COVID-19/Coronavirus Information and Support Thread (see OP for useful links)

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Joey D
There's a new subvariant that is currently being monitored in India that's been dubbed Arcturus. The main difference between Arcturus and other subvariants is that it appears to be showing up in children more and is causing conjunctivitis (aka pink eye).

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

COVID XBB 1.16 Symptom: COVID XBB 1.16 has a new symptom everyone's talking about, know what it is

The COVID's latest variant, a sub variant of its highly transmissible variant Omicron, is the new headache for all.Yes, we are talking about the XBB 1.16. Social media users have nicknamed it as Arcturus, though no official naming has been done for this.Arcturus is driving a huge number of COVID...
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Eww.... I had pink eye when I was about 16 I think. One of the worst experiences in my life.
 
Jezza819
Eww.... I had pink eye when I was about 16 I think. One of the worst experiences in my life.
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There's pink eye and then there's pink eye. You can get pink eye associated with other illnesses without it being the awful crusty glued-shut variety. It's just a red itchy eye that looks funny and goes away eventually.
 
Danoff
The most recent one is still the bivalent booster right? I'm only aware of the original round of vaccines and the bivalent booster. I'm hearing confusing stuff, but I think it's because old people are getting re-boosted with the bivalent booster at this point.
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Yes, that's the most recent one we have out right now. Anyone can get a second booster though, although the recommendation is that younger, healthier people don't need it. However if you're old, immunocompromised, or have poor health then you should get it since your protection could be waning. Also, if you were boosted around the time the bivalents were first released, you might want to consider another booster too depending on how prevalent COVID is in your community.

We've basically said where I work, if you feel like you need another booster, come get one.

And yes, conjunctivitis is awful. I got it from my son and it was terrible.
 
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Danoff
There's pink eye and then there's pink eye. You can get pink eye associated with other illnesses without it being the awful crusty glued-shut variety. It's just a red itchy eye that looks funny and goes away eventually.
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I had the awful crusty glued-shut kind. I've never been punched in the face but that's what it felt like happened for almost the entire time I had it. It was in the summer so I didn't even get to stay out of school for it.
 
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Eunos_Cosmo
I started having a sore throat on a Saturday night, felt kind of generally crappy on Sunday, felt really bad on Monday, felt absolutely awful on Tuesday morning, and started to improve Tuesday afternoon/evening. By Wednesday evening I went for a 1.5 mile walk and by Thursday I was fairly well recovered. Hopefully you'll have a similar arc - but I remember thinking at the time, how long can this possibly last? For what it's worth, I've had mild colds that lingered considerably longer than Covid, so for that I'm thankful. Nyquil and Dayquil warded off my symptoms relatively well. My gf had one less shot than me and was feeling rough for 6 days.
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Well I don't have the sore throat so that was the first thing that is different.
It just the whole headache, runny nose and stuffy nose and fatigue that I have.

Up so early again because of headache. Could be because of covid or it could been because I had aircon on lower than I normally would have.
 
Joey D
There's a new subvariant that is currently being monitored in India that's been dubbed Arcturus. The main difference between Arcturus and other subvariants is that it appears to be showing up in children more and is causing conjunctivitis (aka pink eye).

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

COVID XBB 1.16 Symptom: COVID XBB 1.16 has a new symptom everyone's talking about, know what it is

The COVID's latest variant, a sub variant of its highly transmissible variant Omicron, is the new headache for all.Yes, we are talking about the XBB 1.16. Social media users have nicknamed it as Arcturus, though no official naming has been done for this.Arcturus is driving a huge number of COVID...
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I'm fairly certain I had Arcturus. At least I got the one with a cool name!
 
Well I thought my number was finally up. I had a fever and congestion and my daughter tested positive for covid. But I'm negative for covid and it's a sinus infection.

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Danoff
Well I thought my number was finally up. I had a fever and congestion and my daughter tested positive for covid. But I'm negative for covid and it's a sinus infection.

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The sinus infection I had four months before catching COVID kicked my butt much harder; though over with in four days, it was more painful and obnoxious.

