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Gotta catch’em all

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I have been recovering from my 4th COVID infection. I’ve told people, it’s not Pokemon, I’ve NOT gotta catch em all. Seems bad luck, my immune system, or shitty people I work around will continue to give it to me. 🫤

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Yeah I get what you are saying. Asymptomatic carriers are an even bigger problem for people with low immunity.

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4 times, that’s rough. Were they all pretty bad cases?

I feel lucky I’ve only gotten it once despite working retail, but I did get the flu once too and it was much worse than COVID.

For anyone curious, I do keep up with my vaccines and boosters.

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new pokemon caught: covid

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PSA: you can still get free rapidtests, and it can definitely be useful to know whether a cold is just a cold

In the US, https://www.covid.gov/tools-and-resources/resources/tests

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Thanks for sharing this!

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Yeah I got tested (RT-PCR) at a clinic too. COVID 19 confirmed. The rapid at-home test got it right all three times.

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I wish you a well recovery.

I was feeling pretty bad a few days before Christmas. Couldn’t breathe, anxiety level off the roof. I did a COVID test from the pharmacy which was negative, which in turn made me feel even more anxious about my health. A day after Christmas I was so bad I went to the hospital. They tested me there and in less than a minute it was a positive.

It was a pretty bad COVID, I got vaccinated about 2 years ago but this was the first time I actually got it. It went pretty pretty bad.

I am still suffering from long COVID symptoms, mostly issues with short breath etc. Currently lying down on the couch trying to get better. I really hope this ends soon, I need my life back.

I hope you don’t have to go through the same thing. I really wish you a swift recovery.

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PSA - Rapid tests from the pharmacy are highly accurate at proving a positive, they are very inaccurate at proving a negative.

Meaning if it’s positive, you’re positive. If it’s negative, you may still be positive.

When in doubt, get a PCR test.

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I’ve also never, never seen someone test positive on the first day of symptoms. Sometimes on the second, but almost always on the third.

The CDC bitching out to corporations by saying test on the first day so people can keep going to work sick is still insanity. I really wish they allowed people to throat swab since it’s supposed to be more effective, but I’m sure they’re worried about our litigious culture saying we’re trying to choke Republicans to death with microchips.

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Test manufacturers back up your observations.

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#monacoposting

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#citystates

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Vatican and Singapore?

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Uldah, Limsa, or New Gridania. Get your shit together sprout.

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I hope you have a speedy recovery with no lingering effects!

Genuine question (honestly, I’m not trying to be a troll or start a fight): doesn’t it make anyone mad that things have gotten to the point where we can’t live our lives without constant reinfection?

I ask 'cause I’ve been trying to rationalize this question, and no one in my life is really talking/acknowledging COVID anymore, so I’m not really able to bring this up without being that guy who still cares about the pandemic.

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We can’t live our lives without yearly influenza waves (and other viruses) either. We had one window of opportunity to stop COVID, that was when it first appeared in China. The moment it got in more places, Pandora’s box was open and would never be closed again. The COVID we have now and the one back then are wildly different. Since omicron the amount of deaths and even ICU usage has gone down a cliff while the number of infections has skyrocketed. Vaccines + omicron have lead us from the epidemic/pandemic into the endemic stage, where it’s just become a part of life like the flu. Not awesome, still ruining life’s, but far from the death machine it once was.

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I appreciate these perspectives. Thanks.

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Can it evolve to a deadlier or less transmissible strain like the first SARS 1 where it will eventually stop the transmission?

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No, it doesn’t.

  • The name is the same, but the virus is much weaker.
  • We haven’t found a way to eradicate it. I have more important things to worry about than something so futile.
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I especially appreciate your second point.

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