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Little hockey stick to the graph the last 2 days - mini increase. Georgia is not the only state. College football?
 
Our AFL football grand final was last weekend. Yesterday's covid case numbers were over 1500 for our state, a 50% increase over what they were to that point. Lots of illegal gatherings (we are in lockdown currently) have driven the spike (confirmed by contact tracing) :(. A jump of over 500 in a day has not been seen here before. Let's hope it doesn't drive many more deaths.
 
OverTheTop said:
Our AFL football grand final was last weekend. Yesterday's covid case numbers were over 1500 for our state, a 50% increase over what they were to that point. Lots of illegal gatherings (we are in lockdown currently) have driven the spike (confirmed by contact tracing) :(. A jump of over 500 in a day has not been seen here before. Let's hope it doesn't drive many more deaths.
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Ohio's seven day average is just a little less than 6,000 new cases per day which is down just a little from a recent peak of 6,500 to 7,000 or so. That's currently translating into about 50 deaths per day. And of course, we have football, soccer, indoor concerts, school (and lots of arguing about whether students should wear masks) and regional hospitala dministrators are warning everyone that they're nearly at, or over, capacity.
 
This 2 day mini spike seems to be recurring. I've always assumed it had to do with the delay of reporting of the data over the weekend, because it seems that every Sunday-Monday on the graph there's a dip, and then Wed-Thur there's a spike, and if the numbers from the spikes filled in the dips it would smooth out the graph.

I'm sure some of the larger spikes are actual increases in data due to some activity.

https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report

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This is good news. I need some hope. I am tried of COVID and considering retirement. I will retire from the Army and practice medicine for 10 more years. If COVID does not go away or atleast reduce its impact, I am going to another career.
 
My wife is recovering from Covid. She is immune suppressed and had two vaccine doses and a booster. I was obviously exposed and may have had it briefly, but tested negative (after symptoms had already cleared). Her primary symptoms have been, and continue to be, near migraine level headaches (which trigger nausea), followed by butt kicking exhaustion, weakness, and loss of stamina (which is not surprising after four days in bed at the hospital).

So, how long does that usually last?
 
Peartree said:
My wife is recovering from Covid. She is immune suppressed and had two vaccine doses and a booster. I was obviously exposed and may have had it briefly, but tested negative (after symptoms had already cleared). Her primary symptoms have been, and continue to be, near migraine level headaches (which trigger nausea), followed by butt kicking exhaustion, weakness, and loss of stamina (which is not surprising after four days in bed at the hospital).

So, how long does that usually last?
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The nausea and headaches from COVID is horrible. I pray for her quick recover.
 
cwbullet said:
The nausea and headaches from COVID is horrible. I pray for her quick recover.
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How long does that usually last? I know everyone is different, but is there an average? A "normal" range?
 
So, what's the final say on boosters? It's rather confusing because first we were told 8 months and now it seems to be 6 months? I got my second shot the first week of april, so if it's 6 months, I'd be due pretty soon?

Also, are these only for people who got the Pfizer shot? I got the Pfizer, but my elderly mom got the Moderna. She's 84 and got her second shot in mid march. Should I start trying to schedule her a booster? Or has a decision been made yet on those who got the Moderna shot? She's 84, and has Afib, but it is otherwise in fair health for an 84 year old.
 
Peartree said:
How long does that usually last? I know everyone is different, but is there an average? A "normal" range?
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average is between 3-5 days symptomatic. Longer for those will illnesses or immunocompromized.
 
Stefan2k4 said:
So, what's the final say on boosters? It's rather confusing because first we were told 8 months and now it seems to be 6 months? I got my second shot the first week of april, so if it's 6 months, I'd be due pretty soon?

Also, are these only for people who got the Pfizer shot? I got the Pfizer, but my elderly mom got the Moderna. She's 84 and got her second shot in mid march. Should I start trying to schedule her a booster? Or has a decision been made yet on those who got the Moderna shot? She's 84, and has Afib, but it is otherwise in fair health for an 84 year old.
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The decision has not been made on Moderna but some places are giving it. I have thought about trying to get it.
 
cwbullet said:
average is between 3-5 days symptomatic. Longer for those will illnesses or immunocompromized.
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Thanks. Patti tested positive a week ago (Sunday morning). She came home from the hospital on Friday but I had to take her back to the ER this evening (Sunday) for fluids because she hasn't been able to retain food or fluids today. I'm hopeful that she'll be able to come home tonight. This is not fun. And I'm very sure it's a lot less fun for her.

Folks, this is still, technically, a "mild" case. You, nor anyone you care about, do not want to get this.
 
