COVID-19/Coronavirus Information and Support Thread (see OP for useful links)
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- Vic, Australia
- gundalini
So I got a message from my neighbour yesterday asking am I home to which my reply was no sorry but Mrs Shaun is at home but in bed. She says ok hang on a second I'll message you again.
Sitting in the carpark at McDonald's waiting to pick up my son from work the next message comes through and my jaw just drops.
"Hey Shaun I don't know how to break this but my daughter died a couple of days ago after contracting Covid from her son".
First stop when I get home is to see her obviously then go break it to my wife.
Colleen (the lady who passed away) had some medical issues including asthma, diabetes and MS.
The MS part is what scares the crap out of me because Mrs Shaun also has MS.
No doubt she had contributing factors to her death but she would still be here if she didn't catch Covid.
I tell you what I'm a very accepting man of others and their choices but these ****ing plague rat ***** are really pushing my patience.
Sometimes just sometimes you need to think of others more than yourself when living in a society.
RIP Colleen.
Sitting in the carpark at McDonald's waiting to pick up my son from work the next message comes through and my jaw just drops.
"Hey Shaun I don't know how to break this but my daughter died a couple of days ago after contracting Covid from her son".
First stop when I get home is to see her obviously then go break it to my wife.
Colleen (the lady who passed away) had some medical issues including asthma, diabetes and MS.
The MS part is what scares the crap out of me because Mrs Shaun also has MS.
No doubt she had contributing factors to her death but she would still be here if she didn't catch Covid.
I tell you what I'm a very accepting man of others and their choices but these ****ing plague rat ***** are really pushing my patience.
Sometimes just sometimes you need to think of others more than yourself when living in a society.
RIP Colleen.
CodeRedR51
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Update: they have retracted this because it didn't pass through Congress or something. Some ETA act or something to do with OSHA?
Danoff
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Bummer. They should have stuck by that policy, lots of other companies have similar policies.
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- gundalini
Thanks mate.
We, as in Australians/Victorians had done the the hard yards. Long lockdowns, looking out for each other as best we could putting politics aside.
At the peak of Delta we were horrified seeing 700 cases a day, now it's turned political as we approach some elections it's restriction free because that's what gets votes we are around 35,000 cases a day.
But hey a vote is more important than a life eh.
I get it, we need and have to get on with life but some of the selfishness just astounds me.
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- 29,378
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Sorry to hear that @Shaun.
I am angry at the UK Government right now for breaking lockdown rules - not because of the damage that those rule breaches could have caused, but because of the damage it does in terms of other people thinking 'If they're not bothering, why should I?'... there's a very simple reason why - because it's the right thing to do. Pointing at people who are doing the wrong thing and saying/thinking 'That's really annoying, so I'm going to do it too' makes no sense to me, and it just makes life even harder for those of us who are rigidly abiding by the rules, or - like people like your poor neighbours - have no choice.
All we can do is keep protecting ourselves, our families and those around us to the best of our abilities, but it never was easy and it is made all the more difficult when otherwise good people decide for whatever reason to give up.
I am angry at the UK Government right now for breaking lockdown rules - not because of the damage that those rule breaches could have caused, but because of the damage it does in terms of other people thinking 'If they're not bothering, why should I?'... there's a very simple reason why - because it's the right thing to do. Pointing at people who are doing the wrong thing and saying/thinking 'That's really annoying, so I'm going to do it too' makes no sense to me, and it just makes life even harder for those of us who are rigidly abiding by the rules, or - like people like your poor neighbours - have no choice.
All we can do is keep protecting ourselves, our families and those around us to the best of our abilities, but it never was easy and it is made all the more difficult when otherwise good people decide for whatever reason to give up.
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Polish scientists have potentially uncovered one of the reasons people get a severe COVID infection:
www.reuters.com
This can help us figure out why some seemingly young and healthy people are getting so sick.
Polish scientists find gene that doubles risk of serious COVID
Polish scientists have found a gene that they say more than doubles the risk of becoming severely ill with COVID-19, a discovery they hope could help doctors identify people who are most at risk from the disease.
This can help us figure out why some seemingly young and healthy people are getting so sick.
- 1,905
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- RoLnD79
My sister has Covid for the 2nd time, she got it a year ago and now has again. Mild cases both times luckily, she has both shots and a booster, but she’s a nurse so she’s on the front lines exposed to it daily.
My girlfriends father in law finally got out of the hospital about two weeks ago, he was in for almost a month and a half with pneumonia due to covid. He never went on a ventilator, but it was really close a couple of days, I honestly didn’t think he would make it. He’s off oxygen for the most part, but still has to use it when he takes a shower.
I work at a cement plant, with about 120 other people, 18 of them are out right now with covid. supervisors who have been getting it, they don’t even make go home, just been wearing a mask. They are so short handed there’s no one to fill in for them. It’s crazy right now
My girlfriends father in law finally got out of the hospital about two weeks ago, he was in for almost a month and a half with pneumonia due to covid. He never went on a ventilator, but it was really close a couple of days, I honestly didn’t think he would make it. He’s off oxygen for the most part, but still has to use it when he takes a shower.
