Coronavirus thread

[MusicTurner]

Authorities here in DK now saying that omicron implies only 1/2 possibility of hospitalization, compared to earlier, and that after the current wave, expected to last a couple of months well into February, things should hopefully be back to (relatively) normal, or even almost pre-pandemic. There are at least 6 studies now showing that omicron is milder. Among other things, it tends to go into the throat, but much less into the lungs.

[vandermolen]

Thank you guys for the supportive comments - much appreciated. I just took my wife tea in bed (being such a dutiful husband  ). There was less coughing during the night as far as I could hear from next door (I mean the room next door, not the house next door  ). Today she feels like she has the flu and might just stay in bed. I dread to think what would have happened if she hadn't had the vaccines as she already has a compromised immune system. We've ordered two PCR tests from the NHS. Her breathing seems fine and she was doing some gardening yesterday. Karl I hope that your relatives make good progress.
PD As for returning to school I'm not too sure. Certainly it looks like the pupils will need to wear masks in class - maybe me too but I don't like the idea of teaching wearing a mask. We need to take lateral flow tests before going into school. I suspect that I'll end up with some in the class in front of me and some joining the lesson online from home (in various parts of the world). As a technophobe I don't like this very much but am getting used to it. I'll know more at the end of the week when there is a staff meeting.

[foxandpeng]

Thank you guys for the supportive comments - much appreciated. I just took my wife tea in bed (being such a dutiful husband  ). There was less coughing during the night as far as I could hear from next door (I mean the room next door, not the house next door  ). Today she feels like she has the flu and might just stay in bed. I dread to think what would have happened if she hadn't had the vaccines as she already has a compromised immune system. We've ordered two PCR tests from the NHS. Her breathing seems fine and she was doing some gardening yesterday. Karl I hope that your relatives make good progress.
PD As for returning to school I'm not too sure. Certainly it looks like the pupils will need to wear masks in class - maybe me too but I don't like the idea of teaching wearing a mask. We need to take lateral flow tests before going into school. I suspect that I'll end up with some in the class in front of me and some joining the lesson online from home (in various parts of the world). As a technophobe I don't like this very much but am getting used to it. I'll know more at the end of the week when there is a staff meeting.

Ah, sorry to hear this. I don't read the non-music threads, so don't keep up with who has what. Best wishes for a quick and full recovery. Horrid time.

COVID came to town here large style over the holidays. Three of my adult children and two of their partners tested positive between Christmas and New Year, and their mum is positive since yesterday. Our other boy and the fiancé of one of our daughters had only just recovered earlier in December, so apart from me and my wife (we have been fine since our bout in 2020), everyone of us has had it in the last month! Negative lateral flows are trickling in now...

[vandermolen]

Ah, sorry to hear this. I don't read the non-music threads, so don't keep up with who has what. Best wishes for a quick and full recovery. Horrid time.

COVID came to town here large style over the holidays. Three of my adult children and two of their partners tested positive between Christmas and New Year, and their mum is positive since yesterday. Our other boy and the fiancé of one of our daughters had only just recovered earlier in December, so apart from me and my wife (we have been fine since our bout in 2020), everyone of us has had it in the last month! Negative lateral flows are trickling in now...

Gosh - that sounds full on. I hope that they get better soon.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Thank you guys for the supportive comments - much appreciated. I just took my wife tea in bed (being such a dutiful husband  ). There was less coughing during the night as far as I could hear from next door (I mean the room next door, not the house next door  ). Today she feels like she has the flu and might just stay in bed. I dread to think what would have happened if she hadn't had the vaccines as she already has a compromised immune system. We've ordered two PCR tests from the NHS. Her breathing seems fine and she was doing some gardening yesterday. Karl I hope that your relatives make good progress.
PD As for returning to school I'm not too sure. Certainly it looks like the pupils will need to wear masks in class - maybe me too but I don't like the idea of teaching wearing a mask. We need to take lateral flow tests before going into school. I suspect that I'll end up with some in the class in front of me and some joining the lesson online from home (in various parts of the world). As a technophobe I don't like this very much but am getting used to it. I'll know more at the end of the week when there is a staff meeting.

I hope that she starts feeling better soon Jeffrey.  I forget what the name of that drug is that is supposed to help folks with Covid feel/heal better?  Is that something that could help her now or is it only prescribed to people that are in such a bad state that they should be hospitalized?

Best wishes to both of you,

PD

Ah, sorry to hear this. I don't read the non-music threads, so don't keep up with who has what. Best wishes for a quick and full recovery. Horrid time.

COVID came to town here large style over the holidays. Three of my adult children and two of their partners tested positive between Christmas and New Year, and their mum is positive since yesterday. Our other boy and the fiancé of one of our daughters had only just recovered earlier in December, so apart from me and my wife (we have been fine since our bout in 2020), everyone of us has had it in the last month! Negative lateral flows are trickling in now...

Oh, boy Fox!  Glad that they seem to be getting better and quickly!  Were/are all of the cases pretty mild?  And was everyone vaccinated?

Fingers crossed for you and yours,

PD

[foxandpeng]

Thanks, both. It's been a shame more than anything else, because everyone has been flat out and distanced rather than together. All straighforward cases similar to mild to moderate flu, but then all are mid-twenties through to early thirties and at least doubled vaxxed (apart from my resolutely anti-vax youngest).

