I haven't had it yet, and I understand the importance of not getting it. But on some level I'm envious of people who get it and recover, thereby reaching a kind of closure. Part of my fear of getting covid is rational - if nothing else, it would get in the way of my current life and career goals. But part of it is simply fear of the unkn…
I haven't had it yet, and I understand the importance of not getting it. But on some level I'm envious of people who get it and recover, thereby reaching a kind of closure. Part of my fear of getting covid is rational - if nothing else, it would get in the way of my current life and career goals. But part of it is simply fear of the unknown, which isn't 100% rational.
I'm also a little annoyed when people who've had Covid lecture me about how
1. It's inevitable (apparently not! I haven't had it yet. Moreover I know people who died natural deaths within the past three years without ever getting Covid - they won!)
2. I'm not being cautious enough (more cautious than you, if you think it's all about caution). I don't avoid places, but I do swap out N95's daily, and I've had seven shots total
3. I must have had it already (nope. I get PCR tests every week and rapid tests every 4 days)
(What I won't do is gather indoors with friends and family who are not vaccinated, not careful, will not mask. I don't hang out with people who don't respect my boundaries... and I'm still not dining-out indoors)
As of last week and according to Topol, approximately 10-15% of Amerians have never had covid. You are lucky, but there's no closure once you get it. Many have reoccuring infections-- a friend, covid-careful, PhD in a health field, 50 years old, has had covid 4 times--all post omicron. Each time you get covid the potential insult to body systems amplifiers. The incidenced of post covid syndromes, which includes Long Term Covid but alwo presents other ways the immune system or vascular system threatens is significant in. I skimmed this thread-- I know people mentioned heart attacks and stroke -- early studies showed lower testosterone levels in some men, loss of grey matter in the brain of many, greater likelihood of diabetes, highly liklihood of dementia--oh joy!
Weirdly I'm pretty sloppy about indoor dining, although I mask religiously on subways. I figure, your typical pizza parlor or diner, with its busy kitchen, probably has damn good ventilation - otherwise Covid would be the least of our worries - it would have burned down long ago.
I get it! I sure hope you do not because it's miserable and very disruptive. My husband and I had it May 2022 when everyone in our area was "relaxing" we recovered OK (so far) I took Paxlovid. But it really messed up my work, and summer somewhat. No lectures to give as far as COVID goes. I have a friend whose grandchildren NONE of them have been vaxxed and they are ALL 6 years old and younger. Lucky so far they had COVID, 4 of the 5, with no as far as can be told ramifications. BUT we were wearing KN95s that turned out to be defective so as soon as we were out of the 10 days we have worn only N95s. I have watched tons of reviews and tests also. Hang in there!
Yeah, I never really trusted KN95's. N95's have been my go-to since fall of 2020 - I pretty much disregarded the guidance that they be conserved for health care workers. I wear a new one every time I go out, because I don't care to get Covid or some nasty fungal infection from a re-used mask.
I haven't had it yet, and I understand the importance of not getting it. But on some level I'm envious of people who get it and recover, thereby reaching a kind of closure. Part of my fear of getting covid is rational - if nothing else, it would get in the way of my current life and career goals. But part of it is simply fear of the unknown, which isn't 100% rational.
I'm also a little annoyed when people who've had Covid lecture me about how
1. It's inevitable (apparently not! I haven't had it yet. Moreover I know people who died natural deaths within the past three years without ever getting Covid - they won!)
2. I'm not being cautious enough (more cautious than you, if you think it's all about caution). I don't avoid places, but I do swap out N95's daily, and I've had seven shots total
3. I must have had it already (nope. I get PCR tests every week and rapid tests every 4 days)
(What I won't do is gather indoors with friends and family who are not vaccinated, not careful, will not mask. I don't hang out with people who don't respect my boundaries... and I'm still not dining-out indoors)
As of last week and according to Topol, approximately 10-15% of Amerians have never had covid. You are lucky, but there's no closure once you get it. Many have reoccuring infections-- a friend, covid-careful, PhD in a health field, 50 years old, has had covid 4 times--all post omicron. Each time you get covid the potential insult to body systems amplifiers. The incidenced of post covid syndromes, which includes Long Term Covid but alwo presents other ways the immune system or vascular system threatens is significant in. I skimmed this thread-- I know people mentioned heart attacks and stroke -- early studies showed lower testosterone levels in some men, loss of grey matter in the brain of many, greater likelihood of diabetes, highly liklihood of dementia--oh joy!
yes it's sad and difficult~
Weirdly I'm pretty sloppy about indoor dining, although I mask religiously on subways. I figure, your typical pizza parlor or diner, with its busy kitchen, probably has damn good ventilation - otherwise Covid would be the least of our worries - it would have burned down long ago.
I get it! I sure hope you do not because it's miserable and very disruptive. My husband and I had it May 2022 when everyone in our area was "relaxing" we recovered OK (so far) I took Paxlovid. But it really messed up my work, and summer somewhat. No lectures to give as far as COVID goes. I have a friend whose grandchildren NONE of them have been vaxxed and they are ALL 6 years old and younger. Lucky so far they had COVID, 4 of the 5, with no as far as can be told ramifications. BUT we were wearing KN95s that turned out to be defective so as soon as we were out of the 10 days we have worn only N95s. I have watched tons of reviews and tests also. Hang in there!
Yeah, I never really trusted KN95's. N95's have been my go-to since fall of 2020 - I pretty much disregarded the guidance that they be conserved for health care workers. I wear a new one every time I go out, because I don't care to get Covid or some nasty fungal infection from a re-used mask.