I work at a cement plant, with about 120 other people, 18 of them are out right now with covid. supervisors who have been getting it, they don’t even make go home, just been wearing a mask. They are so short handed there’s no one to fill in for them. It’s crazy right now
CodeRedR51
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In the last two days, I have received emails at work stating that 5 people have tested positive. They do these emails when that happens, along with telling you when they were last in the office and the areas that they were in. However they do not tell you who they are due to confidentiality reasons or whatever. They always say that "necessary people were notified that this person may have come in contact with". Which I know is BS, because I'm pretty sure a guy in my department was told to go home a week and a half ago and even though we all share an office room, I was not told anything. This would actually be the second time. My guess is they send the emails because they have to but don't really care aside from that. Quarantine period is only 5 days and you are allowed to return if you don't have a fever. Like that makes any difference...
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I had read about Merck's antiviral pills but this is the first time I read about this AZ antibody therapy. It it works in the real world as they are claiming it seems like it will be pretty good for people with compromised immune systems.
www.reuters.com
AstraZeneca's antibody therapy prevents COVID-19, study shows
Trial data from AstraZeneca on Friday raised the prospect of a new treatment to prevent COVID-19 beyond vaccines, giving hope in particular for people who respond poorly to immunisation shots.
CodeRedR51
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Well after managing to avoid Covid for the last 2 years it caught up with most of my family in quick succession.. my sister last week who passed it onto my mum and dad, my dad gave me a lift from work on tuesday unknowingly passing it to me and i passed it my wife and 2 kids still living at our home.. i had to warn off my eldest kids with their own families to stay clear!
Anyway we are all triple jabbed fortunately and it defo affects people differently, my mum and dad say they hardly notice it.. me and the wife are on day 3 and 4 and feel like crap.. aching bones and joints with flu like symptoms crazy night sweats and sore throats like sandpaper was the last meal, i have to isolate until 22nd and the wife 23rd, but we not complaining just glad we got jabs in advance which lessened the blow for sure 👍 Stay safe everyone this virus is relentless and will catch most of us eventually jabs or no jabs, Take care guys and hopefully this thing will eventually lose its grip on the world
Sorry typing from bed with onscreen keyboard.. forgive my lack of caps etc please
Anyway we are all triple jabbed fortunately and it defo affects people differently, my mum and dad say they hardly notice it.. me and the wife are on day 3 and 4 and feel like crap.. aching bones and joints with flu like symptoms crazy night sweats and sore throats like sandpaper was the last meal, i have to isolate until 22nd and the wife 23rd, but we not complaining just glad we got jabs in advance which lessened the blow for sure 👍 Stay safe everyone this virus is relentless and will catch most of us eventually jabs or no jabs, Take care guys and hopefully this thing will eventually lose its grip on the world
Sorry typing from bed with onscreen keyboard.. forgive my lack of caps etc please
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Well, I have to admit these Covid jabs don’t like me 
Jabbed at around 10:45am Thursday, fine until very late evening / bed. All Friday floored me with just feeling tired, aches and pains etc. Saturday morning still felt rubbish but could feel the aches etc dwindling, Saturday afternoon felt a little better again and by nightfall felt much better but not 100%. Today woke up feeling reborn and on top of the world.
Jabbed at around 10:45am Thursday, fine until very late evening / bed. All Friday floored me with just feeling tired, aches and pains etc. Saturday morning still felt rubbish but could feel the aches etc dwindling, Saturday afternoon felt a little better again and by nightfall felt much better but not 100%. Today woke up feeling reborn and on top of the world.
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Over the last week, my best friend and his girlfriend contracted Covid, another close friend got it, and a coworker got it. All of them have gotten their shots and boosters. I feel like Covid is circling me, looking for a chance to pounce. This is one of the times where being an almost total recluse has worked in my favor. I have my booster scheduled for the week after next. Let's hope I manage to evade Covid until then.
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- Com_Fox5
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Today I got back to work after recovering from COVID and I'm stunned.
For starters, the NSW Check-In didn't alert anyone they were in close contact with a Covid positive (I.e me). In fact I was the only one who got that warning and I was the one who had it.
Our area supervisor also gave no one the heads up that someone wasn't coming to work because they had Covid even though I told her over the phone. So everyone was guessing why I wasn't working.
People definitely aren't taking it seriously, with a faulty app and no communication to everyone around
For starters, the NSW Check-In didn't alert anyone they were in close contact with a Covid positive (I.e me). In fact I was the only one who got that warning and I was the one who had it.
Our area supervisor also gave no one the heads up that someone wasn't coming to work because they had Covid even though I told her over the phone. So everyone was guessing why I wasn't working.
People definitely aren't taking it seriously, with a faulty app and no communication to everyone around
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Just because this can go either way.
1. I accidentally hit reply while typing. So yes I'm fine. Edited it to finish the post
2. I was pretty alright with Covid, just the basic sore throat and tiredness for the most part. However the early parts of my isolation I started getting muscle pain on my ribs and that hurt like hell all through Wednesday, it was hard to move and I really shouldn't have watched comedy stuff on the internet as laughing added on to the pain. Died down the day after and was completely fine by Friday.
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