Not to scare you or anything. COVID was an annoying relative that just wouldn't leave for five days, but was boring enough to let you fall asleep, and left you restless and tired for another week after that.
 
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Pupik
The sinus infection I had four months before catching COVID kicked my butt much harder; though over with in four days, it was more painful and obnoxious.

Not to scare you or anything. COVID was an annoying relative that just wouldn't leave for five days, but was boring enough to let you fall asleep, and left you restless and tired for another week after that.
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This is my 4th sinus infection this year. I'll be having surgery for it in no time I think.
 
TexRex
Gosh.



lol at all those feebs who sucked horse deworming paste from the tip of an oral syringe.
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I had covid, Took ivermectin which I got from Italy. Took it with vit D, zinc, vit C. I was fine within 12 hours and tested negative 3 days later. It isn't a horse dewormer. It works and plenty of people have used this cheap drug out in the wild with success. Now think of all those feebs that took the vaccine that clearly didnt do what they claimed it would do. They misrepresented many of their studies so indent trust this study either.
 
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lancia delta hf
I had covid, Took ivermectin which I got from Italy. Took it with vit D, zinc, vit C. I was fine within 12 hours and tested negative 3 days later. It isn't a horse dewormer. It works and plenty of people have used this cheap drug out in the wild with success. Now think of all those feebs that took the vaccine that clearly didnt do what they claimed it would do. They misrepresented many of their studies so indent trust this study either.
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Yeah I've seen your connie bitchfits elsewhere in this subforum. Your word carries no weight. Your word is garbage.
 
lancia delta hf
I had covid, Took ivermectin which I got from Italy. Took it with vit D, zinc, vit C. I was fine within 12 hours and tested negative 3 days later. It isn't a horse dewormer. It works and plenty of people have used this cheap drug out in the wild with success. Now think of all those feebs that took the vaccine that clearly didnt do what they claimed it would do. They misrepresented many of their studies so indent trust this study either.
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You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of vaccines, the scientific method, and pharmacology.

While ivermectin isn't solely a horse dewormer, it is anti-parasitic and isn't an anti-viral. There are mountains of evidence regarding this and several clinical trials show that ivermetin doesn't cure or prevent COVID. Anecdotal stories of "plenty of people having success" don't mean jack because there's no way to account for variables. Was it the drug that helped them or was it something like a certain blood type, health characteristic, or even diet? We don't know because it's junk "science" and shouldn't even be considered. Clinical trials are often very well controlled and even the ones that are so-so still follow the scientific method.

With that said, there are mountains of evidence that show the COVID vaccines did exactly what they were supposed to do though. No, vaccines don't prevent you from getting sick, they never have and no vaccine is 100% effective. What the COVID vaccine does is reduce your risk of getting seriously ill.
 
lancia delta hf
I had covid, Took ivermectin which I got from Italy. Took it with vit D, zinc, vit C. I was fine within 12 hours and tested negative 3 days later. It isn't a horse dewormer. It works and plenty of people have used this cheap drug out in the wild with success. Now think of all those feebs that took the vaccine that clearly didnt do what they claimed it would do. They misrepresented many of their studies so indent trust this study either.
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I had the 2 shots of the vaccine and a booster, and haven't got COVID in the first place. Since you're so keen on ancedotal evidence, you must conclude that the vaccine is twice as effective as Ivermectin, given the experience of @MatskiMonk and I - 2 anecdotes to your 1.
 
Roo
I had the 2 shots of the vaccine and a booster, and haven't got COVID in the first place. Since you're so keen on ancedotal evidence, you must conclude that the vaccine is twice as effective as Ivermectin, given the experience of @MatskiMonk and I - 2 anecdotes to your 1.
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Make that 300% more effective. I've had the jab three times. Still haven't gotten Covid.
 
MatskiMonk
I had two shots of the vaccine, never had Covid. Guess when anecdotal evidence is the benchmark, we can say the vaccine absolutely works.
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I've had three shots of the vaccine and never had Covid
Populuxe
Make that 300% more effective. I've had the jab three times. Still haven't gotten Covid.
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Roo
I had the 2 shots of the vaccine and a booster, and haven't got COVID in the first place. Since you're so keen on ancedotal evidence, you must conclude that the vaccine is twice as effective as Ivermectin, given the experience of @MatskiMonk and I - 2 anecdotes to your 1.
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Same here, I've had three shots now and still no Covid but yet some of the people I work with that have not had any vaccination have had Covid twice.
 
