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Hairball
I feel like I'm sheltering from an inevitable incoming storm - the mother of all corona storms...
We're already hitting record highs in various categories here in the US, and can't imagine it getting worse, but with all the recent travel and gatherings surrounding Thanksgiving, time to buckle up and hunker down.
Haven't felt this uncertainty since the initial restrictions began, and the thought of going to the store for necessities doesn't really seem to be necessary right now. Not being paranoid, but the vaccine can't get here soon enough. Hang tough everyone, and at the very least, wear a mask for the sake of yourself and others!
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MingSubu
Who here, besides the obviously suspect poater, has actually tested positive for COVID-19? What were your symptoms and recovery time?
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georgie48
And .... they are no exceptions in that age group ...
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Elmo Lewis
My 25 year old son tested positive last week and has had symptoms similar to a bad flu. Achy, fatigues, and loss of taste. Feeling better now.
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Elmo Lewis
My 25 year old son tested positive last week and has had symptoms similar to a bad flu. Achy, fatigues, and loss of taste. Feeling better now.
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Big Al
Through work, I’ve encountered a fourteen-year-old girl who’d died either with, or of, covid. The youngest victim I have personally come across. It does happen, but is extremely rare.
If you’re under 50 and with no underlying conditions, the prognosis should be a speedy recovery with little-to-know bother.
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bv
You will find people in denial all over the world. Even in Norway, where we have done pretty well, there were some 200 or so people in denial, having a parade at our parliament building in Oslo yesterday. No masks, just blaming the politicians for taking their freedom.
The general attitude here is that almost everyone support the corona virus actions as done by our health authorities, as well as by our politicians. Schools are still open, but sure travel and hotels and bars and restaurants do suffer.
I do understand people who have lost their income are mad, and sure the pandemic is a nightmare, but we owe the people at risk to protect them. The elderly at nursing homes, and people with cancer, or other serious diseases, can not choose to ignore the virus. We will get through the winter, then the spring and summer will make things easier.
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Hairball
Many questions and answers to be found on the FDA website, and out of curiosity was wondering about animals (domestic and wild) getting infected with covid and spreading it to themselves and humans.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Q: What animal species can get COVID-19?
A: We currently don’t fully understand how COVID-19 affects different animal species. We are aware of a very small number of pets, including dogs and cats, reported to be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 after close contact with people with COVID-19.
Large cats in captivity, including several lions and tigers in a New York zoo, a puma in South Africa, and tigers in a Tennessee zoo have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after showing signs of respiratory illness. It is suspected these large cats became sick after being exposed to zoo employees with COVID-19.
The virus that causes COVID-19 has been reported in minks on farms in the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Sweden and the United States. Once the virus is introduced on a farm, spread can occur between mink as well as from mink to other animals on the farm (dogs, cats). Because some workers on these farms had COVID-19, it is likely that infected farm workers were the initial source of mink infections.
Recent research shows that ferrets, cats, fruit bats, and golden Syrian hamsters can be experimentally infected with the virus and can spread the infection to other animals of the same species in laboratory settings. Mice, pigs, chickens, and ducks did not become infected or spread the infection based on results from these studies. Data from one study suggest that dogs are not as likely to become infected with the virus as cats and ferrets. These findings were based upon a small number of animals and do not indicate whether animals can spread infection to people.
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Still a lot of mystery, but seems humans are more prone to infection and really bad symptoms (and death) than any other species.
I haven't heard of flocks of birds or wild herds of antelope (for example) getting sick and dying off...seems the virus favors humans over anything else?
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Hairball
Large cats in captivity, including several lions and tigers in a New York zoo, a puma in South Africa, and tigers in a Tennessee zoo have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after showing signs of respiratory illness. It is suspected these large cats became sick after being exposed to zoo employees with COVID-19.
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bv
You will find people in denial all over the world. Even in Norway, where we have done pretty well, there were some 200 or so people in denial, having a parade at our parliament building in Oslo yesterday. No masks, just blaming the politicians for taking their freedom.
The general attitude here is that almost everyone support the corona virus actions as done by our health authorities, as well as by our politicians. Schools are still open, but sure travel and hotels and bars and restaurants do suffer.
I do understand people who have lost their income are mad, and sure the pandemic is a nightmare, but we owe the people at risk to protect them. The elderly at nursing homes, and people with cancer, or other serious diseases, can not choose to ignore the virus. We will get through the winter, then the spring and summer will make things easier.
I have friends who say that you need to be exposed to germs or bacteria in order to get the virus under control or herd immunity. I do not believe in herd immunity. Why doesn't herd immunity work? Does it work under certain conditions?
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kovach
My wife tested positive Monday. So far a few fevers between 100-101.
My son came down with symptoms the day after, same thing, his doctor said no reason to be tested, should just assume that's what it is.
I called my doctor to ask what I should do, been slightly fatiqued for a week with slight headache, some achy joints, assuming I have it too (honestly thought maybe just seasonal stuff), but he suggested I be tested anyway (probably because i'm 56 and overweight). Going in about an hour.
My wife (54) has lupus and my son (25) asthma. So we're concerned but so far so good, both feel better today.
If that's it, we got lucky. Seems to affect everyone differently. But not going to count my chickens before they're hatched.
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kovach
My wife tested positive Monday. So far a few fevers between 100-101.
My son came down with symptoms the day after, same thing, his doctor said no reason to be tested, should just assume that's what it is.
I called my doctor to ask what I should do, been slightly fatiqued for a week with slight headache, some achy joints, assuming I have it too (honestly thought maybe just seasonal stuff), but he suggested I be tested anyway (probably because i'm 56 and overweight). Going in about an hour.
My wife (54) has lupus and my son (25) asthma. So we're concerned but so far so good, both feel better today.
If that's it, we got lucky. Seems to affect everyone differently. But not going to count my chickens before they're hatched.
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crholmstrom
The Flaming Lips have postponed their space bubble concerts until late January. Everyone in attendance was going to be in their own bubble. Wayne Coyne said he didn't feel it was right to have the shows (even though safe) with record numbers of cases in Oklahoma.