I've followed this thread on and off, but haven't read through all of it. So this may have already been discussed. There is a subReddit named " HermanCainAward" that lists anti-vax/anti-mask advocates that end up with Covid and die, or come close to it. It's pretty macabre. But if you read through the posts of those who start out anti-vac/mask and then get the virus, the overwhelming sentiment is that they would not wish it on their worst enemy, it is a terrible disease. Many of them express regret about their decision and admonish others to 'get the jab'. It's truly heartbreaking to read through the messages posted by their spouses and kids who are left behind. It's crazy that people are literally dying due to a belief in 'meme science', most likely started in a social engineering lab in Russia.

But the number one take-away is that myriad posters who claimed that Covid was a hoax or sham, end up posting how it is the worst thing they have ever experienced and that no one should have to go through it. You'd think they'd pretend to be tough to minimize the consequences of their decision, but instead, they own up to how horrific the effects of the virus really are.

It seems unfathomable that in the 21st century we can hold the knowledge of the universe in our palm, but we are still subject to the idiosyncrasies of the human mind in choosing to ignore science and believe memes we see on social media.


Tony
 
manixFan said:
I've followed this thread on and off, but haven't read through all of it. So this may have already been discussed. There is a subReddit named " HermanCainAward" that lists anti-vax/anti-mask advocates that end up with Covid and die, or come close to it. It's pretty macabre. But if you read through the posts of those who start out anti-vac/mask and then get the virus, the overwhelming sentiment is that they would not wish it on their worst enemy, it is a terrible disease. Many of them express regret about their decision and admonish others to 'get the jab'. It's truly heartbreaking to read through the messages posted by their spouses and kids who are left behind. It's crazy that people are literally dying due to a belief in 'meme science', most likely started in a social engineering lab in Russia.

But the number one take-away is that myriad posters who claimed that Covid was a hoax or sham, end up posting how it is the worst thing they have ever experienced and that no one should have to go through it. You'd think they'd pretend to be tough to minimize the consequences of their decision, but instead, they own up to how horrific the effects of the virus really are.

It seems unfathomable that in the 21st century we can hold the knowledge of the universe in our palm, but we are still subject to the idiosyncrasies of the human mind in choosing to ignore science and believe memes we see on social media.


Tony
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There are some pretty intelligent people who dismiss COVID. It clearly is not a right or left thing. I am not sure why some people buy the anti-vax thing but it is their right.

Today, my job is to try once again the move my hospital back to some normalcy. Lets all hope that COVID once again goes and stays away,
 
Peartree said:
Thanks. Patti tested positive a week ago (Sunday morning). She came home from the hospital on Friday but I had to take her back to the ER this evening (Sunday) for fluids because she hasn't been able to retain food or fluids today. I'm hopeful that she'll be able to come home tonight. This is not fun. And I'm very sure it's a lot less fun for her.

Folks, this is still, technically, a "mild" case. You, nor anyone you care about, do not want to get this.
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Patti did not come home last night. After a two or three hour wait to get into a jam packed ER, her Oxygen levels were dropping so they wanted her to be admitted. But the hospital was full. And so we're the hospitals in Canton, Akron, Cleveland and everywhere else they tried. Finally, they found a bed in Ashland, an hour and a half (and three counties)west.

She now has pneumonia but seems to be responding well and they are hopeful that she *may* be able to go home tomorrow.

We can only imagine how bad this might've been if she wasn't fully vaccinated (and boostered).
 
Peartree said:
Patti did not come home last night. After a two or three hour wait to get into a jam packed ER, her Oxygen levels were dropping so they wanted her to be admitted. But the hospital was full. And so we're the hospitals in Canton, Akron, Cleveland and everywhere else they tried. Finally, they found a bed in Ashland, an hour and a half (and three counties)west.

She now has pneumonia but seems to be responding well and they are hopeful that she *may* be able to go home tomorrow.

We can only imagine how bad this might've been if she wasn't fully vaccinated (and boostered).
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Wow. I’m so sorry you and she are going through this. I hope she gets better soon and can go home.
 
Peartree said:
Patti did not come home last night. After a two or three hour wait to get into a jam packed ER, her Oxygen levels were dropping so they wanted her to be admitted. But the hospital was full. And so we're the hospitals in Canton, Akron, Cleveland and everywhere else they tried. Finally, they found a bed in Ashland, an hour and a half (and three counties)west.

She now has pneumonia but seems to be responding well and they are hopeful that she *may* be able to go home tomorrow.

We can only imagine how bad this might've been if she wasn't fully vaccinated (and boostered).
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Yikes. Best wishes for you and especially for Patti.
 
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