My ex wife is mid-fifties and multiple vaxxed, so hopefully she'll ride it out without too much trouble, but we have tickets to see Messiah on Saturday for her, my wife and I, so we are using long sticks to rub decongestants, honey and menthol on her. We shall see.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks, both. It's been a shame more than anything else, because everyone has been flat out and distanced rather than together. All straighforward cases similar to mild to moderate flu, but then all are mid-twenties through to early thirties and at least doubled vaxxed (apart from my resolutely anti-vax youngest).

My ex wife is mid-fifties and multiple vaxxed, so hopefully she'll ride it out without too much trouble, but we have tickets to see Messiah on Saturday for her, my wife and I, so we are using long sticks to rub decongestants, honey and menthol on her. We shall see.

Warm vibes!

[Karl Henning]

Previously, I had heard that there were cases of COVID in my mom's Home. Yesterday I learnt that she has now tested positive, but she feels only a mild cough.

[foxandpeng]

Previously, I had heard that there were cases of COVID in my mom's Home. Yesterday I learnt that she has now tested positive, but she feels only a mild cough.

Warm vibes!

Cheers, big man. And to you and yours, and a quick recovery for mum, in particular.

Strange times.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Previously, I had heard that there were cases of COVID in my mom's Home. Yesterday I learnt that she has now tested positive, but she feels only a mild cough.

Eek!  May it continue to be mild and that she heals quickly!

PD

[Karl Henning]

Eek!  May it continue to be mild and that she heals quickly!

PD

Thanks!

[Karl Henning]

Cheers, big man. And to you and yours, and a quick recovery for mum, in particular.

Strange times.

Thanks!

[Holden]

I'll be getting my booster in a couple of hours time as Omicron is making it's presence felt here in Qld. The other day I was told about a colleague of mine who has contracted Covid. This is the first human being that I know personally who has had Covid. It's taken over two years for that to happen so the booster is very timely.

[Mirror Image]

Thank you guys for the supportive comments - much appreciated. I just took my wife tea in bed (being such a dutiful husband  ). There was less coughing during the night as far as I could hear from next door (I mean the room next door, not the house next door  ). Today she feels like she has the flu and might just stay in bed. I dread to think what would have happened if she hadn't had the vaccines as she already has a compromised immune system. We've ordered two PCR tests from the NHS. Her breathing seems fine and she was doing some gardening yesterday. Karl I hope that your relatives make good progress.
PD As for returning to school I'm not too sure. Certainly it looks like the pupils will need to wear masks in class - maybe me too but I don't like the idea of teaching wearing a mask. We need to take lateral flow tests before going into school. I suspect that I'll end up with some in the class in front of me and some joining the lesson online from home (in various parts of the world). As a technophobe I don't like this very much but am getting used to it. I'll know more at the end of the week when there is a staff meeting.

I don't visit this thread often, but I'm sorry to hear about your wife, Jeffrey. I hope she is feeling much better now. I'm also not feeling well right now --- feeling kind of rutty and have a slight sore throat, but our weather here in Georgia has been so strange. Yesterday, it was warm with spring-like humidity and today it feels more like winter as a cold front has moved our way. This onslaught of warm/cold/warm/cold isn't doing anyone any favors that's for sure! Anyway, I wish you well and I do hope your wife gets over those nasty flu-like symptoms soon.

[Karl Henning]

ER providers [in Mass.] are 'overwhelmed' as schools grapple with reopening amid Omicron surge

[Karl Henning]

Southeast U.S. poised for a firestorm of omicron cases, with few safeguards in place

Lower vaccination rates and fewer mask and vaccine mandates have created a much different environment for the omicron variant to spread in the South, leaving experts unsure whether outbreaks will end up deadlier than in the North.

Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi are among the states experiencing the sharpest increases in covid-19 hospitalizations since Christmas, according to data tracked by The Washington Post. And the situation may only get worse, as initial outbreaks in metropolitan areas spread to more poorly vaccinated rural regions.

[greg]

There's also the factor of snowbirds.
Orlando Airport was insanely packed around Christmas, reported on the news zero parking spaces. My flights there and back were both full.
Every year the population noticeably increases this time of year in Florida, you can see it on the roads, even used to know a guy who would snowbird each year and work only during winters. I'd imagine it's similar in the other southern states, even if not as much.
So probably an oversimplified conclusion, even if it could be one factor.

[Karl Henning]

There's also the factor of snowbirds.
Orlando Airport was insanely packed around Christmas, reported on the news zero parking spaces. My flights there and back were both full.
Every year the population noticeably increases this time of year in Florida, you can see it on the roads, even used to know a guy who would snowbird each year and work only during winters. I'd imagine it's similar in the other southern states, even if not as much.
So probably an oversimplified conclusion, even if it could be one factor.

Glad you made it there and back.

[vandermolen]

I don't visit this thread often, but I'm sorry to hear about your wife, Jeffrey. I hope she is feeling much better now. I'm also not feeling well right now --- feeling kind of rutty and have a slight sore throat, but our weather here in Georgia has been so strange. Yesterday, it was warm with spring-like humidity and today it feels more like winter as a cold front has moved our way. This onslaught of warm/cold/warm/cold isn't doing anyone any favors that's for sure! Anyway, I wish you well and I do hope your wife gets over those nasty flu-like symptoms soon.

Thanks John. I hope that you feel better soon too.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Thanks John. I hope that you feel better soon too.

How's your wife feeling today Jeffrey?

And John,

How are you doing?

PD