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Broken024 said:
What were we at in December? Wasn't it hitting 500k some days?
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The 7-day average peaked around 250k around New Year’s and the highest one day total was close to 325k. Needless to say, we’ve come a long way since then. Hospitalizations are collapsing, as well! And deaths are starting to drop pretty sharply, too!

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superjames1992 said:
The 7-day average peaked around 250k around New Year’s and the highest one day total was close to 325k. Needless to say, we’ve come a long way since then. Hospitalizations are collapsing, as well! And deaths are starting to drop pretty sharply, too!

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The collapse in hospitalizations in AL are jaw dropping.
 
GaWx said:
Jon,
Since we’ve had Covid, don’t we already have protection that is even greater than from a vaccine for quite awhile? Isn’t actually getting the infection like an extra strong vaccine? If so, why should we be in a hurry to get the shots?
For the record, they did tell us not to get vaccinated til the 90 day point from when we got sick.
I’m a bit confused and actually have nothing against vaccines as we were looking into getting the shots ASAP right before we got sick.

By the way, I can now say that my brother officially had it based on just getting tested for antibodies. We figured there was a very high chance since I definitely had it. We’ve both pretty much 100% recovered now. I did a full exercise walk at regular speed the last 2 evenings. The one thing though is that I don’t know that I have my full sense of smell back yet. I’be certainly regained some though.
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Ive heard vaccine have a better immune response than natural infection.
 
GaWx said:
Jon,
Since we’ve had Covid, don’t we already have protection that is even greater than from a vaccine for quite awhile? Isn’t actually getting the infection like an extra strong vaccine? If so, why should we be in a hurry to get the shots?
For the record, they did tell us not to get vaccinated til the 90 day point from when we got sick.
I’m a bit confused and actually have nothing against vaccines as we were looking into getting the shots ASAP right before we got sick.

By the way, I can now say that my brother officially had it based on just getting tested for antibodies. We figured there was a very high chance since I definitely had it. We’ve both pretty much 100% recovered now. I did a full exercise walk at regular speed the last 2 evenings. The one thing though is that I don’t know that I have my full sense of smell back yet. I’be certainly regained some though.
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Protection from reinfection is minimal if you have a mild case. It’s the same reason people continue to get flu shots even though they’ve had the flu before. Any short term protection from reinfection eventually fades.

Vaccines boost the immune system and the sera that’s analyzed post-vaccine shows antibody titters at higher levels than the most sick or highly exposed COVID patients (for example, someone exposed to a large viral load versus a small viral load)...Because of this, it’s advantageous.

It also gives you a head start against any kind of mutation or highly deadly covid strain if one was to form. There would have to be significant mutations in the blinding proteins to make the vaccine significantly ineffective.

I would say anyone who is undecided about the vaccine, instead of getting millions of virus particles multiplying inside your body from natural infection, having the “instructions” to code for the viral protein injected isn’t so bad. That’s the easiest way towards immunity, trust me. Or you can have natural infection and risk permanent loss of smell and taste, hospitalization, or worse. I pick the vaccine and the more people that so, the faster this goes away.

I’ll add: Waiting is understandable, I guess, but you should also be fine with sustained shutdowns and masks if you want to wait. Save the politics. Can’t have your cake and eat it too with this virus, unfortunately. Let’s all do our part and kiss covid goodbye for good.
 
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So I just tested positive via rapid test. Symptoms started Saturday with low grade fever, dry cough, achy, headache and diarrhea. Fever hasn’t gone over 100.6, Dr says still early at day 3 with symptoms, says day 6-9 are worst? Told me to load up on vitamin C and elderberry which we’ve been doing. Wants me to get atleast an hour of activity a day. Will say I am obese with high -- and sever sleep apnea on bipap
 
Snow_chaser said:
So I just tested positive via rapid test. Symptoms started Saturday with low grade fever, dry cough, achy, headache and diarrhea. Fever hasn’t gone over 100.6, Dr says still early at day 3 with symptoms, says day 6-9 are worst? Told me to load up on vitamin C and elderberry which we’ve been doing. Wants me to get atleast an hour of activity a day. Will say I am obese with high -- and sever sleep apnea on bipap
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Get better soon!
 
