's no reason to not do this. Again, this is a systemic problem being heavily influenced by Big Pharma, your very own politicians, Healthcare execs, etc. They are doing all they can to prevent the simple outpatient treatment of Covid 19 with safe and commonly used PROVEN treatment therapies. If you don't believe me, take a look at the attached chart that comes from straight from our state of Arizona department of health.

In this chart, look at how the spikes in Covid hospitalizations fluctuates with seasonal "spikes" in case rates. There's a direct correlation. The hospitalizations and case rates varied by as much as 8-12X from the low times to the peak infection rates. There's as much as a 10X fluctuation in hospitalization rates - But somehow, someway, magically, the amount "available ICU beds" only varied by a difference of 10% during the spikes in case and hospitalization rates. This is proof positive to the fact that healthcare professionals and mainly healthcare administrators are "managing" the bed utilization for financial gain. This is clearly a system problem heavily influenced by financial gain for certain groups of people. This is THE #1 issue if your sister doesn't get timely treatment.

I spoke to a nurse here locally in Arizona just this morning. She has already had Covid and got through it. She is not getting the vaccine as she has natural antibodies, and is testing for antibodies on a regular basis. She point blank told me that healthcare providers (her bosses) are "playing the game" for financial gain, and its being influenced by healthcare executives. Shuffle the FUC%^& deck because the system is F'd up.

If I were in your shoes, I would be all over the healthcare provider like a duck on a june bug.

As for this POS-POTUS administration (as I suspect you are liberal living in Colorado along with your posting), and the whole My body bullshit, consider:

This past Wednesday: Federal government files lawsuit against Texas arguing privacy and personal choice of medical decisions.

This past Thursday: Federal government issues mandates on businesses to violate privacy and personal choice of medical decisions.

Its political, its all political. Its being used for financial gain for certain people calling the shots - all the while people like your sister are suffering. That's not right. In fact, its a disgrace.

 

[SMOKYMTN]

This is running through my in-laws currently. Anyone have any OTC remedies that helped ease some of the symptoms?

 

[Laramie]

Update. Slow but steady improvements here. I have energy this morning and my cough is minimal. Still a little weak but that's expected - I lost 18 pounds in 14 days.

Good luck to anyone else fighting this crap.

This is running through my in-laws currently. Anyone have any OTC remedies that helped ease some of the symptoms?

I feel a lot better 30 days later. My lung capacity has improved significantly. I'm nowhere near 100% but better.

OTC day and night time severe cold and cough medicine did help quite a bit.

Thought I would add a little story. My youngest, 12 years old, had Covid at the same time. He got fairly sick for about a week and then slowly improved. He made it back to playing a little bit of football for his team 2 weeks ago. He was doing ok for very limited time in the practices/games. This past Monday during a game he complained of chest pain that wouldn't go away. We took him into the ER. His chest pain went away and he felt a lot better about an hour after he stopped playing. The doctors said his heart sounded fine and they took an xray of his lungs. He had significant GGO in his lungs- what was causing the pain. The doctors said he just needed more time to heal but as a precautionary measure, they set up an echocardiogram. Fast forward to today- we got the results and found my son has something unrelated to Covid. He has Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. This is a condition that could have killed him if they didn't catch it. It's a bummer that he will have to seriously adjust his activities but in a weird way, Covid may have significantly prolonged his life.

Hope all of you fighting Covid get better fast. Force yourself to get up, go outside and get some sunshine several times of day. Take deep breaths regularly. Lot of good advice in the thread... a person just has to pick and choose whats best for them.

 

[jlh42581]

My kid tested positive, been home with him two weeks. Stuffy nose at one point. I'm full vaxxed, just tested negative Monday.