OT: Coronavirus XXIII: Keep it On Topic

[nabob]

What does what mean? lol half the posts in this thread are in response to posts I'm not seeing..

Let me guess who arrived

Now I know why this thread makes no sense...well not much of it is making sense, but now it makes sense.

that didn’t make any sense did it?

 

[Oilhawks]

so I'm supposed to believe an "expert" from the tweet of an ex ball player with a video from tiktok, but yet when someone posts a video from an "expert" on Youtube with conflicting arguments, they are ridiculous.

I'm just trying to understand here.....believe the experts on TikTok, but not Youtube?
I'm just trying to figure out which source to get my information from.

The correct answer is whatever source reinforces one's inherent biases

 

[booyakasha]

Damn, I thought it was 12, er 11yrs. Darn false news.

In positive news I won't have to watch Madonna dancing around half naked as an Octogenarian. she only look like one already. Oh, another side of her face is falling off, somebody get the putty and Bondo out..

LOL

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

LOL

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

 

[MaxR11]

What is the actual R naught of covid 19 now anyways. I haven't seen reliable source for this. Although I think the numbers will vary from country to country and region to region (different protocols, population density, adherence by population etc). Plus it will be maybe lower now because the world is being more cautious than pre pandemic times thus artificially lowering the R naught. Maybe now it's only 1.5 but if we went to normal and treated it like a cold virus it could be R0 of 5.... which is incredibly infectious.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[JordanGalhanth]

True story - my own.

I tested positive for COVID-19 within the last month. As an asthmatic, I was extremely concerned what would happen.

Fast forward ten days of isolation later, and outside of a tiny tickle in my throat, one night of chills and slight fever, and some post-nasal drip, I've felt just fine. Quarantine ends tomorrow. To be honest, the annual February cold bug that rolls through Edmonton every winter was far harder on my lungs than this was.

At this point, I'm much more concerned for the economical health and mental health of society than I am about the virus.

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

True story - my own.

I tested positive for COVID-19 within the last month. As an asthmatic, I was extremely concerned what would happen.

Fast forward ten days of isolation later, and outside of a tiny tickle in my throat, one night of chills and slight fever, and some post-nasal drip, I've felt just fine. Quarantine ends tomorrow. To be honest, the annual February cold bug that rolls through Edmonton every winter was far harder on my lungs than this was.

At this point, I'm much more concerned for the economical health and mental health of society than I am about the virus.

Which age group are you in?

 

[JordanGalhanth]

Which age group are you in?

Under 35...but I've known a growing number of seniors who have faced it and won without a hospital stay.

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

Under 35...but I've known a growing number of seniors who have faced it and won without a hospital stay.

Would you consider yourself obese?

I've seen studies showing that many that have suffered severe cases also suffer from obesity.

 

[Sensmileletsgo]

True story - my own.

I tested positive for COVID-19 within the last month. As an asthmatic, I was extremely concerned what would happen.

Fast forward ten days of isolation later, and outside of a tiny tickle in my throat, one night of chills and slight fever, and some post-nasal drip, I've felt just fine. Quarantine ends tomorrow. To be honest, the annual February cold bug that rolls through Edmonton every winter was far harder on my lungs than this was.

At this point, I'm much more concerned for the economical health and mental health of society than I am about the virus.

Ya, this sounds like a lot of peoples experience with Covid (maybe even most people’s experience). It does seem to really do damage to very old people though.

 

[JordanGalhanth]

Would you consider yourself obese?

I've seen studies showing that many that have suffered severe cases also suffer from obesity.

Um, not yet... But since moving to the USA last fall, it's been a challenge to stay healthy...

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

Um, not yet... But since moving to the USA last fall, it's been a challenge to stay healthy...

Northern Alberta man in his 30s dies from coronavirus | News

 

[kevy999]

I’m wondering what ‘normal flu’ is. Is that a scientific term or just dumbed down talk for us common folk. I’ve had the flu in the past. Sometimes I barely noticed. Once I spent four days unable to stand or consume anything but water. I’ve even heard that folks sometimes die from ‘normal flu’.

People die by the hundreds of thousands from the flu each year around the world

 

[WEMCHUD]

Sorry didn’t realize I’m on some alt right sub forum.

Classic “everyone who has different opinions than me is alt right!”

 

[MaxR11]

True story - my own.

I tested positive for COVID-19 within the last month. As an asthmatic, I was extremely concerned what would happen.

Fast forward ten days of isolation later, and outside of a tiny tickle in my throat, one night of chills and slight fever, and some post-nasal drip, I've felt just fine. Quarantine ends tomorrow. To be honest, the annual February cold bug that rolls through Edmonton every winter was far harder on my lungs than this was.

At this point, I'm much more concerned for the economical health and mental health of society than I am about the virus.

Glad you got over it fine and thanks for sharing. However, I do believe there are a variety of factors that may determine how bad symptoms one can get from covid. I have a feeling viral load is a big one. Maybe you got a small load this time. Do you know how you may have gotten it?

Another is how you are health wise at the moment. I think if one is stressed, not getting good sleep, diet/exercise is waning etc, the virus can also do more damage even at the healthy age and general "good health" of 30.

Just because you got off easy, it doesn't mean 3, 4 or 5 out of 10 in you age group will not suffer long term damage and severe illness from it. I do wish they had better data in those regards.

 

[soothsayer]

True story - my own.

I tested positive for COVID-19 within the last month. As an asthmatic, I was extremely concerned what would happen.

Fast forward ten days of isolation later, and outside of a tiny tickle in my throat, one night of chills and slight fever, and some post-nasal drip, I've felt just fine. Quarantine ends tomorrow. To be honest, the annual February cold bug that rolls through Edmonton every winter was far harder on my lungs than this was.

At this point, I'm much more concerned for the economical health and mental health of society than I am about the virus.

Very glad you are okay. It would be nice if everyone came out fine. I know someone who died. By all accounts it's an excruciating death.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Very glad you are okay. It would be nice if everyone came out fine. I know someone who died. By all accounts it's an excruciating death.

that's impossible with any virus on this earth

 

[soothsayer]

that's impossible with any virus on this earth

Read between the lines: One person's experience doesn't speak for everyone's.

 

[MaxR11]

Read between the lines: One person's experience doesn't speak for everyone's.

Ya, as far as people's experience with covid you hear about, it's generally more severe than Jordan's. However, that's not to say a ton of people didn't have the same exact experience as Jordan that just never posted online etc. We really have no idea.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Read between the lines: One person's experience doesn't speak for everyone's.

but he wasn't speaking for everyone...he simply shared his story
(although the vast majority of people do end up like him)

 

[MaxR11]

but he wasn't speaking for everyone...he simply shared his story
(although the vast majority of people do end up like him)

You don't know this for sure. Most "mild" covid anecdotes I hear are definitely more severe than that. Fever for a fair amount of time, really bad migraines, trouble breathing, persistent cough for weeks, body aches etc. Still considered "mild" but much more than what Jordan described.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Ya, as far as people's experience with covid you hear about, it's generally more severe than Jordan's. However, that's not to say a ton of people didn't have the same exact experience as Jordan that just never posted online etc. We really have no idea.

no, the majority experience mild symptoms (80.9%)
Coronavirus Symptoms (COVID-19) - Worldometer

the more severe ones are the one that make the evening news

 

[MaxR11]

no, the majority experience mild symptoms (80.9%)
Coronavirus Symptoms (COVID-19) - Worldometer

the more severe ones are the one that makes the evening news

Ya, but you don't know the description of mild. See my last post to you. Many consider those symptoms and much more to be "mild".