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[Misc] COVID… again
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The Clamp
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Lots of experts of the issue have been warning of “inevitable” pandemics since 2020.
I’m sure they may be correct. But they’re just nerds seeing their chance to get on the news.
Hopefully the next one will be a mild flu variant, like Covid. And not some face eating horror.
I’m sure they may be correct. But they’re just nerds seeing their chance to get on the news.
Hopefully the next one will be a mild flu variant, like Covid. And not some face eating horror.
- Oct 20, 2022
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You said you ‘imagine’ the things I said needed to be done were already being done. You basically said it to play down the importance and dismiss the validity of my comments and scientific community highlighting the necessity for research etc
As does this
We have made a start since Covid but our ability to respond to another pandemic, one that could be worse, are still woefully inadequate.
And this comment below is simply contrary to the thinking by health scientists, including WHO
It won’t be because if it was, it would not be a pandemic and Covid was not a mild flu variant - it was a common cold variant that killed over 7 million people worldwide.
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- Oct 17, 2008
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I’m sure the fact it is/was a “mild flu variant” is of great comfort to the families of the millions who died of it. It’s certainly a comfort to me here in the Royal Sussex hospital as I receive oxygen.
- May 8, 2018
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That was my understanding from the outset hence why I took the jabs without question.
However I’ve always been impacted for a week after taking the jabs and have still had covid twice with average symptoms.
I am
Sure I’ve had Covid again in the last month and the symptoms were no worse, so questioning whether giving myself Covid via the jabs and having a week of discomfort is worth it, accepting there are different strains of it so cannot really be comparable
- Oct 20, 2022
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It’s impossible to ’give yourself’ Covid from the jabs because no live virus is used in mRNA vaccines.
The reaction you feel after the boosters is your body having an immune response/inflammation to the harmless ‘spike proteins’ that are produced in the cells by the vaccine (to mimic the surface of the Covid virus) and thus creating antibodies.
A reaction to the jabs is good, it shows your immune system is working!
Dangerous not to, for when you do catch Covid? The people who didn’t make it in the pandemic saw the whole body attacked, organs started shutting down. Weigh that up against what you endure during the week.
Thunder Bolt
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We often get epidemics but pandemics are rare, like one a century.
- Oct 17, 2008
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Home!!! And still feel shit!!! Luckily my work are very understanding, because I think I might be in bed for a while…
I am the same, however our little poll backs up the wider stats of people who are immune to covid. When tested a lot of "never had it" do have antibodies, suggesting they have come into contact with the disease but fought it off.
- May 8, 2018
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You are correct, I’d taken the assumption like most other vaccines that vaccines include a mild dose of the virus for your body to fight, hence why I’ve not taken the renewal as suspect I had it and didn’t see the point in feeling worse again.
However I have read up and paid particular attention to the guidance from the British Heart Foundation and have booked myself in for a booster tomorrow.
I’ve had it twice, 4 jabs now, I think.
First time, in 2021, not well at all, not much of a cough, but, felt awful, lightheaded, weak, and I ached all over. Getting out of breath going up the stairs which was about all I could manage.
Second time was just like a bad cold,I wouldn’t have thought it was COVID if I hadn’t tested.
One symptom not spoken about much, was the very painful, how can I put this, bum.
Second time that was the most painful thing about it.
Since the first bout, I find I get out of breath a lot more, I used to be able to climb the stairs at the Amex to the WSU in one go, now I have to stop and catch my breathe at least once,more often twice.
First time, in 2021, not well at all, not much of a cough, but, felt awful, lightheaded, weak, and I ached all over. Getting out of breath going up the stairs which was about all I could manage.
Second time was just like a bad cold,I wouldn’t have thought it was COVID if I hadn’t tested.
One symptom not spoken about much, was the very painful, how can I put this, bum.
Second time that was the most painful thing about it.
Since the first bout, I find I get out of breath a lot more, I used to be able to climb the stairs at the Amex to the WSU in one go, now I have to stop and catch my breathe at least once,more often twice.
Half Time Pies
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I don't have a lot of knowledge of Brazil and Peru but I would imagine that they are very different countries in terms of things like demographics, economy, wealth, culture, welfare systems and healthcare systems, all of which could have contributed to the differences in COVID excess deaths between the two countries.
This hasn't gone away, a very close family member is on life support aged just 23.
dsr-burnley
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- Aug 15, 2014
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Partly it depends on how big a dose you get. If you start off with a huge dose and you don't have antibodies ready, then you must be in a worse position than someone who starts with a small dose. The antibodies start gearing up for action but the virus is multiplying like stink, and the bigger head start the virus has, the better its chances. (It's amended now because they inject dead vaccines not live ones, but I believe the initial principle of vaccines was that you get a tiny tiny does of the disease so that the body learns what antibodies are needed to fight it when you get a serious dose.)
Of course it's also true that some people's immune systems are better than others, either for this specific virus or in general. Luck of the draw.
- Oct 17, 2008
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Sake paramedics back out. This is the worst, I hope nobody else gets this strain, it’s horrible
- Oct 17, 2008
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And back in hospital
Algernon
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Sorry to hear this.
Hope you soon get it sorted and manage to quickly escape back to normality.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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That's awful. It probably doesn't mean much as we're complete strangers but I hope they pull through.
Blimey hope you're OK soon.