Coronavirus thread

[DavidW]

Ugh! Mend quickly! Have you been given Paxlovid?

No, I guess I'm not at high risk. I do have prescriptions to pick up, though.

[Karl Henning]

Shake it off! Rest up. 

[Bachtoven]

Well, it is finally my turn... I've posted positive for COVID.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[Florestan]

Well, it is finally my turn... I've posted positive for COVID.

Get well soon, my friend!

(FWIW, I've had it twice officially and most probably two other times unofficially as well).

[ShineyMcShineShine]

Well, it is finally my turn... I've posted positive for COVID.

Got mine on 10 July. Recovery was pretty quick but the cough persisted for a month.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Well, it is finally my turn... I've posted positive for COVID.

So sorry to hear that!  And with a new dog too!  How are you feeling?

PD

[DavidW]

So sorry to hear that!  And with a new dog too!  How are you feeling?

PD

It's the same as when I have the flu. Sick but manageable.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

It's the same as when I have the flu. Sick but manageable.

Hope that you feel better soon.

PD

[Mapman]

It's the same as when I have the flu. Sick but manageable.

I also hope you feel better soon!

[krummholz]

Well, it is finally my turn... I've posted positive for COVID.

Sorry to hear this! May it be a mild case, and may you feel better very soon!

[AnotherSpin]

It's the same as when I have the flu. Sick but manageable.

Are you implying that COVID is just the flu?

Someone could conclude from such statements that all the years of hysteria, forced vaccinations, and draconian restrictions were pointless nonsense. Of course, I'm not trying to revive a discussion on a topic where everyone has already formed their opinions.

[Madiel]

Sigh. It's the difference between weather and climate.

Edit: coming into a thread to say something provocative, and wrong, but claiming you don't want to revive the debate. Not helpful.

[DavidW]

Are you implying that COVID is just the flu?

I think you understood what I wrote. Saying that symptoms present similarly, implicity states that a coronavirus is NOT the flu (they're not in the same class), or else there would be no point in comparing symptoms.

Here is a picture to help you see that different viruses have different structures. I know that you are ANTI-science, but this has been common knowledge for decades. No excuse for ignorance in 2024:

[steve ridgway]

Are you implying that COVID is just the flu?

Someone could conclude from such statements that all the years of hysteria, forced vaccinations, and draconian restrictions were pointless nonsense. Of course, I'm not trying to revive a discussion on a topic where everyone has already formed their opinions.

Been there, done that, got the T-cells .

[Karl Henning]

My late sister bought the malarkey that COVID was "just the flu," too.

[AnotherSpin]

I think you understood what I wrote. Saying that symptoms present similarly, implicity states that a coronavirus is NOT the flu (they're not in the same class), or else there would be no point in comparing symptoms.

Here is a picture to help you see that different viruses have different structures. I know that you are ANTI-science, but this has been common knowledge for decades. No excuse for ignorance in 2024:

Nice picture. I'm sure that opponents of quarantines, vaccinations, and so on have their own nice pictures to prove their points. Ignorance has nothing to do with it.

[Karl Henning]

I think you understood what I wrote. Saying that symptoms present similarly, implicity states that a coronavirus is NOT the flu (they're not in the same class), or else there would be no point in comparing symptoms.

Here is a picture to help you see that different viruses have different structures. I know that you are ANTI-science, but this has been common knowledge for decades. No excuse for ignorance in 2024:

Another sister was an early-ish case, and at first had to be kept in an oxygen tent.

[Elgarian Redux]

Well, it is finally my turn... I've posted positive for COVID.

Very sorry to read this David. I hope you get an easy ride through it.

[Madiel]

Of course, influenza is a deadly disease.

I wish the "just the flu" line would get unpacked so that people would understand that what they're saying is "a rate of death that society has deemed tolerable".

Best wishes David.

[DavidW]

Of course, influenza is a deadly disease.

I wish the "just the flu" line would get unpacked so that people would understand that what they're saying is "a rate of death that society has deemed tolerable".

Best wishes David.

Yes, influenza is more efficient at killing people than wars.