Snow_chaser said:
So I just tested positive via rapid test. Symptoms started Saturday with low grade fever, dry cough, achy, headache and diarrhea. Fever hasn’t gone over 100.6, Dr says still early at day 3 with symptoms, says day 6-9 are worst? Told me to load up on vitamin C and elderberry which we’ve been doing. Wants me to get atleast an hour of activity a day. Will say I am obese with high -- and sever sleep apnea on bipap
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Yeah man , move around a bit to fight back the inflammation COVID triggers .Simple as walking around for an hour .
 
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How do you know if you have one of the variants? I know our county has had reported cases of the variant, the place I went yesterday did a rapid test and 15 minutes later the guy comes out with a paper with positive on it
 
Snow_chaser said:
How do you know if you have one of the variants? I know our county has had reported cases of the variant, the place I went yesterday did a rapid test and 15 minutes later the guy comes out with a paper with positive on it
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I heard on the news last week that CVS was the only testing spot in Georgia that could test for variants. Makes me believe they are widespread.
 
Snow_chaser said:
So I just tested positive via rapid test. Symptoms started Saturday with low grade fever, dry cough, achy, headache and diarrhea. Fever hasn’t gone over 100.6, Dr says still early at day 3 with symptoms, says day 6-9 are worst? Told me to load up on vitamin C and elderberry which we’ve been doing. Wants me to get atleast an hour of activity a day. Will say I am obese with high -- and sever sleep apnea on bipap
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That's consistent with what I experienced as my worst days were days 5-10 followed by steady improvement immediately thereafter (including much lower fevers). The last of my fever ended early on day 12.

On the first day, my fever peaked at only 100 though Tylenol reduced it. Days 2-4 had even lower temp. But then it rose to above 100 on day 5 and peaked at 102 twice during days 6-10. I took 2 ES Tylenol 3 times/day (safe dose for liver) days 5-11. Tylenol always brought it down 2-4 degrees. But then it would go back up until late on day 11, when I turned the corner.

My high risk brother had somewhat similar timing.

I wish you the best! Drink plenty of water!
 
GaWx said:
That's consistent with what I experienced as my worst days were days 5-10 followed by steady improvement immediately thereafter (including much lower fevers). The last of my fever ended early on day 12.

On the first day, my fever peaked at only 100 though Tylenol reduced it. Days 2-4 had even lower temp. But then it rose to above 100 on day 5 and peaked at 102 twice during days 6-10. I took 2 ES Tylenol 3 times/day (safe dose for liver) days 5-11. Tylenol always brought it down 2-4 degrees. But then it would go back up until late on day 11, when I turned the corner.

My high risk brother had somewhat similar timing.

I wish you the best! Drink plenty of water!
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Thank You for this info, so far I haven’t lost taste or smell but my nose is a tingly feeling like after novicane? Making it pretty miserable for me to wear my bipap mask. Took a melatonin and that helped me sleep
 
Not sure if it's been posted here but the information that I've heard about reactions to the vaccine is very good news to me. Something like 5 out of a million with a serious reaction?

Don't remember which one it was though.
 
So today is day 5 for me symptoms wise. Been an up and down type of day. I have not ran a fever at all today. Taking some Tylenol for the aches. I’ll go from feeling really bad to really good with even no chest heaviness. Oxygen is hanging mainly around 95. Dr told me to take 1000 mg vitamin c 2 times a day, 5000 icu of vitamin d3, 50-100 mg of zinc. Was even able to get a good nap with my bipap mask on. Walking around house in 15 minute segments for atleast an hour.
 
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