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re: Anecdotal there seems to be a lot more illness going around.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:04 am to dome53
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:04 am to dome53
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Went to Orange beach June 18. Everyone came back with Covid(5 kids, 5 adults). Brother/Sister-in-law still testing positive(for work) but haven’t had symptoms in a few days.
I’ve heard a lot of this from folks going to the Gulf Coast. New spike just in time for school to resume?
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Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:04 am to crap4brain
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Ever since I got the covid vaccine I seem to get sick a lot more and stay sick longer. Seems that it hurts your natural immunity.
Well I can counter this by saying I literally have not gotten sick once since getting the vaccine, including multiple direct exposures to covid
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:05 am to Displaced
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I think there is just a rush of people getting caught up on all the normal illnesses they didn't get over the last 2 years due to a lot of the population removing themselves from society.
Yeah I think society basically missed 2 flu seasons, so it's not shocking to me that it's roaring back.
Also, with the uncommonly hot late spring, down here at least, you're going to have more people congregating inside.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:07 am to Strannix
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waves of Flu and non-Covid upper respiratory infections going around in the Arklatex.
Seen several flu, RSV, and COVID cases this week.
Flu- test for it because there’s medicine that can actually shorten it
RSV- test for it because it’s a long illness in little ones
COVID- people get out of work if it’s positive, and companies don’t understand that every other cold is just as contagious and, lately, just as deadly. So I do still test for it when patients ask, and it’s been around quite a bit lately.
This isn’t traditional flu season, but the flu is not like a hurricane. It is present year round but less common in the summer months. We didn’t have a “bad” flu season this year, but it came late, and I never really saw a prolonged gap between cases. Ie- this isn’t really anything alarming. And when I say it’s “unusual,” it’s not a “publish a paper because you won’t see this again in your life” kind of unusual.
I’m more impressed with the number of moderate/severe gastroenteritis cases I’ve seen since March. They’re only just now slowing down it seems.
ETA- the other thing that amazes me is that people want to know the name of their virus. Half of them feel better when they find out it’s parainfluenza 3. The other half think they’re going to die when the same illness they had when they came to me (a cold) gets a name.
This post was edited on 6/30/22 at 7:10 am
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:11 am to Winston Cup
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We need to stay inside until there is a flu vaccine safe for children 5 and under
Enjoy the outdoors. You’re late to the party.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:17 am to crap4brain
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Ever since I got the covid vaccine I seem to get sick a lot more and stay sick longer. Seems that it hurts your natural immunity.
I haven’t seen this correlation in practice.
I no longer wear a mask on a regular basis in the office (still will toss one on in respiratory rooms. Pre-COVID we’d make febrile coughers mask up during flu season. Now I just wear it myself instead). Since then, I have gotten 2-3 different colds- about what I’d get before. This, of course, in no way suggests that anyone should be daily masking, but if you and your wife spend 30% of your working hours examining patients with colds, it does seem to anecdotally make a bit of a difference. We both had commented on just how rarely we were sick since masking in the office. We were generally pretty lax about wearing them in public.
She also has not noticed an uptick in illness in vaccinated vs unvaccinated folks. And we both have plenty of patients in both categories.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:18 am to Strannix
I’ve caught 2 weird “colds” this year. Neither Covid. Nothing prior to that during the “covid” time since early 2020. I was out and about most of the last 2.5 years mostly w/o mask. Weird things going around indeed.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:19 am to Strannix
Air pollution from those dirty refineries....LOL
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:25 am to Strannix
All 3 of my kids got the flu the last week of school in may and then our whole family got Covid a couple weeks ago.
Covid seems to be working it’s way through several friends and family
Covid seems to be working it’s way through several friends and family
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:27 am to Strannix
The only explanation is the vax
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:29 am to Strannix
It's just that Herpes acting up.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:50 am to Strannix
Flu cases and colds increase in Winter because people stay inside and are in closer contact with other people, thus increasing infections.
Modern technology, especially in hotter regions, motivate people to stay inside out of the heat. If one person gets a cold or flu, he is much more likely to spread it to others even in the Summer.
Cold and flu viruses never quit circulating through the human population. They just seemed to go away because people used to go outside for recreation. Now it’s far easier to stay inside and watch TV, play video games and just lounge in a cool house with others.
Modern technology, especially in hotter regions, motivate people to stay inside out of the heat. If one person gets a cold or flu, he is much more likely to spread it to others even in the Summer.
Cold and flu viruses never quit circulating through the human population. They just seemed to go away because people used to go outside for recreation. Now it’s far easier to stay inside and watch TV, play video games and just lounge in a cool house with others.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 8:16 am to Strannix
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Thoughts?
Get sunlight
Drink more water
Hit the weights
Posted on 6/30/22 at 8:20 am to Strannix
We had a huge Saharan dust plume this year. Like the second biggest in record. It’s made everyone with allergies or chronic respiratory issues sick.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 8:30 am to dome53
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Went to Orange beach June 18. Everyone came back with Covid
I've heard of several travelers coming home with their first case of covid. Disney, the beach, NYC, Paris, etc. They made it 2+ years with nothing, but took a trip and came home sick.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 8:41 am to Strannix
I definitely had it and it lasted for 3 weeks.
Lost my taste for 2 days, elevated heart rate, fever sweats one night, continuous sinus drainage, head pressure, dry cough. Tested negative for Covid 3x.
I also had the Pfizer jab in February and got Covid 10 days after my second jab in February. I had to get it to travel to South America otherwise I never would have gotten the jab.
This illness is completely unusual for me, low 30’s and in excellent fitness/health.
Lost my taste for 2 days, elevated heart rate, fever sweats one night, continuous sinus drainage, head pressure, dry cough. Tested negative for Covid 3x.
I also had the Pfizer jab in February and got Covid 10 days after my second jab in February. I had to get it to travel to South America otherwise I never would have gotten the jab.
This illness is completely unusual for me, low 30’s and in excellent fitness/health.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 8:45 am to SlowFlowPro
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Well I can counter this by saying I literally have not gotten sick once since getting the vaccine, including multiple direct exposures to covid
I can counter that by saying I never took the Covid vaccine, never got sick (of which I’m aware- not even a cold), and had multiple direct exposures to everyone since I never was lucky enough to WFH.
It’s all been a crock of shite.
Posted on 6/30/22 at 9:06 am to Hopeful Doc
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COVID- people get out of work if it’s positive, and companies don’t understand that every other cold is just as contagious and, lately, just as deadly. So I do still test for it when patients ask, and it’s been around quite a bit lately.
I think this is because companies are still being strong armed to comply; even if it's implied pressure. Last thing we would want to do is allow a COVID+ person to keep coming to work, have an outbreak, then deal with the negative repercussions. But, it's just the Flu or one of the thousand of other things, F* it, keep going and let everyone get it out of their system
The latest thing going around summer camps is a stomach flu (at least that's what's its being called) - fever, liquid shits, vomiting all lasting ~24 hours & contagious for 3 days (making kids stay home at first sign of symptoms, then can't come back until 2 days symptom free)
Posted on 6/30/22 at 9:35 am to Strannix
Just recovered from Covid. Thanks to my a-hole co worker coming to work sneezing and coughing.
This post was edited on 6/30/22 at 9:49 am
Posted on 6/30/22 at 9:43 am to Strannix
I'm immunocompromised so I'm fair game to everything. Besides having covid in January, the only thing I seem to get is rhinovirus. It makes me super tired and stuffy for a few days but it could always be worse. I don't mask or anything.
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