I’m fully vaxxed and still Covid free (to my knowledge). I have noticed a sharp drop off in the amount of 🤬s I’m able to give since being jabbed though so there does seem to be some long term side effects.
 
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Northstar
I’m fully vaxxed and still Covid free (to my knowledge). I have noticed a sharp drop off in the amount of 🤬s I’m able to give since being jabbed though so there does seem to be some long term side effects.
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You sure that isn't just being older than you were and completely jaded with the world?
 
My wife and her cadre of veterinarian friends and horse owners have had a good laugh figuring out how ivermectin stumbled onto the public stage without a script.

If you had a case of roundworms with a side of respiratory virus, it sure makes for a chaser.
 
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lancia delta hf
I had covid, Took ivermectin which I got from Italy. Took it with vit D, zinc, vit C. I was fine within 12 hours and tested negative 3 days later.
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Sounds like you never had Covid in the first place & had a false positive or just thought you had it.
 
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I felt rough a few weeks ago but because it was all feeling nauseous/bad tummy and no cough/flu symptoms I never tested until days into it. Bang, positive (albeit very faint by then), had no idea. Interestingly, my toddler then got conjunctivitis too, which would also fit with what people have been saying.

In the early days of Covid it felt like you knew what you were getting a bit, so everyone was looking for coughs and fevers, now it's all over the shop. I got what felt like a horrific stomach bug, my wife got a sore throat and fatigue, my three year old got a brief fever, cough and then conjunctivitis afterwards. How can you even tell? With testing so limited now and so few people testing regularly, I bet there are thousands of people walking round with a catalogue of different symptoms completely unaware they've got it. Maybe that's always been the case though.
 
m355y
I felt rough a few weeks ago but because it was all feeling nauseous/bad tummy and no cough/flu symptoms I never tested until days into it. Bang, positive (albeit very faint by then), had no idea. Interestingly, my toddler then got conjunctivitis too, which would also fit with what people have been saying.

In the early days of Covid it felt like you knew what you were getting a bit, so everyone was looking for coughs and fevers, now it's all over the shop. I got what felt like a horrific stomach bug, my wife got a sore throat and fatigue, my three year old got a brief fever, cough and then conjunctivitis afterwards. How can you even tell?
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I hope you and your family are feeling better and that you're out of the woods for the time being/the foreseeable future.

With testing so limited now and so few people testing regularly, I bet there are thousands of people walking round with a catalogue of different symptoms completely unaware they've got it. Maybe that's always been the case though.
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Well, indeed... however there's always been a bit of a misunderstanding about the difference between "Covid" and SARS-CoV-2 infection. Thus far, "Covid" is pretty much used to mean everything from simply being infected with SARS-CoV-2 (which is technically incorrect), to every ill effect caused by the virus. "Covid", and especially its more insidious namesake "Long Covid", remains quite poorly defined clinically, and even more poorly understood/described in general life.

Suffice it to say, however, that it is not an easy task to accurately define what a novel virus can do, when its effects literally range from absolutely zero, to a very rapid and horrible death. I'm just grateful that all of my family and friends who have had the virus thus far have been in the "that was not very pleasant for a few days, but otherwise it was not too bad" category - that said, there are one or two people I know who are in the "meh, it's nothing a bit of horse dewormer can't fix" camp too.
 
TJ13
Well I don't have the sore throat so that was the first thing that is different.
It just the whole headache, runny nose and stuffy nose and fatigue that I have.

Up so early again because of headache. Could be because of covid or it could been because I had aircon on lower than I normally would have.
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Recover yet?
 
While not over by any means, the WHO says COVID is no longer a global emergency:
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WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it's no longer emergency

The World Health Organization says that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The announcement on Friday marks a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of people worldwide. WHO said that...
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